Last night Tom and I walked about 3 blocks to the famous French Quarter. For a Sunday night it was packed with tourists and locals. Jazz bands were heard coming from every establishment. What fun! What sounds!
We decided our first meal would be at the Red Fish Grill.

We started with a frosty mug of Abita Amber Lager. We watched a fellow shucking raw oysters and tried one. Not to bad but better with the horseradish and seafood sauce. The locals squeeze with lemon, slide them on to a soda biscut and down the hatch. For starters we ordered a bowl of alligator and seafood gumbo and a bowl of red bean creole chowder (Chili – Louisiana style!) We then ordered the Bourbon Street sampler platter of Coconut Jumbo gulf shrimp with mirliton slaw and pepper jelly sauce. BBQ oysters (Tom’s favourite), alligator sausage, Louisiana crawfish cakes with blue cheese sauce. It filled us up and we had wonderful flavours exploding in our mouths. We ventured onto the street to watch cigar rolling, dualing pianos, and emporiums. What a fun place.