Famous food

New Orleans is famous for many things, including their cuisine. One absolute must-have when visiting New Orleans is Café DuMonde’s world-famous beignets. These lighter-than-air French pastries dusted with powdered sugar are perfect for a midnight snack or mid-morning pick-me-up, and are best eaten as messily as possible with a perfect cup of DuMonde’s perfect French market coffee.

After you have had dessert (always eat it first!) try the freshest oysters Rockefeller in all the land. Invented at the longest consecutively owned and operated restaurant in the country, Antoine’s, these oysters are richer than the family they are named after!

An item available just about anywhere in New Orleans, but which is guaranteed to be different each time, is gumbo. With fresh ingredients that change with the seasons, your taste buds will never be bored no matter how many times you have it.

Shrimp etouffee is incredible smothered shrimp. For those seafood lovers who love their seafood rich, this one is a must-have. Other incredible New Orleans creations include Po Boys in so many varieties there is something for everyone, muffulettas (salami sandwich served on an Italian roll and smothered in amazing olive salad), and red beans and rice. To wash it all down, try a hurricane, invented by New Orleans’ own Pat O’Brien’s in the 1940s, or a Sazerac, the state of Louisiana’s official drink.

New Orleans creates world-class chefs, such as Emeril Lagasse, and is a food paradise for young and old. From high-class dining at restaurants such as Emeril’s DelMonico Steakhouse to the down-home cooking of the soul food found in small diners on street corners, New Orleans is the place your stomach wants to be.