We just spent an amazing week eating and drinking in the Big Easy. Holy crap, what an amazing place. It’s no wonder that the city keeps producing legends like Emeril Lagasse and John Besh. The food culture is absolutely incredible. These are only a few of the many, many amazing things we got to try in one too-short week!
Muffaletta from Central Grocery. Olive salad, Italian meats and cheeses, on a giant round sesame loaf. So simple and so good. Bought a giant canister of olive salad to recreate this at home!
BBQ Shrimp Po’boy from Liuzza’s By The Track. They pull out the insides of the sandwich bread, and stuff it packed with these small succulent pieces of sauced shrimp. This sandwich is giant.
Jambalaya from Coop’s: is the single best bite in New Orleans. Coops is just a random bar on Decateur you might walk right pass without ever knowing the goodies it holds. This dish is so packed of smoky seafood-y goodness, and I loaded it with super hot sriracha. Can’t stop thinking about it, and I have made jambalaya twice since I’ve been back to New York!
Banana Cream Pie from Emeril’s: Towering banana pie, topped with whipped cream, caramel sauce, and chocolate shavings. Rich, giant, sweet decadence. Just one question – how do they keep the bananas from browning?
50 cent oysters at Luke. God, oysters on the half shell, for 50 cents?? We went twice.
S’mores Skillet from Sucre: rich, rich goodness. We got it with pistachio gelato. Also worth mentioning is that place is GREAT with the free samples of macarons, gelato, and yummo vanilla marshmallows!
Other highlights that I had to steal Internet pictures of… (got too preoccupied eating and forgot to snap a photo!):
Alligator sausage cheesecake from Jacque-Imos: SO weird and delicious and weird and rich and WEIRD.
Biegnets from Cafe du Monde: Rude as hell service, but man are these pillowy packets of heaven WORTH it.
Bread Pudding Souffle from Commander’s Palace: Dear God, this is how I know you exist, and you wish me to be happy.
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