Pro Nola native tip: Do a little research into best local food places. Thats where you find best food treasures! Oh and the sandwich is pronounced (Mu-Fa-Lot-a)
Got any suggestions??:) I really wanna go somewhere that has all you can eat crab. Do you know if there’s any place like that? I really appreciate it. Going there soon and sooo looking forward to it.
As a local, I can say that one of the best foods tourists don't know about is buttermilk drops. Beignets have their place and are always great, but buttermilk drops, which are basically large donut holes covered in glaze (cake donut, not yeast), are one of the foods I associate with living here that tourists don't seem to know about.
That is the best compliment i can ask for... i know my math wasn't so good but it was hard just to have 5 dishes :) by the way, Louisiana has some of the nicest people in the US
Uncle Chuckles Great! If I have any advice it would be to rent a car because public transport sucks, and don't just stay in the French Quarter, go through Mid-City, Uptown (Audubon Area), and Bywater area. All have excellent local restaurants
If you go to NOLA(new orleans) and you don't go to Willie Mae's Scotch House for their Fried Chicken, you haven't made it. Should be 2nd on the list after Beignets.
Love this! We are heading to New Orleans for Christmas on Saturday - so excited! We will be checking out Willie Mae's for sure! This video is making me so hungry.
As a born and bred “New Orleanean”, I’ll give this video thumbs up. Only issue I have is with Cafe Du Monde. It’s not what it used to be. A complete and utter tourist trap. Us locals leave that trash for the tourists. Lol. There are better places for beignets just a few blocks away.
If you come during August that’s when the restaurants are in their slow period and you can get a 3 course menu for $35 some of the BEST restaurants in the world. I think over 50 restaurants participate. There are 2/3 course menu for $20. As a native of New Orleans I try to eat out 2-3 a month. The best home cooks are here in New Orleans.
That's what I was thinking. None of that food looked good to me or well cooked. But I am from the mountains in east Tn. My mama could shame most anyone with fried chicken- including the killing of the chicken- which was a game they grew up on to pick up the bird and swing it around in the air by its neck until it breaks nicely, the rip it off, and sit the body back down on the ground and the kids got the biggest enjoyment out of watching how long the body continued to walk around without its head. They'd bet on the length of time, and the loser had to pluck it. We make our own fun, I guess. But no restaurant can cook like a mama in her own kitchen.
For a po boy, go to Parkway in mid city & order the surf and turf: a roast boy/fried shrimp po boy. Also go to the Napoleon House for the Pim's Cup. Lived there for 5 years & those are 2 of my favorite things.
Yes, the Pimm's Cup at Napoleon House is excellent, especially during the hot summer months, so refreshing. And Parkway does have great po-boys, out by Bayou St. John. My wife's from NO, we live in Lafayette, and love to go to some of these places when visiting the city. Also, Deanie's Seafood out by the lakefront, although technically it's in Metairie since it's just across the 17th St. Canal. But it's all part of the GNO area.
Very good list!! Native New Orleanian. Next time, skip Mother’s, walk a few more blocks to Baronne Street and get a poboy from P&G’s Restaurant. It’s a whole in the wall, but they have the best fried shrimp poboys. Cafe Du Monde in the French Quarter is always packed, however there are other locations that are not so busy. Much love from NOLA!
Word of warning, when you're ordering benegets, prepare yourself for a lot of powdered sugar, it's not optitional. I once asked for light powdered sugar at cafe du monde, and i got laughed at by the lady working
Haha I've watched a lot of Wolters World videos and this one is special. Just notice the love and excitement that's coming out when he talks about New Orleans foods. That's five-star review right there!
