The Cuisine Tour Inner Journey

The City spoke to me through food today. I had the opportunity to go to some of the most famous restaurants in New Orleans. I got to learn some of the Creole cooking ways and all the different spices and cooking materials they use. The Cuisine Tour was something I was very excited to get to do and was looking forward to, mainly because I love food, but who doesn't. I was very interested in trying new things and being able to say that I have tried that. Before the Cuisine Tour, I had went to a restaurant called Pierre Maspero. There I got the opportunity to try alligator. My friend ordered blackened alligator and that was something I was told I had to try because it was very good. I was surprised at how good it was. When we didn't get the fried alligator I got really worried because then I was really trying alligator meat. It turned out to be an amazing dish and I enjoyed it. That was the beginning of my food journey. The first stop on the Cuisine tour I got to try the famous Brisket at the Tujague's. I thought their Brisket was absolutely amazing. I loved the horseradish sauce mix they had on it. I got to try seafood gumbo for the first time. It had oysters in it and shrimp. I had never tried oysters before so I was very freaked out about trying this dish. I thought it was pretty good. The texture of the oyster was very soft and it didn't taste fishy at all to me. I was very happy to get to visit and learn about the different restaurants and their history, and to get to sample some of their dishes. I love the spicy flavors of Creole food. I loved learning the difference between Creole and Cajun food. There are a lot of differences apparently between the two that I was not aware of. Creole food used a lot of horseradish and tomato based foods. Cajun dishes use a lot more spices and make their food spicier because they cook and eat all the gamey meat. Creole dishes use lighter rouse, and Cajun dishes use the darkest rouse. I very much enjoyed learning about all the different foods and getting to try them.

 
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