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The famed Bourbon Street.
It's high noon.
People are walking down the street
with beers and mixed drinks.
It smells like urine.
There's a lot of garbage.
This is not my cup of tea.
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I had a bowl of the seafood gumbo.
Not particularly appetizing to look at
but it wasn't bad.
I think they must use gumbo
as a way to use up leftovers.
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We started off with a trio of baked oysters -
Rockefeller, Joneseca, and Bienville.
Don't ask me what the Jonesca oyster is.
I don't know.
What all three were though, is heavy.
The "sludge"/roux of toppings
totally overpowered the oysters.
Didn't care for any of these particularly.
I generally like spinach,
but I hated the spinach oysters.
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Mr. Hawthorne ordered the fried oysters.
Not bad at all.
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I broke one of my own rules today in ordering.
I never, ever order something fried in a bun.
I can't see how the bun could add anything
to the quality of the fried.
I ordered the Oyster Po' Boy
because I was in Nawlins
and thought I should have a Po' Boy at least once.
I shouldn't have broken my rule.
The oysters were good,
but you don't need more bread with fried.
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Should've ordered a platter of raw oysters.
3 comments:
That was my first impression of Bourbon St when I went...that was pre-Katrina. We did brunch at Brennans it was good. Please tell me you went to Cafe du Monde.
Sounds like they need to hose down the street - and the people.
I think you should show us how you'd make those dishes.
dle, Sorry, didn't go to Cafe du Monde. We sort of high-tailed out the next day.
Mar, I have an oysters rockefeller I made the other night forthcoming.
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