We arrived at the big easy with perfect timing on Saturday.
After checking in at the hotel we walked into the restaurant (Luke) across the
street and were happily surprised that the happy hour was still on with oysters
at 75 cents a piece and beer at half price. Nicholas and I savored on the fresh
oysters while Allan enjoyed his Dixie, totally relaxed.
Due to the warm winter, crawfish is on the market early this
season. So on Sunday evening, we were in hunt for a good restaurant with boiled
crawfish. After 7pm, we walked toward Iberville St. The day was still light due
to spring forward, the French quarter was crowded with people and noisy with music. On our
way to Deanie’s we noticed a long line outside Felix’s restaurant, people were
waiting to get in. Across the street, there was an even longer line outside
Acme oyster house. When we got to Deanie’s we were told about 1.5 hour wait
time as well. Hungry and not willing to wait that long, we went to Mr. Ed’s
instead. We were a bit unsure about the quality since there’s no line there,
but we were satisfied with the 2 lb boiled crawfish. The crawfish were not big,
but the flavor was full of kicks. The crawfish spinach dip with chips was great
as well.
On Monday, we decided to hit the “hot” restaurant early. We
headed over Felix’s before 6pm and found no line there! The chargrilled oyster
was absolutely a blast! The oysters were soaked in butter, tender and full of
flavors. The alligator meat and turtle soup tasted wonderful as well.
Emboldened by that experience, we decided to try our luck at
Acme on Tuesday night. It was drizzling when we left our hotel at 6:30pm.
“There should be no lines today” I secretly hoped. But there was still a line of
people waiting in the rain! We waited around 30 minutes before getting in. We
ordered chargrilled oyster and boiled crawfish again along with soft shell
crabs. The oysters had cheese on it, the flavor was bold but in my opinion not
as savory as Felix’s, and Nicholas agreed. The soft shell crab was the best,
tender inside crunchy outside and very tasty, most importantly it requires no
work to eat it!
For lunch, we wanted to try one of the best Po’boys in town
at Killer PoBoys. But we missed one big thing in our planning, Killer doesn’t
open on Tuesday. Unwilling to give up a chance to try the best, we decided to
drive over to the #1 Po-Boy place in town, Domilise’s. We heard the line would
typically be hour long and we were not sure if we could even find parking! But
there we went. It was our luck, it was a Tuesday and we got there before 11:30
am. It turned out we were the first customers that morning. But shortly after
we got in, the place started to fill up. It was a rather small place with 6 tables. The walls were decorated with pictures of stars who dined
there and articles of the glory and history of the restaurant. Allan chatted with
the lady cook about Miss Dot, who founded the store and died at age 91. We ordered
three different flavors of po-boys and finished in no time! The best indeed!
During our short stay, we also sampled gumbo, jambalaya,
muffaletta, dungeness crab, beignet, and breading pudding. One serving of
beignet comes with a quarter pound powdered sugar.
We had the best jambalaya on our Creole Queen cruise lunch tour. Bread pudding is bread soaked in syrup, but it can be
surprisingly tasty and not overly sweet. After this trip, I surely would refuse
to get on the scale for a month!
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