NOLA {Part 2}

On to the best part, the food of New Orleans. The food did not disappoint; although the hubs was mostly looking forward to a crawfish boil, but crawfish was not in season!

Our first night there was Christmas Eve, and we went to Borgne one of John Besh's restaurants. Borgne is Besh's coastal Louisiana cuisine restaurant. They had a reveillon menu to celebrate Christmas.




The hubs had the Crispy Boudin Balls -- Duck & Andouille Gumbo -- Black Drum -- Citrus Olive Oil Cake


I had the Duck Poppers -- Alligator Soup -- Whole Stuff Flounder -- Pot de Creme


On Christmas night we tried another John Besh restaurant, Domenica, his Italian restaurant inside the Roosevelt Hotel (featured here. We had a Meat&Cheese Board (the duck liver pate was amazeballs) -- Clam Pizza -- Stracci (oxtail + fried chicken livers) -- Tagliatelle (rabbit + porcini) -- Banana Zuppa Inglese. The appetizer and pizza was great; the pasta was way over salted (they ended up remaking the hubs' tagliatelle)

(see that big fluffy pillow dough on the top left corner, they were pretty amazing: its Domenica's savory version of a beignet fried in DUCK FAT. so yummy with the duck pate. anyway..moving on before i drool...)

I think I'll stop here for now and do one more post of the more casual foods we had.

Ornaments

I wanted to post this earlier, but I guess better late than never. We had our first tree this Christmas in our home and added a few new ornaments to our collection. Here's a peak into some of the ones we added:

L to R (clockwise):
Blessed photo frame ornament from the hubs that came in my stocking this year
Snowman Lenox porcelain ornament. This was a steal of a deal that we found at HomeGoods (have I told you I love that store?). I believe he retails full price around $50-60 and we got him for $10 or so.
Mickey Mouse Disney Vinylmation ornament. He smells like the gingerbread man that he's eating. The hubs got into Disney Vinylmations towards the end of the year, so this was a fitting ornament, plus we had a coupon :)
Aruban Fisherman from Aruba (duh!). This isn't a new ornament, but still a fave of mine. We picked this up on our honeymoon. Which now has started a tradition of bringing home an ornament from trips we take (next year, you'll see the one I got from New Orleans)
Fabric Lion from Target. Target had a line of really cute ornaments this winter, and they went fast (at least the good ones did). If you didn't grab it when you saw it, chances are it'd be gone by your next visit.

There you have it! a glimpse into our Christmas decorations. Next year, we should have more exciting things to share on the Christmas decor front, keep your eye out for them!