On our early morning drive to New Orleans (more posts from the food capital will be coming this weekend), we stopped to try the new Subway breakfast sandwiches. I had the Western and cheese on an English muffin. I had pepper jack cheese and opted for the egg white omelet. It was pretty good. Beware, those fresh jalepenos are kinda potent. For $2, I was satisfied and I felt like I definitely got a healthy alternative to fast food. My lil sis had the double bacon with cheese on flatbread. She liked it but she really likes bacon. I say, go to Subway and give it a try.
These were the FABULOUS pork tacos I ate for lunch today at La Michoacana. Let me break this down for you: the workers are from Mexico, they cook the food in a truck next to their storefront and mostly they just speak Spanish.
I'm glad I didn't go alone. My friends Adam and Mark are much better with the Spanish than me and their recommendation to have lunch there was well received.
As you can see, my tacos were stuffed with yummy pork, cilantro and onions with pineapple on top. They were on the best homemade corn tortillas and served with a side of green sauce I can only imagine had some avocado in it because it was nice and creamy.
My lips were still burning after I finished them but in such a good way. I had to stop myself from ordering more!
It just seemed like a dark bar when we first stepped in. It wasn’t an unfamiliar place to me, but I had only been a few times and briefly at that. However, my boyfriend’s suggestion to have dinner at Noble Savage had been one I had immediately liked, thinking of all the good things I had heard about the food. It was just a place I never thought of when I pondered, “Where should I go eat dinner tonight?” By the end of the evening I was thinking how I just accidentally found a foodie when got together and I didn’t even KNOW IT!
The bartop may have been popular at 6:30 on a Friday but the numerous tabletops were yet to find many takers when we took a table near the bar. As soon as my menu was opened, even through the dim light, I found myself intrigued by the veggie pizza, I think it was called the Herbivore, and it had goat cheese. I kinda have a soft spot for goat cheese, just so you know. But then our server told us they had specials. Well, bring on the specials, let’s hear them by all means.
We started with the oriental crab cakes which I thought was cooked excellently but I found there needed to be more of the sauce that accompanied it in my opinion because otherwise it got a bit bland. The BF always orders crab cakes if there are available and he thoroughly enjoyed it perhaps not as much as the crab cakes we had Red Rock in Oklahoma City for his birthday (those were topped with a mango and black bean salsa and that was fabulous).
Next came the peter leekie soup and let me say the rabbit was mingled perfectly with the broth and leeks. There was not a hint of a gamey flavor and I downed that soup and loved every bite. I only added a tinge of pepper but, as you will also learn, I tend to really like some pepper. The salt can sit on the table for years but the pepper will be gone in short order in my domain. The diced egg pieces were a nice, playful touch in memory of our recent Easter holiday.
The salad was good but after you read about the entrees, then you will see why they are the more forgettable portion of the menu: I barely remember this course after being awestruck by my plate of luscious food.
Immediately as our plates were placed in front of us, the black granules on one side stood out as an unfamiliar substance. Not for long because that could have been my favorite part of the dish and it was a side item. The Chinese black rice was alone on the plate, topped with some course salt and was delicious. It has the exact consistency of a regular grain on white rice but the taste was smooth with a creamy aftertaste all its own. It apparently has a lot of gluten and is used often in sweet dishes as well as savory ones. It was such a surprising addition to my plate. It sat alongside my favorite vegetable, asparagus, and hearts of palm.
Oh, did I mention I got the veal? Yeah, it was pretty good, too. The BF and I just couldn’t quit talking about that rice! We are adventurous enough eaters to enjoy a surprise or two during a meal and to be trying something that was new to both of us was an excellent twist on our date night dinner. The BF must have liked the quail pretty well because he did leave a clean plate where I just couldn’t eat it all after appetizers and three courses, I was pretty full.
Well, of course the BF is the quintessential dessert eater and he had to have something. Our server, who I’ve forgotten to mention was excellent and fun throughout the evening, suggested the mousse because it was lighter and she even threw in a few slices of bananas and strawberries to makes us feel better.
I have never had a better mousse, even though to be honest I’m not sure how many I have had. The mousse was light and airy. It reminded me of fresh whipped cream but obviously with a delectable creamy chocolate flavor. Oh, and did I mention there was a little raspberry sauce at the bottom. I don’t know where that combination has been all of my life – chocolate and raspberry – but I’m making up for its absence these days with plenty of it in my life now. It was delish! I thought I was full and ate probably more than half of it and didn’t feel any more full than before I ate it. Talk about heavenly.
The final tally: Our bill was over $70 but we had drinks, an appetizer, two, three-course meals, and a fabulous dessert. You can’t get better food or a better deal in Shreveport-Bossier. I mean, it was a great experience for us. I was so glad to have tried out a new place for me with the BF and I think he was pretty proud of himself for suggesting it after we walked out full and satisfied.
Here's a little insight into my world through food. You will find a little bit of everything -- places I go out to eat, things I cook, recipes, and foodie things I find interesting.
But, essentially, it's just about flat out good food, food good enough to make you want to 'clean that plate!'
