14/01: Happy Birthday Ed!!!!
Category: General
Posted by: The Agnew Family
Today is Ed's birthday .... an important birthday but I won't tell you which one, I'll let you guess. Since it was his birthday he got to choose what we did today. Ed chose to go to Commodore's Palace for lunch. It's less expensive to go to the top restaurants at lunch time and they usually have some good specials, in this case 25 cent martinis if you order an entree. When we sat down I mentioned to the waiter that it was Ed's birthday. Shortly after that the balloons arrived. He got the hat when desert, complete with a candle, arrived.
Desert was strawberry shortcake, with perhaps the lightest shortcake I have ever tasted. The menu indicated that once ordered it would be 20 minutes before the strawberry shortcake would be served. I think the shortcake was put into the oven when the desert was ordered.
Top left: Commandore's Turtle Soup (Ed's first course), Top Right:, Smoked Duroc Pork Prime Rib with crispy autumn roots, braised red cabbage and Granny Smith apples, and Buffalo Trace honey green peppercorn jus (Ed's main course), Lower Left: Louisiana Shrimp & Grits, white shrimp over goat cheese stone ground grits with melted onions, leeks, roasted mushrooms, concassé tomatoes and sauce forestiere (my entree) and Lower Right:Three of the different martinis that were available for 25 cents (Commanders made with Curacao, Cosmopolitan and Ray's Melon) . Everything was amazing even the martinis (I'm not usually a martini person).
Commander's Palace is definitely worth a visit when you're in New Orleans.
Across the road from Commander's Palace in the Layfette Cemetery. Many of the people buried here died from Yellow Fever.
I over heard a tour guide saying that Nicholas Cage wants to be buried in the cemetery. As the cemetery is full, you have to prove that a crypt has been abandoned which is suppose to be an expensive and time consuming project.
After the cemetery we drove to a camera store that Ed wanted to visit. Anyone surprised?
Desert was strawberry shortcake, with perhaps the lightest shortcake I have ever tasted. The menu indicated that once ordered it would be 20 minutes before the strawberry shortcake would be served. I think the shortcake was put into the oven when the desert was ordered.
Top left: Commandore's Turtle Soup (Ed's first course), Top Right:, Smoked Duroc Pork Prime Rib with crispy autumn roots, braised red cabbage and Granny Smith apples, and Buffalo Trace honey green peppercorn jus (Ed's main course), Lower Left: Louisiana Shrimp & Grits, white shrimp over goat cheese stone ground grits with melted onions, leeks, roasted mushrooms, concassé tomatoes and sauce forestiere (my entree) and Lower Right:Three of the different martinis that were available for 25 cents (Commanders made with Curacao, Cosmopolitan and Ray's Melon) . Everything was amazing even the martinis (I'm not usually a martini person).
Commander's Palace is definitely worth a visit when you're in New Orleans.
Across the road from Commander's Palace in the Layfette Cemetery. Many of the people buried here died from Yellow Fever.
I over heard a tour guide saying that Nicholas Cage wants to be buried in the cemetery. As the cemetery is full, you have to prove that a crypt has been abandoned which is suppose to be an expensive and time consuming project.
After the cemetery we drove to a camera store that Ed wanted to visit. Anyone surprised?