Simply put, Surrey’s Cafe & Juice Bar is the place to go in NOLA for a wicked breakfast. The place is nestled along the the tree lined Magazine Street in the Lower Garden District. If you are not familiar with the area, you may have a tough time finding it at first but your patience will be greatly rewarded. While Surrey’s also serves up some tasty lunch items, it is the breakfast that keeps people coming back. Once seated, feel free to order a glass or two of your favorite fresh squeezed fruit juice: OJ, carrot, celery, beet, apple, grapefruit and lemonade. If you are a fan of OJ, I suggest ordering a carafe because one glass of Surrey’s OJ won’t be enough and while the waiter may look at you a little funny because you are ordering a carafe for yourself, it’s worth it.
Posts Tagged Cajun food
O.K Foodies, if you’re looking for authentic Cajun cuisine, you won’t find better than at Bayou Delight Restaurant in Houma, LA ( really “off the beaten path” in Houma). It’s located on what locals call Bayou Black Hwy., which is actually La. Hwy. 90. The first time I ventured out to find it I got lost, but boy am I glad that I persisted in my quest for “real” cajun delights. Many restaurants boast authentic Cajun specialties, but you’ll know the first time you feast at Bayou Delight, that you’ve found the bona fide stuff.
Jimmy and the giant poboy
We were in New Orleans on Saturday night and dropped in at Ye Olde College Inn on South Carrollton. We had to wait about 15 minutes for a table and was it worth it!!! This place has been open since 1933 or somewhere in there and I had not eaten here since my college days 30 years ago, but I think that has been a mistake.
Definitely the best poboy I have ever had!!!! We opted for onion rings for the table and the Abita Beer on tap. Great onion rings but the poboys were amazing. One foot long on Leidenheimer French Bread (the best French bread in Louisiana in my opinion) and they were gourmet like the menu claimed. I ordered the Fried Green tomato and Shrimp Remoulade and others at the table had the Fried Oyster with Havarti Cheese and Bacon. The waiter, Jimmy, recommended they come dressed so that’s how we got them. These were HUGE!!! No one could finish and we blamed it on the onion rings.
Joe’s Dreyfus Store Restaurant, or Joe Dreyfus’ in local language, is just one of those places. You know, THOSE places. The places that you love to go through thick and thin, good dishes and bad, for better or for worse. Set in Livonia, about a half-mile off of 190 between Opelousas and Baton Rouge, Joe’s has had some rough patches in the past. The restaurant has gone through changes of ownership, changing hours of operation, and tidal changes of food quality. Joe’s is back though, and the little restaurant that could in the middle of nowhere is once again beckoning: Eat at Joe’s!
When I woke up yesterday in the French Quarter (without having to browse late-night text messages), I immediately remembered seeing the Michael Phelps of mexi-mullets last night at BBC and knew that my day was destined for something good. I wasn’t sure why I’d have a good day, but I knew it would involve TV, A/C, relaxing and good food. After getting back to the real world and making time for my usual Sunday visit to Rouse’s on Clearview (my condolences to their family), I remembered another local classic – Danny & Clyde’s. That’s right – a convenience store.
Cajun kolaches
Mar 8
The kolache wave has arrived! Formerly restricted to the boundaries of Texas (and claimed by Texans to have originated there of course), kolaches are moving east and replacing the donut as the breakfast food of choice. While many people envision the quintessential Cajun breakfast as chicory coffee and beignets with lots of powdered sugar, most Cajuns actually favor savory dishes in the morning. The kolache is just the logical extension of something we have always wished for: a quick an easy way to carry around three of our favorite foods: eggs, cheese, and pork fat.
I am a natural born procrastinator. Recently, I decided I would try to change that because I knew the little lady had a lot on her plate with the wedding planning and all. I wanted to try to do everything I could to get my stuff done on time so that she would have less to worry about and I figured my wedding suit would be a good place to start… if had known that my tasks on the wedding planning list included stops at The Bulldog in Uptown New Orleans, I’d have started a long time ago!
Aaahhh Pastime. The place is a veritable Baton Rouge and LSU institution. Tucked in a small corner underneath the Mississippi River bridge, the Pastime Restaurant and Lounge has served up great food for years. There are several methods by which you could tell you were in the Pastime even in your eyes were closed:
1. you have to write your order on little pieces of paper waiting on the counter,
2. you get your food when your name is called loudly but barely intelligibly over a PA system,
3. you move the plate on which your roast beef poboy sits and you feel the trail otherwise known as “the smear.”
Oftentimes, drinking a fine red wine leaves little room for anything but enjoying the moment…that is, until many moments later you are feeling the effects of said wine. Such times call for one kind of food and you know what I’m talking about, the kind like the concoction my friend affectionately calls “The Double Bypass.”
A Little Taste of Heaven
Several years ago Thibodaux lost a legend in the world of baking. I can remember as a child walking into the door, smelling the wonderful aroma of almond extract, putting my hands on the glass display cases, and choosing the perfect dessert to take home from CITY BAKERY. Although many have tried to imitate and recreate the wonderful petit fours and cakes this bakery served for so many years, few have delivered — until now.
May I now introduce – BELLE’S BAKERY. The idea began when young women from the Houma-Thibodaux area found their love for baking last summer. It all started with cakes – they would decorate 2-tiered cakes and share them with friends and family for birthday parties and family events. Next the girls moved on to mouth watering cheesecakes, the most popular being the peanut butter and jelly flavored. Yes you heard me right — Peanut butter and jelly cheesecake !!!! Trust me on this one, it is a must try. Cakes for all occasions as well as many other tasty treats are also available from Belle’s Bakery. But the girls’ most desired and demanded treat is what I like to call “a little taste of heaven,” also known as a petit four.
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