When it comes to food, New Orleans is a melting pot of cultures and flavours. Jambalaya is a rice dish with a mix of chicken, seafood, sausage–or all three! Po-boy, a hearty sandwich, stuffed and slathered with sauce or mayonnaise, and then served between two long pieces of French bread. Gumbo is a flavoursome stew which embodies the essence of Creole cooking and Crawfish Étouffée is crawfish in a rich sauce with rice or the popular red beans and rice and try the alligator bites, breaded or grilled. No trip to New Orleans is complete without experiencing the simple pleasure of a bag of beignets. These fried, fluffy square-shaped doughnuts covered in powdered sugar were made famous at Café du Monde and have been a staple since 1862. For those with a sweet tooth, pralines are a must-try. And during Positioned next to the Mississippi River is the vast Mardi Gras World, a warehouse where the magic of the Mardi Gras is in the making as a year- round industry. Mardi Gras, it would be a sin not to taste a slice of King Cake, a blend of coffee cake and cinnamon roll iced in the colours of Mardi Gras, purple which represents justice, green faith and gold power. Happy hour here is between 9am – 4pm, so a chalked board read. It’s party time for cocktails. The Sazerac cocktail (cognac or whiskey based) is the official drink of New Orleans while The Frenchmen 75 was made famous in New Orleans using cognac, sugar, lemon juice & Champagne or Summertime, rosemary infused Hendrick’s Gin, lemon juice, & Rosemary syrup. Visit the Carousel Bar which opened in 1949 and is still spinning. EC
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