I know you’re waiting for my cruise blog, but I feel like my NOLA post was lacking.  Here, for your viewing pleasure, is the food porn–and only the food porn.

Our first real night in NOLA at Galatoire’s:

Someone else’s dessert at Galatoire’s (sweet potato cheesecake, I think):

What I ordered for dessert, which still haunts me in my dreams: banana bread pudding.  Yes.  With some kind of dreamy caramel bourbon sauce and fresh whipped cream…

Our second night we went to Commander’s Palace.  I know, you’re expecting a picture of their famous dessert (it’s coming), but instead I give you… the BEST foie gras I have ever had: a gigantic seared lobe over several apple beignets, with a small cafe au lait with the “essence” of foie gras.  The sauce is a traditional caramel sauce with toasted pecans.

Someone else ordered scallops (Collen I think?).  I remember them being phenomenal.

And dessert!  Their famous bread pudding soufflé.  Incidentally, I wore that hat all night, including out on Bourbon Street until the wee hours of the evening.  I had a lot of fans.

Someone’s dessert, which looks fabulous:

On my actual birthday we went to the WWII museum and had lunch at their restaurant.  I think from now on, all birthday lunches must have a mandatory glass of champagne and assorted to die for cupcakes: