Dallas :: Felix’s, French Quarter, New Orleans

Dallas had to work a lot over the weekend we were in New Orleans but there was one thing he knew he wanted to do in his limited spare time and that was go to a crawfish boil. He’s wanted to do this in the past, but it wasn’t the season. In my head it was going to be something like the steamed crab we had in Baltimore. And it sort of was.

Shucking Oysters :: Felix’s, French Quarter, New Orleans

We couldn’t figure out where to go before our trip. And once we were there we still didn’t know. So, we were walking up Iberville and when we walked past Felix’s we saw people inside eating mounds of crawfish so we beelined in. We barely got past the door when a guy at the bar, who was shucking oysters right there, asked if we’d like oysters and something to drink. The answer? Why, yes. Yes we would. So we ordered some beer and ate some oysters while the waitress prepared our table. We paid that bill and were escorted to our table.

Crawfish Boil :: Felix’s, French Quarter, New Orleans

Crawfish Boil :: Felix’s, French Quarter, New Orleans

Crawfish Boil :: Felix’s, French Quarter, New Orleans

For the boil we ordered 2 pounds to share. Like the crab experience in Baltimore, the taste was really good, but it was a lot of work for not much payoff. I guess it’s the same when you get crab legs too. One of Dallas’ coworkers who lives in New Orleans said that she thought it was a pretty good boil. Seasoned well, a bit spicy, good taste. So, we were glad our first one was liked by a local. Some of us were surprised by how much 2 pounds of crawfish looks like. In these photos one of these bowls/baskets is one pound. But actually, the coworker said when they order it in at the office they usually get 3-4 pounds per person.

Fried Pickles :: Felix’s, French Quarter, New Orleans

On the menu was something else I’d never seen before: fried pickles. All I could think about was how Jeannette discovered years ago that her mom had a deep fat fryer and we talked about having a deep frying party where each person would bring something they wanted to fry. We never did it, but I remember Yvan really really wanting to fry a pickle, so this menu item reminded me of him. When we got it the dish was fried pickle chips. They were ok. They tasted like fried stuff dipped in .. I don’t even know what.

Shrimp Po’Boy With Red Beans and Rice :: Felix’s, French Quarter, New Orleans

For dinner I had a half shrimp po’boy with red beans and rice. It was ok. Everyone who had the crawfish boil agreed that it was really good, but that the rest of the food was just average. Oh, and the oysters were good. Really big and juicy ones. And the Abita beer was good.

The funny thing is that after we had this dinner then we started seeing signs at a lot of restaurants saying crawfish are back in season or that they’re having boils. Dallas wanted to keep going back for more, but we didn’t.