re: Not so great food cities

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Not saying that's bad, but i always wonder why people are so quick to dismiss plate lunch/sandwich/cheap eats places when grading a food scene.

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Why are you pulling this straw man out of your arse? Who's doing that?

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But, the retards (not you) that excuse every fault of the city, put down other cities, and claim they are the "best" in all kinds of random shite still make me cringe.

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FWIW, I've NEVER seen that happen on this message board. No one ever says N.O. is THE best at anything. Only that we rank up there in some things. No one ever said the city didn't have problems and I'm pretty sure I've never seen any one dismiss them. Here's how it usually goes:

Poster #1: "I loved going down to New Orleans this past weekend. Had a good dinner at (insert name here). Spent some time at the D-Day Museum and took a walk down the Riverwalk."

Poster #2: "Sounds like you had a good weekend."

Poster #3: "I love the D-Day Museum. Next time you're down there why don't you try (insert restaurant/bar name here.)

Poster #4: "New Orleans is a shite hole. Did you have a bullet proof vest on the whole time?"

Poster #5: "Yeah, did a local politician bend you over and take all of your money?"

This is about the time tigre, Wiki, TA, Y.A., glassman and myself show up for the 20 page debate.

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that is what your list of restaurants implies. Not a single comfort/dive/cheap place among them.

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You're just being silly now.

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But to those who give a flying frick about food, like yourself, should know better

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New American cuisine is beginning to bore me.

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If you are from Chalmette, i'm not fighting you. You probably are packing a shank.

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I was born and raised and while I don't readily carry one I sure know how to make one.

With all this being said, I am going to start hitting the Viet and Indian places in N.O. Locations that those NYC people are afraid to visit.

Luckily for NOLA, we don't get wrapped up into any one "trend" or "scene" besides that which is our own heritage...creole.

This is why trendy shite in LA and NYC closes all the time...NOLA avoids many shitty trends and the over-saturation of food scenes in this way.

The 2000's will be marked by the increase of specific regional cuisines into our food scene...Domenica, A Mano, Horinoya, Vega, Cafe Minh, Rio mar, La Boca...even Cochon and Butcher.

These places are highly specialized and the existence thereof is extremely unique in a city this size. You have a metro area hanging with the cities of 5 million plus as one of the top 5 or 6 food cities in the U.S....that doesn't come from being cliche in today's food scene (maybe 20 years ago).

IMO you can get some great grub in NOLA for not too much money.

poboys
muffs
oysters
zipperhead food

Definitely lacking in the plate lunch scene, but that was never a part of the cultcha down here, brah.

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that doesn't come from being cliche in today's food scene (maybe 20 years ago).

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Having eaten each of these cuisines (except far east) in their point of origin, I would say that this nouveax fusion fad is cliche' itself.

I am talking about getting down to the soul of food. Like I said, I'm just bored. I am tired of dropping lots of $$ on eating out. I am also sick of people telling me what is good and what isn't good.

In reflection, it isn't New Orleans fault. Like I said, they are just trying to compete with the rest of the culinary sheep.

For lack of a better term, BR's food scene from top to bottom is uninspired...that is what makes it an underachiever given its size and proximity to seafood and two unique regional cuisine birthplaces.