Eating in NOLA:

Well it was good the first time... why not do it again?


We did the whole frozen 4 cheese pizza with tomatoes cut up on top thing again two nights ago before we went out (more on that later). It was pretty good again, the tomatoes seem to add something more than just color. I've never been a huge frozen pizza fan in the past but this keeps being surprisingly pleasing. This one was round and of the Red Barron variety. This picture has a big knife in it because it was Friday the 13th.


We did salad again as well. Just some romaine tossed with a balsamic vinaigrette, Parmesan, and some croutons from my mama. There is a bear in this picture because I forgot to move it.


And white wine (Francis Coppala on special at Roberts Fresh Market) this time instead of red.


Well I guess that's it. Sorry if it was a repetitive post... I figured the pizza being a different shape and the white wine might have made it post worthy. This picture has a Kerry in it because she hasn't decided to take it down yet... maybe she wont.

Vizard's might be a mob restaurant. It doesn't have a website.

Kerry and I seemed to be the only people in the place that weren't related to the owners, wait-staff, or kitchen staff. People were constantly disappearing behind the kitchen doors to kiss or schmooze with the chef. Either way they had some really good food. Really good.

Kerry had read about Vizard's on Blackenedout and it had gotten a great review so we figured it was worth a try. Here is a picture of Kerry I think she might end up taking down... (Yup. Taken down. kmk)

We took advantage of a Tuesday-Thursday tasting special they have that comes with 3 courses and 3 glasses of wine for $33. Not a bad deal. Actually it was a great deal. Our waiter mentioned that they just started it up this week, and the menu had been different every day so far.

I'll apologize now for the lack of photos in the post -- the possibility of being in a money laundering establishment made me hesitant to pull out my camera.

Along with the bread they brought us a shot glass of a really good butternut squash/potato bisque that I am still craving the next day.

First course was a crab cake. It I'm not really sure how to describe it other than to say it was a jumbo lump crab cake in yellow cream sauce that I cant quite describe now but probably could have at the time. It came with a glass of white wine, I think all the wines of the night were California wines.

Next came a shrimp course which I worked up the nerve to take a blurry picture of...



They were seasoned, grilled and served over a polenta (which is one of my favorite things to eat) then topped with a tomato and olive ragout and a little cheese. It was served with a red wine that we tried to describe for about 20 min unsuccessfully. It wasn't our favorite red wine.

Last was a seared duck breast with pepper jelly. I'm ashamed to say I haven't had much duck in my life but this was really good it was served with some greens that I cant remember the name of but I remember sounds like a cheese. (Swiss Chard. kmk) And it came with a red wine that I liked.

I guess that's it. A pretty good pre-Valentines Day dinner. I'll let you know how it stacks up to Dominique's, in the Maison Dupuy Hotel, which is our V-Day destination.

Kerry made dinner. It was awesome. I got to help out too.


First we sautéed up some chicken tenderloins. Along with the chicken we threw in some garlic and onions.

While that was cooking we cooked up some tri-colored (red, orange, yellow) bell peppers and made some angel hair pasta.

After mixing some sauce into the pasta (Paul Newman Sakarooni) we put the whole thing together. Pasta with Chicken on top and garnished with the peppers. For good measure we topped it off with some freshly grated parmesan cheese.


It tasted even better than it looks. We had a glass of red wine with it. The wine was Spanish. We discovered it last week at a tasting at Clever Wines up in Mid-City.


As fantastic as the dinner was, the highlight of the meal had to be desert. Kerry made these little mascarpone stuffed dates with honey on top.



I had never had dates before, especially not any with mascarpone and honey in them. They were so good. They sat in the refrigerated for about an hour while we ate dinner and got cold.

Just to keep with the wine theme we opened a bottle of chardonnay and had a glass with them. So far I think they are the tastiest thing featured on this blog. And the good news is I have the making of about 100 more in my fridge right now.

It was a great dinner though. The bar is set pretty high for my next dinner.

jpv