February 2007 Archives
One of my favorite all-time po-boys is the classic hot sausage sandwich. Take a couple patties of Patton's hot sausage, grill them up, then serve them dressed with a little mayo on good french bread.
Schiro's in da Bywater gets it right:
Look at that thick slice of tomato...delish!
a "New Orleans Roll," from the Sake Cafe in Elmwood, which was my dinner tonight. The inside is crawfish, tempura batter, and avacado, topped with "half-spicy" salmon, snow crab, and some kind of green roe. Yummy! The salmon was definitely spicy, but not as hot as you'd expect in a "spicy" roll, so it lived up to its name. Helen had Chicken Teriyaki. Sake does good teriyaki dishes as well as good sushi. I washed mine down with a large Saporro, Helen had a glass of wine. The bill came to $53 plus tip.
Helen was working late last night, so she wanted a dinner that a) would keep so she could be flexible about when she came home, and b) wouldn't mess up the kitchen too much. So, we decided on gumbo and stuffed crabs from Zuppardo's Supermarket in Metairie. Zuppardo's seafood gumbo is an okra-based gumbo, not too spicy, but easily kicked up the proverbial notch or two with some Louisiana Red Hot.
Because Kev was watching "Top Chef," he decided that we should plate the gumbo like they do at the restaurants, rather than just dump it on top of the rice like we usually do at home. :-)
