Chef Scott's: Ocean Springs, MS (Lunch 7/27/13)

4.5/5:  Always delicious.
For an appetizer we had the fried calamari with a spicy and sweet chili sauce that was amazing.  The squid was cooked perfectly.  We also started with salad with ginger dressing and a miso soup.  Compared to other ginger dressings this one is mild as opposed to spicy, and the salad is simply made with iceberg lettuce and cherry tomatoes, standard Japanese restaurant fare.  The miso soup was sweet, salty, and delicious.  As a main course, the rolls Bento box came with California rolls, squid tempoura roll, calamari salad, and edamame beans.  We also had the salmon sashimi.  The California rolls were fresh and light as they should be , the squid tempura roll was crunchy and left you wishing for another roll.  The calamari salad was perfect for whetting your palette. the salmon sashimi melted in your mouth, perfectly prepared it tasted like it had just come out of the ocean.  Chef Scott's is always reasonably priced, but the lunch deals are an especially good value.  Every item on the menu is so consistently delicious you might be tempted to take it for granted, I rate this a 4.5/5, which is just about as perfect as I can imagine, but I am not quite prepared to say I know what perfect is yet.
***Chef Scott's is a BYOB establishment for those of you of legal drinking age and is closed Sunday and Monday. 

Bayview Gourmet: Ocean Springs, MS (Lunch, July 25, 2013)

 2/5:  Willing to try again, especially for breakfast or brunch. 
Service was excellent, and the server was very knowledgeable.
Food is authentic.
The shrimp salad was overly sweet, would have been better if the fruit had been raw rather than sauteed.  It was served with the warm fruit syrup and a raspberry dressing which made the greens wilt so salad ended up warm and mushy, needed some texture or crunch.  The salad was a large portion but the shrimp too took on the soft texture of the rest of the salad.
The crab and corn chowder was delicious-sweet and creamy. 
The tuna steak sandwich had an odd texture and was undercooked.  We ordered the fish medium but it arrived very rare.   The wasabi sauce described in the menu was not available, and was replaced with a creole mustard remoulade sauce which may have suited a different fish better, perhaps a salmon burger. 
The artichoke beignets were exceptional.  The artichoke was cooked perfectly, tender, sweet, and mild.  The dough was also perfect, crunchy on the outside, savory and soft on the inside.  The creole mustard sauce was perfect on the beignets, which were served on a bed of greens with shaved cheese.
We also had a kids cheeseburger, which though conventional was spot on, and served with steak-cut french fries.
The prices were fair.