New Orleans - HUGE FOOD TOUR!! Green Oysters, Mufuletta, Jambalaya, + Po’boys!!

As a native of New Orleans it warms my heart seeing people enjoy what New Orleans has to offer.

Your brother in law is such a great incorporation to your videos. His commentary is on point and most of all his love for food as well.

I lived in New Orleans pre-Katrina for 5 years. I love that city so much so, I met my wife there, the hospitals trained me, the cuisine heightened me, and the art/music cultured me. We couldn’t get enough of that city, even after relocating to another state, we continued to visit and ultimately bought properties in the French Quarter. We visit monthly and relax for a weekend a month. That said, watching Mark placed me back into the vibe and his experiences and reactions are spot on in terms of incredibility. The places he visited are the places I frequent. His content is spot on. Yet, as a semi-native, allow me to make some additional recommendations. None of what I list is solicited. I just want to add the info here for whom is interested in having the best of the best, in my humble opinion: Napoleon House: Muffuletta (toasted) Acme: Grilled Oysters / Fried Catfish / BooFries Doris Metropolitan: Classified cut / Bonaparte Dessert Verti Mart: Jambalaya / Breakfast PoBoy / Biscuit Palace Cafe: Bananas Foster GW Fins: Fish Wings, Grouper Mr. B’s: Barbecue Shrimp Mothers: Fried Shrimp, Gumbo, Potato Salad Fat Boy: Pizza Port of Call: Cheese Burger Tableau: Shrimp & Grits Toast: Fried Chicken Biscuit Lil Dizzy’s Cafe: Fried Chicken Willie Mae’s Scotch House: Fried Chicken Drago’s: Grilled Oysters August: Everything (get your gallbladder removed first) Carousel Bar: Drinks and Jazz Preservation Hall: Jazz (no AC) Oceania: Seafood Omelet

Yep, all this good food is what made my husband move here. Asked him in 2016 when we were 51 and 62 if he wanted to take a chance on life and he agreed. So here we are. Love it in Nola!

Mark, your brother-in-law Derek is great! Love the collaboration between the both of you. He's very descriptive of his food.

Cool Video. I am a Louisiana historian, whose family has been in Louisiana for over 300 years. *In regards to Creole vs Cajun food. All of our Louisiana food is truly Creole in that it is from a fusion of the inhabitants. None of the dishes known as Cajun (Coming from the word Acadian.) are found in Acadia---Cajun food is a branding tool often meant to refer to Country Creole Cooking. So, that would be non "city" food. So food found in Lafayette, Opelousas and beyond. It's all CREOLE. Using African, Native, and European influences.

When Derek took a bite of the jambalaya his facial expression is exactly how I feel about every dish I have in New Orleans...mind blowing...I absolutely love New Orleans!!

I just want to take the time to appreciate how Mark includes locations, price and details about the places he visits in the description. It's so helpful to reference back to that instead of having to rewind the video! Thank you 🙌🏼👏🏼

Crazy how Coop’s Place didn’t allow Mark to film! They obviously didn’t know they kicked out the most popular food reviewer in the world 😂. Love the food and history of New Orleans! Thanks for the tour Mark.

Love that you brought your sister an her family into the food tour eating!!! Family ❤️

“I’m starting to think the best food in Neworleans comes from grocery stores”. That would be absolutely correct Mark. We love our grocery store po boys, fried catfish, shrimp and grits and more.

Where this guy puts all of that food is a mystery to me lol. I love his jovial personality it’s contagious.

Man Derek should do his own food channel too! He's so chill and loves his food for sure! Awesome video guys!

Derek (sorry if I spelled it incorrectly) was such a joy to watch. I love the pictures he painted describing each dish…. So very well done!👍🏾

Your video just happened to pop up on my feed. I was born in New Orleans and raised here. Grew up in Chalmette (St. Bernard Parish) right outside New Orleans. Now I live in Mandeville across Lake Pontchartrain, but I still work in the city. I love how you captured the essence of our city and your enthusiasm is just contagious. New Orleans has a way of intoxicating your soul. No other place like it on the planet. We all get along here. We are like the gumbo that we are famous for. I still don’t know how Seattle beat us out on the best food in the USA. Go figure? Don’t know who took that poll 😂! The French Quarter has some amazing restaurants, but our surrounding areas have some great ones as well. St. Bernard Parish, Metairie (Jefferson Parish), Mandeville and Covington (St. Tammany Parish) and just the southern area of Louisiana and to the west. You need to try some boiled crawfish 🦞 if you haven’t already, and some boiled crabs. No one does seafood like we do it here. So thank you for this wonderful video and for making me hungry. I’m about to go eat some chicken and sausage gumbo. New Orleans is an awesome, historic, amazing place. If only we could get a hold on the crime, it would be perfect. Thanks again!

Lousiana is like another country, it’s definitely my favourite state to visit. The creole houses, the swamps, the history, it’s amazing

I had 2 bites of their muffelata. I still haunts me 5 years later. The single best sandwich of my life. Perfect for a road trip.

Believe it or not... I was smiling throughout the whole video. It reminds me on a business trip when I visited a conference in Atlanta. I told a friend of mine: "Hey, next week the jazz fest in New Orleans will begin. Let's take some extra days and go there." Then we approached Marlene, the head of our project office. "Can you arrange a hotel for the two of us ?" She called us crazy. Imagine we wanted a hotel room a few days before the jazz fest would start. About half a million people usually visit this event... But she made it. We've got a hotel right in the middle of the french quarter. And we had some soft shell crabs at K Pauls and several other creole and cajun dishes. I saw most of the places you took us to in this video. Thanks for this nice recalling video !!!

Derek’s reaction when eating the etouffee and jambalaya is exactly how I felt about every single thing I tired in New Orleans!!! Ugh one of my favorite places 😍

Hey Mark, I grew up in NOLA and I gotta say you did a good job on this video. Captured the soul of the city and its food culture very well.