Breakfast at @LaStateMuseum, courtesy @ChefScottB

Stanley!, located right across the street from the Presbytere.

I can truthfully say that I would have gone to the Louisiana State Museum's media preview of the upcoming exhibit, "Katrina and beyond" on Saturday morning even if Chef Scott Boswell and his people from Stanley had not provided breakfast, but I certainly wasn't going to complain that he was there.

Stanley is located catty-corner to the Presbytere, which is the building just to the downriver side of St. Louis Cathedral (to the viewer's right if one is looking at the common postcard view of Jackson Square). The restaurant is in the Chartres-St. Ann corner of the Lower Pontalba Building. I've never eaten at Stanley! so having brunch at the museum catered by Chef Scott was a real treat.

I started with Bananas Foster French Toast. The bread was cooked perfectly, and the syrupy bananas sauce on top was heavenly.

"Breaux Bridge Benedict."  the base is a round of New Orleans French bread, with boudin from Breaux Bridge next.  Cover the sausage with cheese and add a perfectly poached egg, and top with Hollandaise sauce.  Now, i'm a huge fan of just about every variation of Eggs Benedict that's ever been conceived, but this boudin puts Chef Scott's creation well up into the pantheon of Most Excellent Eggs.

There was also an "omlette sandwich" that I didn't get to try, because the always-charming @vsalisbury and I were chatting with some of the media folks invited to the event.  (Personally, I'm having a tough time adjusting to the notion that I'm a "media folk," but I'll get there.)

Here's Chef Scott and Victoria, just a moment after Victoria took his photo for the @LaStateMuseum twitter/twitpic feed.

Stanley, located across the street.  Saturday was wet and gloomy, but you can see the line of people queuing up for brunch/lunch. It's a winner!