Shrimp Toast Gets a Gulf Coast Twist at Bernadine’s

With its simple ingredients and pleasantly chewy texture, shrimp toast seems like it should be an easy dish to riff on. But it wasn’t until a recent dinner at Bernadine’s, a new Houston restaurant that celebrates Gulf Coast cuisine, that I had New Orleans-style barbecue shrimp toast, a mash-up of two dishes that worked so well I was surprised I hadn't seen it before.

The dish came with three slices of...