It’s not a “sub” bread lol.... you can get that anywhere. Please people don’t confuse your regular “subway” bread for our French bread which is hard to make and get the right texture outside of New Orleans, this breads texture has everything to do with the humidity in the city. I live in New York now and has since become a vegan 🌱 I miss all that fat and grease
Thank you...you took the words out of my mouth...I've been on the East Coast and subs are extremely popular there and Hogies...and that bread doesn't come close nor does French bread in other areas...so no it is not the same...this video could go on for ages cause from store to store we have several different combinations of food items...you can get half and half sandwiches with shrimp on one side and alligator on the other...and the sandwich sizes vary from 6 inches to 36 plus inches.. it all depends on where you go
All solid recommendations. I agree that New Orleans is one of the best cities for food in the world, and I'd say the best in the U.S. New York and other large cities have big varieties of cuisine, but New Orleans has its own cuisine from sandwiches to gourmet seafood and it's all delicious. I'll add that Brennan's in New Orleans is known for creating Bananas Foster. And the foods pictured at the end that are also great are Pralines (kind of like a super sweet cookie with pecans) and it looks like sweet potato pie (which you can get at Mother's if you have any room left after your Po' Boy)
+robtw1970 I walked by Brennan's and kept telling myself I had to go in but I kept saying "next meal" and I ran out of meals. Guess I will be heading back to New Orleans :)
Oh boy Central Grocery and the Muffaleta.. My mouth is watering already..The Shrimp E'touffee is out of this world good.. Fantastic review mark and it looks like it was a brautiful day in the Nola or Big Eazy
+bapalus Um, actually it’s pronounced *_moof-uh-let-uh._* The owner of Central Grocery has said this many times. Mark’s pronunciation is closer than yours.
Fantastic. Mark's best food video ever. I've been to NOLA twice (plus once to Baton Rouge) and have had everything listed except the bread pudding. And no shrimp & grits since I've eaten plenty in both Carolinas. Also never heard of crawfish pies. Cool. Yes, fried oyster *_Po'Boy_* is my go to unless it's soft shell crab season. Mmm, mmmm. I see *_pralines_* @5:42. Definitely should have made the list of sweets. Just to clarify for international viewers, they're not Belgian chocolate pralines. Awesome video!
+Tosh T thanks Tosh! The 5 Eats series is a new thing. I figure most people only get a couple days to visit a place so why give 100 options when we could focus on the tastiest famous 5s. Hope all is treating you well. Thank you again for the kind words!
I always laugh at “Top 50 must eats in XYZ” lists/videos...not very helpful. It was fun to see pics of local foods that didn’t make your list. I would not have thought of pralines had you not included them. Very tasty. 👍
Drago’s charbroiled oysters is a MUST. Fried shrimp poboy from Johnny’s is a MUST (be prepared to wait and take to-go essentially). Instead of the French quarter cafe du monde, it’s worth taking a drive or taxi to city park’s location-the ambience of the oak trees and little bayou there will make you feel completely relaxed and almost in the countryside. For good pastries, I love gracious bakery and haydel’s in the garden district. And pro-tip, not the best food in the city but Magazine Street is as enjoyable and interesting to walk as the historic French quarter, with much more locals. Have fun!
I totally agree on City Park for the Cafe. Took the red line trolley to the end. Hop of and walk maybe 100 yards. no crowd at all. Ate then rode an Ebike to the Lake and back. Good way to work off the calories. Yes to Magazine street. For char-grilled oysters, we went a bit away. Green line trolley took us to Superior Seafood and Oyster bar. She had her first oyster ever there and loved it. I am a New Orleans food lover and totally converted her to one as well.
Being a Louisiana native, I can confirm that we do have great food here! Your top food suggestions are spot-on and I thoroughly enjoyed watching you talk about them. Lol! Great tips!
Hi, Mark! Thanks for the fantastic video! You are absolutely right! The food in New Orleans is really good and delicious!😊 Thanks, for sharing your food recommendations. You are fantastic! Diana Batista 😊
I live here and I absolutely love the places you have mentioned!! Pat O,s is my favorite place especially the piano bar!, so fun!! Very awesome video!! :-)
The chargrilled oysters are the best in the world! Had them for the first time in December and I'm craving them ever since. There's nothing like them. Even my seafood hater husband liked them. They are the bomb!
That's a lot more than 5 foods, but I'm down for that. I think you hit everything essential. However, everyone should know that the beignets are greatly overrated. They're historical and regional, so that's fine. But as a food, they're just fried dough with powdered sugar, so they aren't exactly revelatory. Most donut shops can do better. Fresh Krispy Kreme glazed donuts are much better...if you're looking for sweet pastry. Also, a lot of Po'Boys in the Quarter are pretty basic, and unimpressive (but we ate them because they were close to the hotel). Seek out the better rated joints. I'm going to seek out the Parkway Bakery or Domilise's.
