Chef Emeril Lagasse's newest restaurant has opened in New Orleans. The name of it is Delmonico Restaurant & Bar. It is an old New Orleans restaurant that he bought and renovated. The manager I spoke with said it originally opened it 1895 and was owned by the same family until last year. The food is incredible! I had the Caesar Salad prepared tableside and then Redfish Almondine for the entree. For dessert, I had the New York style cheesecake with Creole Cream Cheese topping. I am not kidding when I say that this meal blew me away. Another thing that impressed me was the wine list. The sommelier told me that they had only been open 2 days and they already had a 500 label wine list. He said he hopes to be at 700 in two weeks. Anyway I just wanted to let everyone know that Mr. Lagasse has done it again. If you have any questions I will be happy to try and answer them. I'm planning to go back there this weekend so maybe I can find out more. Later. Funky
New Orleans, LA
Emeril's Delmonico in New Orleans--Report
Ok, since I started this Flame-A-Thon thread, let me explain a little more about what I know about this new restaurant. First of all, I do not work there. I am simply another picky diner in New Orleans who is sick of all of these trendy restaurants with items that look more like descriptions from an automobile dealer. In New Orleans and lot of other cities this is the norm. Charging a lot of money for mediocre food that looks pretty doesn't do it for me. Chef Emeril is one of this cities most well known chefs. When I got wind of the fact that he had quietly opened his new place, I went and had dinner. As I said in the last post, it was incredible. Since then, I have gone back for lunch. I also spoke with one of the managers about this newsgroup and the rather rude comment I got back about my report. He had a good laugh, but then went on to tell me that Mr. Lagasse's intention was to do basic, classic dishes that no one either does anymore, or does well anymore. He told me that the chef's whole idea was to pay back the city for the education he got when he came down here. He was also kind enough to give me a menu. So here it is. Say what you want, but eat there first. Here goes... >>> Delmonico Restaurant & Bar >>> Lunch Menu Appetizers > Turtle Soup au Sherry > Seafood Gumbo > Shrimp Remoulade > New Orleans Crab Chop with warm Ravigote Sauce > BBQ Shrimp > Pastry Baked Warm Asparagus with Truffle Royale > Saute of Louisiana Crawfish in Vol au Vant Pastry > Stuffed Button Mushrooms with Lemon Butter Sauce Salads > Classic Caesar Salad for 2 (Prepared Tableside) > Delmonico Salad > Al's Salad (I had this! It was delicious!) > Cobb Salad for 2 (Prepared Tableside) Entrees > Old Fashioned Chicken Cordon Bleu with Delmonico Potatoes > Saute of Redfish Meuniere or Almondine > Chicken Stew for 2 with Dumplings > Grilled Filet Mignon Plain or Stuffed with Al's Oyster Dressing served with 2 sauces, Warm Potato Slaw and Fried Oyster Garnish > Panned Veal Carbonnade > Steak Diane (Prepared Tableside) (I had this for lunch it was unbelievable.) > Fried Buster Crabs served on Eggplant Rounds with Sauce Cheron > Baked Oysters Delmonico stuffed with Crabmeat Dressing > New Orleans Eggplant and Shrimp Casserole > Cassoulet of White Beans, Homemade Sausages and Assorted Meats served with Breadstick > Pan Crispy Gulf Fish on Smothered Andouille and Butter Beans served with Maw Maw's Slaw > Grilled Fish of the Day with Daily Sauce and Warm Potato, Vegetable Slaw Desserts > Bread Pudding with Whiskey Sauce > Pecan Pie > Coconut Cream Pie > New York Style Cheesecake with Creole Cream Cheese Topping > Chocolate Genoise Cake with Burnt Sugar Icing > Apple Pie Plain with Cheese with Vanilla Bean Ice Cream > Ice Cream of the Day > Sorbet of the Day > Homemade Profiteroles 1-1-1 Tableside Desserts > Crepes Lemon Chocolate > Bananas Foster > Cafe Brulot > Cafe Averriel > The Delmonico Ice Cream Bomb for 2 -----------> FunkyLamb<----------- RADP Bartender and worshiper of THE SCROTUM OF KNOWLEDGE (Spaceship Earth)