Eating Our Way through New Orleans Part 2

After a couple of hours of sleep, we woke up the morning dew of the Crescent City. The air is damp and cool with bits of sunlight peeking through the iron balconies. Time for day two of our New Orleans adventure. Keep in mind that when we planned this trip, the only things on my itinerary were things to eat, not locations. Therefore the day should start with a light walk and hardy breakfast, followed by an early lunch, a few afternoon snacks and a big dinner. Trickle in some sightseeing and as far as I'm concerned, you have a perfect day. Shall we?

Warm enough to wear shorts and no sleeves

Egg's Stanley from Stanley: Eggs Benedict with fried oysters

Breaux Bridge Benedict: Eggs Benedict with boudin and ham

Nomming some pralines

Lunchtime in the garden; Shrimp & grits and muffaletta sandwich in the courtyard of Cafe Amelie

Just an afternoon snack; Crawdads from J's Seafood Market

Cute and delicious

Don't forget to suck the brains out! Haha

Love all the signs on the ground

Hop onto the streetcar on Canal street

Heading to the Garden District via streetcar

Beautiful homes

Lafayette Cemetery

Wish we had time to eat here, Commander's Palace

Love the trees and columns

Prosciutto and mozzarella balls and strawberry mint lemonade from GG's Dine-o-Rama

Beads everywhere

Another, less expensive, Hurricane

Jazz sculptures in Louis Armstrong park

Night lights

Gumbo Shop

Red beans & rice, seafood and okra gumbo and shrimp po' boy

Time to get rowdy

Whose that pale chick by the horses?

View from the top

Balcony view

Come get some beads!

Early morning fog before we leave NOLA

Farewell New Orleans, 'til we meet again

Without a doubt, I will be back. New Orleans has seduced me with her gorgeous buildings, rich history and amazing food and it's that kind of lust that keeps you coming back for more. What a way to welcome 27.

-Akemi-chan

PS: Did you notice how many times we ate on day two?

Eating Our way through New Orleans Part 1

Please forgive my Yankee dialect and my lack of drawl when I say New Orleans instead of Nawlins, but I'm going to stick to my guns and hopefully I won't offend anyone with a terrible impersonation of a Southern accent. That being said, let the story begin.

I have never been to the South before. Well, I guess that's not true. I've been to Florida before, but I was about 5 years-old when I went to Orlando and I consider Miami culturally closer to the Caribbean than the South. That opinion may be incorrect, but it's just my personal experience.

I've always wanted to go to New Orleans. Maybe it comes with my fascination with food. It's possible it stems from my consistent exposure to Disneyland and it's "New Orleans Square." Or it could be because it's a cultural melting pot like Hawaii. Who knows? All I know is that New Orleans was a destination I had to cross off of my travel bucket list. So for my 27th birthday, Bryan and I packed our bags to head over to The Big Easy.

Flying over the swamp

First stop: The French Market

Gator sausage and beer

Lots of street artists

Chartres street

Love the buildings here

Jackson Square

Happy to wear sandals, in March

St Louis Cathedral

Famous beignets and coffee from Cafe du Monde

Crowded, but worth it. Plus they have FROZEN cafe au lait, YUM!

Sax it up

RIP Galen

This guy!

Bourbon street AKA trouble

Hurricane and Pimm's cup, at a price, from Maison Bourbon Jazz club

I love how this could be a selling point in this town

Fat oysters at Crescent City Brewhouse

Blackened Redfish with fried soft shell crab

Purple, green and gold

Stumbled onto a set of a commercial

Mardi Gras, for the commercial

St Louis Cathedral, at night, from behind

Late night jambalaya from Flanagan's pub

You think we were there the whole day, dontcha? Nope! We landed at one in the afternoon and didn't get to exploring until about 2 pm. That's four meals or snacks in about half a day. Diets don't exist of vacation right? Let's see if we can break that record on the next day.

-Akemi-chan

PS: Of course we do.