New Orleans Recap: Part II

Yep, more food comin’ atcha! This post focuses on two key meals, brunch and dinner (click through the photos for captioned details).

We’ll start with brunch. We went to Atchafalaya Restaurant after multiple recommendations to do so. We had a short wait then were seated near live music, a nice touch found in many New Orleans restaurants. The three pictured dishes is an array of what our table had, everything was quite tasty. Normally I get my egg dishes sans hollandaise but when in Rome…

A highlight of this resto is the bloody mary bar. The waiter brings you a glass of either vodka or gin and you can go to town at the set up bar with different types of tomato juice and all the fixins. I’m on the fence as to whether I’d prefer a really solid bloody mary menu or a create-your-own set up, but I’m not complaining, my creation was pretty good.

This restaurant is located close to a cute shopping area on Magazine Street. If you have a wait, check out the boutiques. I was eyeing a few stores but we didn’t have time, shortly after brunch it was time to get ready for the wedding.

For dinner one night we went to Jacque-Imo’s, a funky restaurant complete with a table you can eat at on the bed of a truck (see last photo). We had a group of 5 so we dined at a normal table, how boring of us. Everyone at the table ordered the special which was this crazy looking crab. It was very fried but also very good. MM and I split that and the catfish which was ahhh-mazing. The catfish is on top of what they call “crabmeat dressing” which I’d never heard of before but is now my favorite food (although I’m sure there’s a good chance I’ll never have it again). It tasted like a creamy crab stuffing. I just looked up a random recipe and that’s essentially what it is. Ugh, so good.

The bottom photo is what our table shared as an appetizer, shrimp and alligator sausage cheesecake, which sounds wild and was super good. Not pictured were delish little corn breads served before our food and a watermelon mojito with large chunks of fresh watermelon. All around an excellent meal and a place I’d highly recommend for some authentic New Orleans cookin’.

If you’re following along with my recaps, you’ll note that I ate three dishes with alligator meat. Per my friends request, I’m going to create a diet where the main source of protein is alligator. Who’s with me?