I'll add: DON'T restrict yourself to typical Cajun cuisine. You can find nearly any type of cuisine from anywhere in the world in New Orleans. Lebanese? Cuban? Thai? Salvadoran? Ethiopian? You can find it all here Pro tip: DON'T breathe in/out your nose when biting into a beignet
I've always wanted to visit Café Du Mond. I've only had beignets at Downtown Disney here in Anaheim by Disneyland, but those obviously aren't as good as the real thing.
Glade I was born and raised in the area. I have traweled for shrimp, dreged oysters, fished crabs all for a living. Now that I am retired with Godchildren in the "business" my freezer is always full of fish, crabs, oysters, shrimp and more. just yesterday evening I fixed an oyster and shrimp platter for a snack. Nothing like getting fresh soft shell crabs brought right to me. Of course I build my own crab nets and crawfish nets and I enjoy taking friends to catch a hamper of crabs or a sack of crawfish. I cook seafood in my house about 4 times a week. Not to mention alligator, frog legs, deer, rabbit and duck. I also like to catch cat fish, blue gills and green trout. When It comes to salt water nothing catching red fish to make a coubion or catching some really nice flounders and stuffing them with shrimp and crab. Of course you can always do some speckled shouting in the area and fix trout almondine. Best foods on the entire planet
I am from bayou country I traweled with my family and ate fresh caught seafood regularly. No where did I ever tasted better food than SE Louisiana. My favorite meal: Fried fresh Speckle trout, shrimp & soft shelled crabs with Fresh out of the garden cooked field peas over rice!!!
Me and my wife love your videos. We are currently sat at home here in the UK drinking rum and binge watching your videos and planning our trips. Thank you for all of the information.
Dude, you nailed it! I'm from New Orleans and I predicted the the 5 things you would recommend (including the Hurricane), and you nailed every one! Excellent!
I think I went 5/5 when I went to New Orleans ... I definitely had a po boy, jambalaya, chargilled and raw oysters, even an oyster shooter (oyster, vodka, cocktail sauce), andouille sausage rice and beans, and of course the beignets at cafe du monde!!
Best eatery, one of them anyway...I went to was recommended by a local I no who lives there. It’s on Decater my spelling might be wrong but it’s a reasonably priced eatery an the food was so good an they have a variety of dishes and salads and soups and platters an po boys muffuletta etc.. we ate there like 4 times and I go there to eat when I visit.. it’s MsSparrows. My spelling might be off so here it is phonetic spelled.. miss-sparrows.. it’s a family eatery and it really is reasonable prices an good fresh food.. I highly recommend it ..
In NYC's Little Italy, we call them.. zeppoli...but tell you the truth, beignets are slightly better...even though I am Italian, and shouldn't say that...hubby's family still lives in NOLA. Next year when we relocate from Gramercy Park in Manhattan, back South to the Easy, I fully expect to eat my way through all of these, and savor!!! Thanks, dude..
Polschinski. I live just across the river. Born and raised in the area, descendant on my mother's side of some of the first French to come to the country by way of Nova Scotia. Wish I could put pictures up in the comments because that's exactly what I had yesterday evening for supper a fried shrimp and fried oyster platter.
I went to NOLA last April. Had a po’ boy, gumbo, etouffee, chargrilled oysters, the beignets from cafe du monde, and a few more meals. Was really anxious to try it all and enjoy it there. I loved it! I’m dying to go back again and do it all over again! And a place I recommend on canal street, “we dats chicken and shrimp” delicious! And if you drink and love beer, huge ass beers😜 I live in central Florida and there’s a New Orleans style dish restaurant called “Harry’s” is actually really good! They have Oreo stuffed beignets lol sounds bizarre but they are so good! Must be very hard for NOLA natives to stay on diets lol I could never
Great list! Only thing I would change- mothers is overrated. Best po-boys ever are at Verti Marte on the corner of Royal and Gov. Nichols. They had a fire and closed down for a couple of years, but they were re-opened when I was there in Jan. 2018. Nothing fancy, just a to-go deli counter, but no kidding, one $6 po-boy (and the selections are numerous) will feed 2 people. Ask for it dressed (all the fixins), get some Abita to wash it down with, walk back down to Decatur st, find a picnic bench in the French market, and pig out!
Wolters World I love Berlin. About Currywurst we did talk already. Konnopke. Where i like the döner is at the U-bahnstation KAULSDORF NORD. And you have to taste the ice cream at ALDEMIR EIS in the FALCKENSTEINSTRAßE 7.
