We had such a nice Easter weekend in New Orleans. My parents lived there while my dad was doing his residency at Charity Hospital and I was born there but we moved to Texas shortly after that. As luck would have it, though, my brother went to Tulane for law school and he's stayed around. It'll be a sad day for me when he decides to move. We always, always spend Easter in Houston but this year we decided to change it up and go to New Orleans for Easter so that we could all be together. I ate far, far more than I should have this weekend but the food was so delicious, it was hard for me to say no. The five of us aren't together that often any more these days so it took me until brunch on Sunday morning to get my act together and start taking some pictures of the delicious food so that I could share!
The Jazz Brunch at Commander's Palace is so festive. We'd discussed many other restaurant options but we ended up at Commander's and it didn't disappoint (it never does -- I have yet to have a bad experience there). We went to brunch after church and, in keeping with the "over-indulgent" theme of the weekend, we started off with cocktails. There's nothing like a Milk Punch to start brunch off with a bang. I don't want to turn this into a ridiculous catalog of what we ate but I will tell you that after this weekend I officially like poached eggs and swiss chard, two things that were not on my list of "likes" before. The red wine poached "Easter Eggs" were served on a bed of swiss chard and corn bread with house-smoked ham and a chervil hollandaise and it was absolutely fantastic (even if Anthony Bourdain says never to get the hollandaise). Of course, as the meal wore on I got caught up in talking with everyone and eating so my pictures started to suffer. Dessert is always wonderful though and even though I forgot to take a picture I did manage to get a picture of the carnage. And, let me recommend the hibiscus sorbet. I've got to figure out how to make that at some point soon. Maybe David Lebovitz has a recipe that will point me in the right direction . . .
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Looks like it was a fun and wonderful time! I've never been to New Orleans. It's on my list.
oh my gosh!! it all sounds so good! i've never heard of milk punch! must google!!
glad you had such a wonderful easter!
and you should DEFINITELY check out the zoo! there's a baby gorilla there now that has just about the cutest face i've ever seen!
We always feel like we "should" try different restaurants when we go to New Orleans, but honestly, I'd be happy going to the same five places over and over again. And Sunday brunch at Commander's Palace is a must, always. I actually had brancy milk punch for the first time on our last trip - fabulous! So glad that you and your family had a great Easter!!
I've never been to New Orleans. But, I really really want to go. Especially because now you have me wanting some Jazz Brunch! My mom went to undergrad at Tulane many years ago, and just loved the city. You both have convinced me that I really need to visit!
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