New Orleans Food Exploration Recommendations 🍽️✨

I absolutely loved New Orleans! I was there for a week-long NeurIPS conference and basically just ate and drank non-stop — my face definitely got rounder 😅, but hey, there's always time to diet later! 🍴 Dinner / Fine Dining Irene’s — Delicious! The mussels, amandine fish, and lamb chops were all great. Make a reservation early or try for a last-minute cancellation! Trenasse — Everything was tasty! Duck leg, crawfish pie, seafood stew, and the "Taste of Trenasse" sampler were all hits. Maypop — Vietnamese fusion. Bone marrow, lobster noodles, grilled fish — good but a bit salty and portions are small. Taihey — Thai food! Frog legs, crab fried rice, lamb, tom yum soup — all delicious! ★★★★☆ (minus one star because they don’t accept split payments on more than two cards 😒). Espiritu — All kinds of tacos were amazing, and the decor was super cute! 🌮 🦪 Seafood Luke — Only tried happy hour oysters and fried oysters. Pretty good, but oysters are now $2 each (price went up 💸). Drago’s — Chargrilled oysters were fantastic! Alligator tacos also great; lobster pasta was okay but not outstanding. Felix’s — Had to wait in line. Tried three types of grilled oysters — only the original flavor was decent. Big EZ — Tasty and affordable! Like a Cajun-style boiling crab spot — flavor was on point! Cajun Seafood — DO NOT GO — crazy salty and not fresh at all. 😖 #Seafood #SeafoodLover #WeekendEats #NewOrleans #NOLAFood #FoodieDiary 🦞🍤