I’d say do Cafe Du Monde for the touristy thing and then go to Cafe Beignet for the really tasty beignets. Du Monde’s were hard but the ones from Beignet were so tasty.
Mark, you must go to Commanders Palace to get the bread pudding souffle!!! Brocatos for Italian desserts. Liuzzas for the Frenchaletta!!!! But beware some of the smaller restaurants such as Liuzzas only takes cash , no credit cards
I’ve been to New Orleans 3 x and going in 2018, love it! The three things I do when I get there is eat at Oceana Grill...doesn’t matter which location...both are great. Buy a six pack of Dixie beer for the hotel...and purchase a cigar for the night! It’s been my tradition and feels right! Oh, by the way watch out for street people begging or should I say hustling for money...you might get slightly intimidated to part with a $5 or $10 fools bet, trust me don’t stop for these shysters, say no thank you and keep it moving... especially a few blocks from cafe du monde in the afternoon.
Yes!!! The Muffaletta! When ever I go to N.O. I make sure to buy 2 muffallettas on my last day there.. one to eat , at the airport on my way home , and one to eat the next day at home !
Bresd pudding is typically made from day old bread. My mammaw, an ausgebildet (trsined) German chef who worked in New Orleans as a pastry chef made bread pudding from day old doughnaughts. Her husband, who was 6'7" and probably Norwegian, weighed over 400 lbs.
Hey everyone! I've just returned from New Orleans and real quick - Central Grocery is currently closed. They're remodeling after the recent hurricane damage so you'll have to get your muffaletta elsewhere. A local told me Napoleon House has good ones but I didn't get a chance to go. I hope to next time.
I am dying to visit New Orleans, but I'd rather eat dirt than rice (literally, grew up eating my mud pies and it's quite yummy...also, I am in the mountains of Tennessee), I hate seafood, and detest alcohol. I also loathe loud people. So I am guessing it wouldn't be my thing downtown, but I do want to tour the garden district and the beautiful old homes. And eat beignets. And maybe a fried oyster. Do they know what fatback gravy is for breakfast? But still, none of that food looked very good or well prepared. But I am spoiled to my mama's cooking.
Good video I must say. Now, if ya wanna seriously eat then take it from a New Orleans native. Here's where you should go, but not all in one day of course. The first stop is Deanie's seafood and order 2 seafood platters, one fried and the other grilled or broiled with cold beer. Go to Buster Holmes for Red Beans and rice. Willie Mays chicken shack for fried chicken. The Praline Connection for all the soul food dishes. Beignets are a must from Cafe du Monde'. Go to Maspero's for French Onion soup, Red Beans and Rice, and incredible sandwiches. Shrimp or roast beef poboys are a must. Mother's is good but there are other better places to get poboys. Muffalata at central grocery in the French Quarter is good, but they don't heat the sandwich and Muff's are better in my opinion when heated. And yes, the Hurricane from Pat O's is the way to go. Bananas Fosters is to be found at Brennan's restaurant and the show is as good as the food.
Was going to visit, but after reading the comments and seeing just how rude the natives are with non-locals, how anal they are about the pronunciation of FOOD PRODUCTS, and how dangerous others are saying it is for tourists, it's probably best we keep going and don't stop to eat! Geesh!
Yall better get with someone local in a hurry if you wanna save $$$ & get quality plus quantity..."Po-Boys" ain't real unless you get overstuffed ones...meaning when you unwrap it meat falls all out the sides enough to dam near make another sandwich...please venture out the quarters...lol
Your food choices don't work for someone who is allergic to seafood. There are hypoallergenic options in Louisiana but you have to look for them. I love a blackened burger, prime rib or steak. Natchitoches meat pies are typically a hypoallergenic option especially with my food allergies where you can omit seafood or any other ingredient you have an allergy or intolerance to. When I do a NOLA trip I plan my restaurant itinerary with restaurants that have the best options with my food allergies and ask ahead of time for allergen information before I'm in town; by law it has to be provided. If you're puking due to anaphylaxis, you're going to the ER with a possible hospital stay and that's if you're identified as puking due to anaphylaxis and not from over imbibing. When I make a pot of dirty rice, I omit the ingredients I'm allergic to and anyone else who has dietary requirements. With the advancements of medical science or voodoo, people with a broad spectrum of allergies are living longer when a few decades ago or so their allergies would kill them.
