City Pork and Red Stick Spice (with Pics!)

Over the weekend, the GF and I were running errands and wanted to grab some lunch at Overpass Merchant. Unfortunately, the Merchant was packed to rafters with people and we weren't in the mood for waiting or eating outside (was a hot weekend). So we went to our go-to favorite in City Pork on Jefferson.

Started with a new appetizer: Pork Belly Corndogs. These were delicious. The pork was super tender and flavorful and the batter was thin and had just that nice hint of a corndog taste. The mustard sauce was also delicious.



We then settled on our lunch. I got the chicken club (which was awesome) and she got a friend crawfish salad. She took a few bites but didn't care for the truffle and romano dressing it was tossed with. I actually liked it, so I gave her half of my sandwich and ate most of her salad.



While we waited for the bill, I made the mistake of browsing Instagram and saw Red Stick Spice advertising cupcakes made with berbere (an African spice mix). So of course we had to stop there to try them.



I'm not even going to lie, these were delicious. The berbere spice gave the batter a slightly spicy and sweet taste. The frosting was yogurt based. Inside the cupcakes were chopped dates. Sensational.

We also picked up some other goodies.



Some local honey. Really beautiful floral notes.



This nice elderly couple was there selling this jalapeno relish. They had it served over cream cheese and I thought it would make a great appetizer for an upcoming family party. Good stuff.



I couldn't leave without some of the GOAT coffee. It's not cheap, but this made an exceptional cup of coffee Sunday morning.

So that's about it. Baton Rouge has really come a long way with some cool places as it evolves and grows its own culinary scene. Can't recommend both of these places enough.