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re: Who has the best boudin in NOLA?
Posted on 4/15/24 at 4:24 pm to 91TIGER
Posted on 4/15/24 at 4:24 pm to 91TIGER
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When they brought it to Lafayette, it doomed the place. Is all the food as bad as the boudin of course it wasn't but it was the eye test that wasn't passed and the place never recovered.
Donald Link, the pride of Acadiana
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Posted on 4/15/24 at 4:41 pm to 91TIGER
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When they brought it to Lafayette, it doomed the place. Is all the food as bad as the boudin of course it wasn't but it was the eye test that wasn't passed and the place never recovered.
I've never eaten at Cochon. I've enjoyed Butcher a number of times, but I bought some andouille from there that was downright awful. I posted about it some years ago and recall another poster had the same experience. It had a very strange unappealing flavor.
Posted on 4/15/24 at 8:00 pm to GynoSandberg
fool, please. donald link ain't hacking it in a food mecca like laffy
Posted on 4/15/24 at 8:06 pm to Louie T
Link is a Lake Charles Cajun like SFP if I recall
Posted on 4/15/24 at 8:13 pm to Lester Earl
Donald Link's cousin Bubba made the best boudin I've ever eaten. Mowata, La, circa '02. Imho fwiw gfy tia
This post was edited on 4/15/24 at 8:14 pm
Posted on 4/15/24 at 8:15 pm to Lester Earl
yeah, i think he's lake chuck / sulphur
Posted on 4/15/24 at 8:15 pm to AUHighPlainsDrifter
Nola is not known for boudin. Best stop at Rouses is your best shot. I prefer the smoked boudin.
Posted on 4/15/24 at 10:09 pm to 91TIGER
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When they brought it to Lafayette, it doomed the place. Is all the food as bad as the boudin of course it wasn't but it was the eye test that wasn't passed and the place never recovered.
What’s wrong with it
Posted on 4/16/24 at 9:33 am to 91TIGER
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When they brought it to Lafayette, it doomed the place. Is all the food as bad as the boudin of course it wasn't but it was the eye test that wasn't passed and the place never recovered.
Pretty sure you don't know all the facts. Cochon didn't fail in Lafayette because of the poor food quality or taste. The menu consisted of old Cajun-style meals that your grandma would cook on Sundays ... smothered rabbit, roasted chicken, braised pork shoulder, ribeye roast, shrimp in a butter sauce, collard greens and tasso, wild grain dirty rice, etc. It didn't succeed because the locals were not gonna pay $21.95 for a smothered rabbit entree' since you could get the same plate lunch at T-Coons or Dwyer's for $9.95 and a larger serving. Link was trying to sell Cajun food to Cajuns who cook the same meals at home at a fraction of the cost. That restaurant model works in New Orleans because of the tourists and locals who want to eat Cajun style meals (i.e. K-Paul's RIP
) Cochon's boudin was decent and edible; however, at the time (2011) you could buy better boudin in Lafayette at a hundred different places for $1 per link.Posted on 4/16/24 at 10:32 am to AUHighPlainsDrifter
Instead of trying to navigate all the NOLA boudin deficiencies, as others have suggested, find a Rouses and pick up some Best Stop smoked boudin. Best Stop is based out of Scott, LA (I-10 Exit 97 - you'll be wise to remember that exit).
IMO, it's not as good as say Kartchner's or Billy's, but not far behind. I'll just leave it at that so the headlines in Gaza tomorrow don't read "South LA boudin battles resume.'
IMO, it's not as good as say Kartchner's or Billy's, but not far behind. I'll just leave it at that so the headlines in Gaza tomorrow don't read "South LA boudin battles resume.'
Posted on 4/16/24 at 11:41 am to AUHighPlainsDrifter
Chris' specialty foods in lakeview has great boudin as well as many other great products, thank me later
Posted on 4/16/24 at 11:49 am to vince vega
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Chris' specialty foods in lakeview has great boudin as well as many other great products, thank me later
And they are very proud------$$$$$ ----of their products.
Posted on 4/16/24 at 11:51 am to gumbo2176
I agree
Posted on 4/16/24 at 12:00 pm to tigers1956
Chris's is pretty good. But buying Best Stop at Rouses is better
Posted on 4/16/24 at 1:44 pm to tigers1956
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I agree
I remember one time at least 2 years ago the wife and I stopped there for the first time and we saw they had fresh cracklins. I asked how much a lb. and the guy behind the counter said they usually sold it by the quarter pound and it was $7.50----------so I'm quick with the math and that worked out to $30 a lb. which was insanely priced.
Then she asked about beef hot tamales and the guy said they were out but we could put some on hold in the next shipment so we did that for 3 dozen.
Two days later I get a call that they are in and I go to get them and that bill came to $53 since they sell them not by the dozen, but by the pound and some packages are bigger than others. Worked out to almost $17 a dozen plus tax.
Haven't bought them since.
Posted on 4/16/24 at 1:57 pm to gumbo2176
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fresh cracklins
I have had some pretty good ones at times from that shop, but then I've had the worst I've ever had from there as well.
Posted on 4/16/24 at 2:48 pm to notiger1997
If you haven't tried Boudin by Jamison, you're missing is out. His is the best around and it's not even close. Check him out on FB to order for Thursday pickups or he does some markets on the weekend.
As someone mentioned he's won the people's choice a couple times now at the boudin festival out in prime boudin country.
As someone mentioned he's won the people's choice a couple times now at the boudin festival out in prime boudin country.
Posted on 4/16/24 at 3:15 pm to bubba102105
I've had his boudin and I agree, it's very good. Especially if you put it on a grill for a bit.
Posted on 4/16/24 at 10:52 pm to bubba102105
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His is the best around and it's not even close. Check him out on FB to order for Thursday pickups or he does some markets on the weekend.
Where can we find it, dude?
Posted on 4/17/24 at 9:09 am to AUHighPlainsDrifter
you better travel a little further to the west of nola for boudin, bruh.
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