New Orleans Roadfood Fest Part 2

Re:New Orleans Roadfood Fest Part 2 (EliseT)

Tue, 07 Apr 2009 01:29:36 GMT

Baah Ben

Elise - Could you tell us a bit more about the meat pies.....They look terrific. So do the fries....

Did that guy use a propane tank for his fryer? Just wondered if you noticed. It looks like he's a street vendor and not someone cooking outside the front of some restaurant? Sometimes when there is a street fair, restaurants will actually set up outsdie the front of their place, but that doesn't seem to be the case????

The vendors were not Royal Street restauranteurs.

Lasyonne's meat and crawfish pies set the standard. You can search them - the Sterns have written about them.

...and here is the fryer

Re:New Orleans Roadfood Fest Part 2 (mar52)

Tue, 07 Apr 2009 00:23:40 GMT

Outstanding!

Who'd ever think... duck cracklings!

Re:New Orleans Roadfood Fest Part 2 (mr chips)

Mon, 06 Apr 2009 22:51:56 GMT

Great photos, Elyse T.

Re:New Orleans Roadfood Fest Part 2 (Baah Ben)

Mon, 06 Apr 2009 21:13:37 GMT

Elise - Could you tell us a bit more about the meat pies.....They look terrific. So do the fries....

Did that guy use a propane tank for his fryer? Just wondered if you noticed. It looks like he's a street vendor and not someone cooking outside the front of some restaurant? Sometimes when there is a street fair, restaurants will actually set up outsdie the front of their place, but that doesn't seem to be the case????

Re:New Orleans Roadfood Fest Part 2 (Stephen Rushmore Jr.)

Mon, 06 Apr 2009 20:25:33 GMT

Bravo Elise. Very nice photos!

Re:New Orleans Roadfood Fest Part 2 (will_work_4_bbq)

Mon, 06 Apr 2009 19:49:33 GMT

Everything looks FANTASTIC! What a great event!

Re:New Orleans Roadfood Fest Part 2 (CajunKing)

Mon, 06 Apr 2009 17:27:19 GMT

Elise

YOU ARE KILLING ME!!

The food looks awesome.... Actually So does Michael in the boa.

Re:New Orleans Roadfood Fest Part 2 (divefl)

Mon, 06 Apr 2009 11:50:34 GMT

Looks so good.

Re:New Orleans Roadfood Fest Part 2 (MiamiDon)

Mon, 06 Apr 2009 11:48:31 GMT

Great-looking food, Elise. Hurry up with Part-3!

Re:New Orleans Roadfood Fest Part 2 (Nancypalooza)

Mon, 06 Apr 2009 11:11:56 GMT

I would be looking for:

Proctor & Gamble
Rolaids X

afterward. Nice boa Mr. Stern!

New Orleans Roadfood Fest Part 2 (EliseT)

Mon, 06 Apr 2009 11:03:47 GMT

OK, there IS a story behind this...

After the second line parade, the festival was all about the food. There were Budweiser booths, and the following participants (I checked off the ones I ate over the course of the weekend with an X):

Lasyone's Meat Pie Restaurant
Meat Pies X
Crawfish Pies X

Dunbar's Seafood
Famous Fried Catfish X
Potato Salad X
Pralines

Cafe Reconcile
White Beans
Banana Foster Bread Pudding

Vaucresson
Creole Hot Sausage Po-Boy
Creole Crawfish Sausage Po-Boy X

Saltwater Grill
Fried Green Tomato Shrimp Remoulade Po-boy
Crawfish and Spinach Boat

Tabasco Country Store
Jambalaya
Gator on a Stick
Pralines

Plum Street Snowball
Snowballs X

Deli at the Cellars
Shrimp Remoulade Po-Boy

The Que Crawl
Cochon de Lait Po-Boy X
12 Hour Roast Beef w/ Horseradish Cream and Pickled Red Onions
Fresh Cut French Fries
Duck Cracklins X

Dave's Cajun Kitchen
Seafood Gumbo
Smoked Turkey Legs
Red Beans with Smoked Sausage X

Chad's Bistro
Alligator Etouffe Over Creamy Grits
Shrimp Pasta
Fried Shrimp Balls X
Fried Artichoke Hearts X

UNKNOWN:
Duck gumbo
BBQ shrimp and corn on the cob

Our first stop was Dave's Cajun Kitchen for Red Beans with Smoked Sausage. Or maybe I should call it the cup o' sausage. The entire sausage was a bit unwieldy for walking-around food, but still pretty darn good.

The crawfish sausage po'boy from Vaucresson was Bob's favorite selection.

Even though we didn't eat the shrimp, we took pics. I snuck in the second one piggybacking on Michael's photo.




Frying up the meat pies

The fries that came with the meat pies were nicely spiced and perfectly fried.

The crowd was happy...a good turnout, but not so crowded as to be uncomfortable.

The Que Crawl, a local lunch truck also known as "The big purple bus" did not put its duck cracklins on the board, you had to know to order them "off the menu." The cracklins were the standout of the festival for me, and not just because of all the cute boys working the truck.


Cochon de lait po boy with vinegar sauce and cracklins