Liuzza's on Bienville

Since Justin had to work at our restaurant on his birthday Wednesday, we took him out to dinner last night. After we rejected his choices of Antoine's or Galatoire's, he countered with Luizza's on Bienville, and everyone was happy.

We ordered two appetizers, onion rings and fried calamari. Both were excellent, particularly the calamari. For entrees, Helen had the half po-boy (fried shrimp) and a cup of soup, which was their shrimp-and-artichoke:

Most places do oyster-artichoke soup, so Liuzza's use of shrimp is a bit different. The soup is a chicken stock and cream base, with shrimp and artichoke hearts, along with a bit of onion and garlic.

Kev had a cheeseburger--he wasn't all that motivated by the seafood and Italian dishes at the restaurant. I had a hot sausage po-boy, and Justin had Crawfish Telemachus:

Forgive the photo, he had started twirling his pasta before I snapped the pic. He was very defensive when it came to his crawfish, but he let me dip some french bread into the sauce. It wasn't as spicy as what I cook at home, but that's ok, it was much better than classic "Crawfish Monica."

No dessert tonight, everyone was stuffed from a most-excellent meal!