Dian Xin, New Orleans, LA Report #517

I’ve been hearing people rave about this place for a long time. There’s only one thing that’s kept me from trying it until now. It’s located in the French Quarter, and like many native New Orleanians I hate coming into the Frech Quarter. Mainly because of the parking situation. Luckily, when I came here for…

Panda Palace Buffet, Gulfport, MS Report #511

Ok, you’re probably saying, “A Chinese Buffet? You’re really reporting on one of THOSE”? Yes, I am. Let me tell you a little story. Not sure if I ever told y’all before but I was a Navy Reservist. At one point during my career, I was assigned to the Seabee Base in Gulfport. I was…

Cathay Imperial, Metairie, LA Report #491

(SPECIAL BONUS REPORT INCLUDED! STAY TUNED TO THE END!) or just skip to the end if you’re impatient A long time ago, back in the days of record stores, there was one out here named Memory Lane Records. I was always a fan of oldies, and they carried a great selection. I would shop there…

Five Happiness, New Orleans, LA Report #466

There’s a Chinese restaurant not far from my house called 3 Happiness. It’s very good. This is FIVE Happiness. That’s 2 more happinesses. Happiness wise I guess that means this place would be 2/5th better? I was never good with fractions. Anyway, this place has been around as long as I can remember. I checked…

China Moon, Chalmette, LA Report #455

Today we ended up in St. Bernard Parish around lunch time. We had no idea what we wanted for lunch, then Secret Thai came to mind. They are great! But then we looked it up and it’s closed on Sundays. After thinking of that place we had our taste buds set on Asian food. We…

YuYan Kitchen, Metairie, LA Report #447

I love eating authentic ethnic food. That’s not always easy to find. In the New Orleans area by far the easiest authentic cuisine to find is Vietnamese. But, let’s take Mexican for example. Try finding authentic Mexican food. Everything is Tex-Mex style, Americanized Mexican food. I used to work with a guy from China who…

Trey Yuen, Mandeville, LA Report #418

I’ve been hearing great things about this place for decades. By decades, I don’t mean 20 years or so ago. I mean the 1980’s! The only reason I’ve never been until now is it’s not in New Orleans, which is where I live. It’s located across Lake Pontchartrain in Mandeville, LA. Their original location was…

Ajun Cajun, New Orleans, LA Report #397

This place describes their food as authentic Japanese food with a hint of Cajun spice. That intrigued me, so I put it on my list of restaurants I wanted to try some time back. Then last night I saw a glowing review of it online, which pushed me to get in here today for lunch.…

Ming’s, New Orleans, LA Report #384

I love Chinese food, so I’m always willing to try a new place. It seems Chinese restaurants in New Orleans all have basically the same things on their menu. I’m always looking for that place that will wow me with something wonderful and different. I recently fell in love with Hong Minh, which doesn’t do…

Green Tea, New Orleans, LA Report #378

Ok, let me explain how I ended up here. I was perusing Instagram and I saw the first picture below. You slap a lobster tail on top of anything you immediately get my attention! So I looked up the place and read their story, which is in the following pictures. Sounds like a great place…