New Orleans Restaurant Recap — December 🍽️✨

1️⃣ Boil Seafood House 📍 Uptown — stopped by on the way back from the zoo. Hit the happy hour — tried raw oysters + chargrilled oysters 🦪. Decent, though not quite Halifax-level. Crawfish in Cajun and butter garlic flavors — Cajun was tastier but still salty. Their gumbo was just okay, but the sausage side dish surprisingly impressed! 2️⃣ Recommended Gumbo Soup Spot 📍 French Quarter — great for lunch after exploring. 💰 Budget-friendly, generous portions, delicious! 🍗 Roasted chicken rice — tender and flavorful. 🦞 Crawfish étouffée — rich and aromatic. 🥘 Seafood okra gumbo over rice — so fresh and satisfying, packed with shrimp and crab goodness. 🍞 Comes with free French bread (and refills!). 3️⃣ Café Du Monde in City Park Weekend crowds weren’t bad — easy to find a seat. The park smelled faintly of flowers 🌸. Enjoyed sweet beignets + iced Café Au Lait — their version of youtiao & soy milk 😌. Relaxed a bit, then walked to the sculpture garden nearby. 4️⃣ Gyu-Kaku Japanese BBQ for Dinner Took an Uber there — they had a buy-one-get-one beef rice bowl deal! Unexpectedly delicious and huge portions — paired perfectly with sweet soy sauce. 🍚🥩 #NewOrleans #NewOrleansTravel #FoodDiary #NOLAeats 🎉🍤