We didn't have much of a plan today other than to wander the French Quarter and eat. We chose to walk to the French Quarter since the HOHO takes 2 hours round trip and the parking lot is stop 5 and the French Quarter is stop one, so it takes a long time to get there. Unfortunately, it was quite a rainy day, all day for the most part, but there were a few breaks where it only drizzled.
Café du Monde
We started with beignets at Café Du Monde which were awesome.
we continued to wander
if you can wake her up she may tell you your fortune or maybe it was tarot cards.....
Willie's COCK tails
I don't know why I didn't buy one of these
St Louis Cathedral & Jackson Square
We had lunch at the
French Market at the Hart Café and the crabcakes were great.
Crabcake Po'Boy & sautéed potatoes
crabcake tacos
After lunch we wandered our way to Brennan's for dessert.
Banana’s Foster was invented at Brennan’s. They closed at 2:00 so we made it in time. They reopen again for dinner. It had been pouring rain and we ducked in and
out trying to stay dry. We told the
maitre d' that we only wanted dessert and we were
seated in the bar. We ordered the Bananas Foster and they make it tableside. We
both were a bit disappointed in it since the bananas did not caramelize and the
ice cream melted instantly and just wasn’t up to par.
Brennan's Restaurant
the ingredients - vanilla ice cream, brown sugar & cinnamon, banana liqueur and dark rum
starting to melt and they add the banana liqueur on top of the brown sugar
bananas are added
then the rum is added
the finished dessert
the main restaurant
namesake of Bananas Foster - Richard Foster
Scott and Sonya, you may remember that I make a "bananas foster French toast" Not quite the same sauce, but similar idea on ice cream.
Since it was raining we walked to the Audubon Butterfly Garden and Insectarium.
It was pretty well done and they also had a butterfly room where you walk
amongst them. We finished with the move which was a bit like Disney’s “It’s
Tough to be a Bug” except it was not 3-D, but did have spritzes of water and
things that poked you in the back and the bottom. Fun.
White-eyed Assassin Bug
Walking Leaf Insect
Flower Beetles & Sun Beetles
Sun Beetles
some of these are so beautiful they could be jewelry
Next we went into the Butterfly Garden.
this one landed in my hair
Lady Gouldian Finch - such beautiful colors
this one landed on Greg
wall mural
Tomorrow, we are going to Baton Rouge for the day.
