This, our second New Orleans Sojurn, was a little bit shorter than our first, and in a location slightly less convenient to our favorite restaurants, coffee shops, and other re-filling stations. But, we did NOT starve. Oooh no, far from it. We will be heading home quite fat and happy.
Want to know where, and what, we ate? Well, here’s a pretty comprehensive list with many hot links (Get it? I crack myself up).
They say breakfast is the most important meal of the day. I have no idea if that is true or not, but if you want to eat 3 meals and a coffee per day like we do when we are in New Orleans, then you better start eating before lunch time, and that’s important!
We like to start at Surrey’s.
I like the Costa Rican breakfast…
and Mike likes the Corned Beef Andouille hash…
In our neighborhood in Algiers Point we have Tout de suite . I had the “Katrina” Huevos Rancheros, and Mike had the “Poche” with boudin…
If we happen to be in the French Quarter at breakfast time we like Croissant d’Or where I had a small cafe au lait and the quiche Lorraine…
Once you have breakfast out of the way there are literally thousands of choices for lunch, supper, dinner, just appetizers and drinks, just drinks, and/or dessert. Here are just some of the places we ate at, and the meals we ate at them…
At Primitivo I had the Beef Coulette with Pimento-cheese grits…
Butcher, where I always have the Carolina pulled pork and the Brussels sprouts…
Casamentos, Napoleon House, Central Grocery, Katie’s, and Liuzza’s — all of which I have written about, and hot linked to in past posts, though I can give you a peek at what we ate this time…
Charbroiled oysters…
Red beans, rice and hot sausage; and the Shrimp remoulade salad…
Muffelatta, and Oyster poboy…
Italian salad (basically a Muffelatta without the bread)…
Red beans and rice, and fried chicken…
And more Chargrilled Oysters at Drago’s.
In addition to the New Orleans classics, we also had some terrific Mexican food — on both sides of the Mississippi.
On the West Bank we went to El Paso Mexican Grill and had the fajitas…
On the East Bank we ate at El Pavo Real, and at Taqueria Corona (a couple of times)…
At El Pavo Real we had Empanadas and Chimichurri sauce…
and Hanger steak tacos…
and were happy fat people…
I had a Cheese enchilada on a very rainy day at Taqueria Corona…
And yummy Gipsy Fajitas at the Santa Fe Restaurant…
Hamburgers are always high on our list and Mike did not miss out on having another Kim Chi Burger at the Mint Modern Vietnamese…
while I had the sizzling steak and sunny side up eggs…
and a tiny bite of Mike’s Kim Chi burger…
We added a new favorite burger to our list — the Pimento-cheese Burger, which we had at both High Hat Cafe and at Brown Butter Bistro (two new favorite restaurants)…
This sojourn had more emphasis on Vietnamese cuisine because there is a huge Vietnamese community in New Orleans with many living on the West Bank. In addition to shopping at the Hong Kong Market, there are plenty of restaurants to choose from. We ate at Pho Bang, and Rice Paper Pho…
and had Bahn Mi and Avocado Bubble smoothies at Mr. Bubbles…
Thanks to Joy’s influence I also had a few salads here and there.
With a beet, carrot and orange juice at Satsuma in the Bywater…
and after seeing “Hello, My Name is Doris” with Joy, at the St. James Cheese Co. on Prytania…
and at Liberty’s Kitchen at the Whole Foods on Broad…
Make no mistake, there were plenty of opportunities to go seriously off track at a bunch of places specializing in sugar.
Not that I was always the one going off track…
Pie at High Hat…
And let’s not forget any excuse to have Doberge cake…
No idea what Doberge cake is? Click here to read all about it!
Tomorrow we are getting on the road and heading home to Idaho. Guess I’d better go get something to eat. It’s going to be a long drive!
