What must you try in New Orleans? Apart from enjoying the music and entertainment aspects of it? Creole food of course!
Considering its history in New Orleans for its famous cafe au lait and beignet, Cafe du Monde became the MUST place to go if you happen to be in New Orleans. We were lucky, we went around 9am and there was no line, it was packed, but plenty of spots to sit down for you to slowly savor your coffee and beignet. By the time we were done, there was a long line outside the coffee stand despite the sprinkle. Cafe au lait was really good, it was really smooth, and the beignet, unfortunately you do need that amount of powdered sweetness if not it just won't hit the spot *guilty pleasure* .
Coop's Place is a small unpretentious pub/eatery on Decatur street, only 3 ladies operating the front of the place no matter how busy the place may be, while the men take care of the kitchen. It's really fun to visit the Coop's because the place serves really good food and is full of character. The menu is handwritten on the blackboard and according to the owner, either you hate it or you love their food. They even have quirky signs posted all over the place such as 'Be nice or you will not be served' or 'The Bartender is always right', etc.
I've always loved gumbo so we ordered the seafood gumbo, shrimp and oyster po'boy. My oh my, the shrimp and oyster po'boy is awesome! They're very good at frying their seafood, sweet, fresh and not oily at all. I'm not a big fan of raw oysters but deep fried oysters are always good in po'boys! As for the gumbo, I like it but I'd prefer chicken and sausage more instead of the seafood gumbo and gumbo never tastes the same because every place have their own style of cooking it. So it's fun to try gumbo at different places!
I've always loved gumbo so we ordered the seafood gumbo, shrimp and oyster po'boy. My oh my, the shrimp and oyster po'boy is awesome! They're very good at frying their seafood, sweet, fresh and not oily at all. I'm not a big fan of raw oysters but deep fried oysters are always good in po'boys! As for the gumbo, I like it but I'd prefer chicken and sausage more instead of the seafood gumbo and gumbo never tastes the same because every place have their own style of cooking it. So it's fun to try gumbo at different places!
When the rain got a little too heavy to be walking around, we took a break at Creole Creamery before heading towards the Garden District. Eat ice-cream and be happy. Underneath the writings was a wall full of happy faces smudged with ice-creams. It was quite a cold day to be having ice-cream but after walking for almost 5 hours, it was a very welcomed break.
We were greedy and ordered the sampler with 6 small scoops. We had the lavender honey, gold crunch, chocolate amaretto cheese cake, raspberry vanilla, cafe au lait and double chocolate.
There are plenty of good places to eat in New Orleans, since we were there for Christmas, most good eateries were closed for the holidays and we were only able to sample a few of the highly recommended places.
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