Miss Shirley’s, New Orleans, LA Report #584

I’ve been in this building before. I dined here over 5 years ago. Back then it was also a Chinese restaurant named Jung’s Golden Dragon II. I ate there once and that was enough. It was terrible. I’m not surprised it closed down. Well, the golden dragon is still on the building, but now it’s…

Down The Hatch, New Orleans, LA Report #559

Is it just me, or does it seem like bars always have the best burgers? Why is that? It seems like if I owned a business whose main purpose was to get customers as liquored up as possible, I wouldn’t worry that much about the food. But they do. At least here in New Orleans.…

Saba, New Orleans, LA Report #208

Right on the corner of Magazine and Nashville Streets this is a beautiful restaurant.  I love the large dining room windows that let the sun in.  I understand the owner and head chef here used to be at Shaya, which is also on Magazine St., a little over a mile to the east.  So if…

Poke Loa, New Orleans, LA Report #186

Not to long after I ate sushi for the first time in my life, and was getting used to the whole raw fish thing, through no fault of my own I ended up in Hawaii.  I tried Poke and loved it.  This was maybe in 2000.  But I never had it again!  I never really…

Gyu-Kaku Japanese BBQ, New Orleans, LA Report #171

When you listen to youngsters talk these days, it seems like they describe every experience they have as “AMAZING”.  And if you’re like me you think, “Well dummy, if everything is amazing, then NOTHING is amazing”!  Well, guess what?  This place is AMAZING!! The place is beautiful.  Small bar as soon as you walk in. …