re: Does anyone on here actually order steak well done...

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dont make me whip out my 1st place brisket bbq competition certficates.

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I need to learn to BBQ. I do okay on a good grill, but I'm no master.

I'll just add that the skirt steak with skin on at La Boca only comes well done and it is one of the finest meat dishes a fellow can have.

For those of you who like sauces, this came in my email today.

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I'll just add that the skirt steak with skin on at La Boca only comes well done and it is one of the finest meat dishes a fellow can have.

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This is where you will hate me again. I ordered this, on your recommendation, last month. Tasted like brisket to me. I'd have preferred a Ruth's Chris veal chop. In fact, we didn't thing the hangar steak was anything to write home about, either. The strip was good and the bone in filet was good. I loved the chorizo. The melted cheese app in the skillet was good on the first bite of so, but it hardens and then isn't that great. The gnocchi was very good as were the fries and the fried brussel sprouts. I liked the steaks least of everything and I doubt I'd go back, but that's mainly because I don't eat a lot of steak when I'm in New Orleans. I prefer seafood.

The dulce la leche ice cream and the crepes were outstanding. I'm still thinking about those. Caramel is a weakness of mine and, together, those were irresistible.

The 3 sauces were delicious. Strange thing about those. We had plenty of leftover meat and one chorizo that we were taking "to go". I asked to have the leftover sauces included. The waiter said we could only pick one of the sauces to take. What's up with that? I assume they are included in the prices and I was taken aback a bit. I almost told him I'd pay to have them packed up, but at that point, I just didn't care that much.

We also had a problem with the reservations. When I first called, the only reservation available was at 6 pm. I took it, but it was strange and when I asked for a 7 or 7:30 reservation, the guy told me he was going to be full for Jazz Fest. I think he was saving tables. In any event, I hung up and double checked to make sure the Jazz Fest dates hadn't changed for the first time in a gazillion years. They had not, so I called back and told him that I wasn't trying to get a reservation for Jazz Fest weekend. It was the weekend before. He got all flustered and said "well, what do you want?" in a pretty rude manner. I said I would like a reservation for 7 or 7:30. He said okay for 7 pm, but we might have to wait a bit. I said that would be just fine. We got there and the restaurant had about 4 tables taken. They couldn't find the reservation and we stood around a bit. I told him I'd called twice and he claimed to remember although I'd called a few weeks before. We got a table and the place was far from full the entire time we were there. I think we left about 9 or a bit after.

The service was very good, as well, after the reservation snafu. Not my kind of place and I doubt I return unless someone else really wants to go there. I'd ordered a different cut of meat, though. It's good steak but certainly far from the best I've had for my own personal taste.

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Gris Gris

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You are not the first person who has had an interesting run with Oriestes.

The skirt is very similar to a brisket. They slowly cook it over indirect heat for hourse, it basically confits in its own fat. Then when ordered they sear the outside on the grill.

Sweetbreads at La Boca are really good as well.

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are we going to have to start a bbq thread and get it stickied?

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That would be awesome

used to,now i get it medium