hi all... just returned from a whirlwind trip to louisiana and would like to express my admiration for a few fine restaurants i had the pleasure of dining at: in NO: ralph & kacoo's, in the quarter. fantastic seafood all-around...great gator tail. my only complaint is the beverages...subpar hurricanes and so-so mixed drinks... in shreveport: shogun. one of the best "cook-in-your-face" japanese places i've ever been to. i watched three meals being prepared in the room we were sitting in and was just awestuck...true showmen in that joint, that's for sure. (oh yeah...the food was top-notch as well. i recommend it highly with a frosty bottle of sapporo to wash it down) that's all i can remember right now...of course i came home with an ample stash of tony cachere's (sp?) creole spice mixes and pat o'brien's oh-so-tasty hurricane mix. (and jalapeno almond chocolates >from the tabasco shop...can hardly wait to pop those open...) later... - grote From [email removed] Fri Mar 24 19:15:33 1995 Subject: Re: Hammond, La. Sender: [email removed] To: , Reply-To: [email removed] My wife's family lives in Loranger, about 15 miles north of Hammond, so I've spent a lot of time there. I second the endorsements of Mariner's and Trey Yuen. Mariner's has great burgers (in the Port of Call tradition) and good oysters (fried or raw). I believe the Hammond location is the original Trey Yuen; the brothers opened the Mandeville location after opening the Hammond store. Their egg rolls are great, and the dishes using local ingredients (crawfish, e.g.) are great. You should also check out the Jacmel Inn. I had a great Sunday brunch there once, and I hear dinner and lunch are good as well. Their crawfish and corn chowder was simply wonderful. Atmosphere and decor are very nice there. Chris Wiseman [email removed] [email removed] From [email removed] Thu Oct 3 13:41:41 EDT 1996 Article: 27993 of rec.food.restaurants
Louisiana
good new orleans eats...
On 25 Mar 1996, Crowsonboy wrote: > Anyone got any more details about great INFORMAL restaurants in N.O> that > a foodie can take his 10 year old daughter to ? I'm going next week. > Thanks a bunch! You could try Liuzza's or Mandina's in the Mid City area. (But these would require a cab ride or a car.) Also, in the CBD, Mother's or the Commerce Restaurant are solid choices. (The four aforementioned restaurants serve the "local" cuisine. Liuzza's and Mandina's have an Italian flair, and the other two serve po-boys, red beans and rice, and the like.) In the Quarter, you could try Castillo's for Mexican (not Tex-mex), or one of my favs, the Cafe Siam for great Thai. Don't miss a muffaletta at the Central Grocery, either. EPS [email removed] http://studentweb.tulane.edu/~esmith1