Retired Nomads: New Orleans, Louisiana

Sunday, September 30, 2018

New Orleans, Louisiana - Day 3

Sept 25

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.