Hello everyone! I%26#39;m going to be in New Orleans this weekend and am considering going on a 2 p.m. Culinary Tasting Tour. Can anyone speak to whether this tour is worthwhile or not? We%26#39;ll only be in town for the weekend, but my boyfriend loves New Orleans food and southern food in general (cajun, creole, seafood, etc.) so I thought this might be fun to learn more about it and have some tasting aside from the meals we%26#39;ve planned. Thoughts?! Thank you!!
New Orleans Historical Culinary Tour?! Hit or Miss?
Where did you hear about this? I am unfamiliar with this tour. Sounds neat though!
New Orleans Historical Culinary Tour?! Hit or Miss?
I heard about it on the Fodors message boards. A few people there said good things, but I wanted the Tripadvisor perspective! There%26#39;s also a Web site . . . http://www.noculinarytours.com/ . . . where you can learn more. Good luck and let me know if you find out anything interesting. Anyone who%26#39;s reading this know anything or been on the tour? Insight would be great!
I%26#39;m visiting in late June and am also considering taking this tour. I%26#39;d love to find out if you went and how it was!
I went on the French Quarter Culinary History and Tasting Tour and from my experience I recommend that you don%26#39;t do it and save your money to eat in a good restaurant.
This was an excellent tour!! We learned a great deal about the New Orleans and Louisiana culture in addition to the cuisine and its influences. At six different restaurants/shops we sampled gumbo, pralines, rice and beans, a muffelata, rum cake, and brisket. There was also a great cooking demo of making a roux. I highly recommend Randy Bibb as the tour guide. He was very knowledgeable, funny, and engaging. You can probably email him at randyneworleans@yahoo.com if you would like to know which days he will be leading the culinary tour or if you are interested in some other type of New Orleans tour.
Perhaps there is more than one. OUr group took a Culinary %26amp; History Tour thru Zerve. Don%26#39;t do it!
You will buy a 3-hour tour, and will spend 2 hours %26amp; 50 minutes listening to the guide fill the time with ridiculous and uninformative information. You%26#39;ll get 10 minutes TOPS of eating time, and it will be paltry bits of food (2 oz of gumbo in a paper cup eaten on the sidewalk outside a restaurant, or a crumb of praline passed on a plate, etc et c.) Meanwhile, most of the tour overhyped as ';behind the scenes'; is concentrated in Antoine%26#39;s 14 (yes, 14) dining rooms where the guide feels compelled to spend 5 - 10 minutes PER ROOM!
Yes, I%26#39;m not exagerrating. If you%26#39;re not in Antoines, you%26#39;re on the street squeezed up against the wall as cars, trucks, and people move by. TRUST ME ON THIS: Take your money, find a good restaurant, and spend 3 hours eating, drinking and soaking up true New Orleans hospitality. This could have been a fabulous tour, But the operators are both cheap and lazy.
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