So it was our six year anniversary, and Av made these great plans for us to take the train (I loooove the train) to New Orleans. Since we were only going to stay a couple of days, the train would be perfect because we would just be walking around in the Quarter. Usually, we take the Volvo and mess around all over New Orleans - doing interesting things like going out to eat at fabulous restaurants - and then there are the things that I just *have* to do, like getting some doberge from Gambino's in Metarie, and watching a movie at The Palace 20 - while having a daquiri. And I know this is going to sound weird, but I like to take the car to Safari Car Wash on Veterans. :)
We got in a little after 8pm Sunday and took a taxi to the hotel (the Ritz-Carlton, my favorite). We had been thinking about going over to Galatoire's for supper, but were really tired for some reason, so we stayed in and ordered room service. Delish.
Food This Trip:
Muffuletta from City Grocery
Muffuletta at Central Grocery - this visit, we decided to do things that were famous but we had somehow never got around to doing before. The muffuletta at Central Grocery was excellent - messy and yummy. Olive salad, mmmmm.
Pralines at Laura's Candies - Laura's has both regular and chewy pralines (I'm not so wild about chewy pralines, just the regular ones), and the one I had was good, but if this makes sense, it was somehow *too* sugary (this is possibly the first time I have ever said something was too sugary!!). Not to come down too hard on Laura's, but they were even selling this....trail mix, I guess......that was called 'Jambalaya Cajun Snack Mix' - you can see it if you scroll down this page. The stuff is made up North! That's like going to a white-tablecloth restaurant and they give you Ranch dressing in Sysco packs. I say either be authentic, just Louisiana & Southern items, or start selling vulgar t-shirts and voodoo dolls from Taiwan like half the other shops in the Quarter. Just *wrong*!
ACME Oyster Po Boy
Oyster Po Boy at Acme Oyster House - everything, everything about this po boy was perfect. The bread. The oysters. Dressed perfect. Yum!
Roasted Duck at Dante's Kitchen - delish. We ate outside, and the temperature was perfect. We had company and everything was just perfect, perfect!
Shopping This Trip:
We really didn't buy a lot this trip, just a book at a used book store - and we also went into a Civil War shop in the Quarter because we've been meaning to get something with Judah P. Benjamin on it, so we came out with a $2 bill and a Confederate War Bond. We went into several other places, but there wasn't just a whole lot that we just *had to* have.
We'll probably be returning to New Orleans next month, so I'll have more then.
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Tuesday, February 22, 2005
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