{"id":1925,"date":"2013-11-17T15:23:45","date_gmt":"2013-11-17T23:23:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.highheelgourmet.com\/?p=1925"},"modified":"2013-11-17T15:23:45","modified_gmt":"2013-11-17T23:23:45","slug":"new-orleans-ii-oysters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.highheelgourmet.com\/?p=1925","title":{"rendered":"Casamento’s, Harbor Seafood and The Morning Call \u2013 Off the Beaten Path in New Orleans Part II"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Casamentos's<\/a><\/p>\n

Well, talking about oysters, I was so lucky to be in NOLA during oyster season. (Please, see my last post “Off the Beaten Path I<\/a>” for the best oysters from Pascal’s Manale for the completion.) I LOVE oysters, especially really fresh ones. In New Orleans oysters don\u2019t have pearls in them like the rest of the country so, they are cheaper. (I hope you know that I\u2019m BSing) No, it\u2019s not THAT, \u00a0but oysters there are so inexpensive.<\/p>\n

I have to make sure that they charged me right because when I ordered oysters someplace else, it would be $2-3\/ each. In New Orleans it is $5-7\/ half dozen! If that is still too much for you, how about $9-14\/dozen. I was in oyster heaven (maybe the oyster thought it was hell, but I haven\u2019t heard that directly from them, though).<\/p>\n

So, which oyster bar Chef Markvs told me to visit \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

The first one is the old school oyster bar on Magazine St. You probably know which one I\u2019m about to tell you. Casamento\u2019s is the first one. By the way they said \u201cOur Fried Seafood is Gluten Free!\u201d and also served \u201cGluten Free Beer\u201d. I seriously don\u2019t need anything gluten free but I think it is pretty in trend right now to let you know about THAT.<\/p>\n

WHERE:<\/strong> Casamento\u2019s Restaurant
\n<\/a>4330 Magazine St., New Orleans, LA 70115
\nPhone: 504.895.9761<\/p>\n

WHEN:<\/strong>
\nTuesday – Saturday \u00a011:00 am – 2:00 pm
\n<\/span>Thursday – Saturday \u00a05:30 pm – 9:00 pm
\n<\/span>Closed June, July and August and all Major Holidays
\n<\/span>(Sometimes they close in April-August. If they can\u2019t get good oysters, they won\u2019t open their doors)<\/span><\/p>\n

HOW:<\/strong>
\nWalk in or you can try calling.
\nAlso this place is CASH ONLY<\/p>\n

WHAT:<\/strong> Oysters, baby!<\/p>\n

\"Casamento's<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Casamento's<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Casamento's<\/a><\/p>\n

And don\u2019t miss the oyster stew.<\/p>\n

I didn\u2019t get a chance to eat their grilled oysters this trip because they don\u2019t\u2019 serve that for lunch.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Another one is near by the airport. Chef Markvs told me to \u201cGo there as soon as you arrive and leave the airport.\u201d I didn\u2019t have a chance to do so immediately \u00a0upon my arrival, but I got there on my way to visit the Plantations and\u2014the best thing\u2014I stopped there to get food for my flight home.<\/p>\n

The place is called \u201cHarbor Seafood & Oyster Bar\u201d a little restaurant next to a market called \u201cFisherman\u2019s Cove\u201d on Williams Blvd., minutes away from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport.<\/p>\n

This place is so inexpensive I though they calculated my check wrong. I ordered several items and the bill came, $20. I though \u2018How is this possible?\u2019.<\/p>\n

So, I told the waitress.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had half a dozen of fresh oysters too.\u201d<\/p>\n

She looked at the check and pointed to the $5 item on the check and said,<\/p>\n

\u201cHere\u201d Then she looked at me like, and you don\u2019t know about this!<\/p>\n

What do you think about fresh raw oysters at $5\/half dozen?<\/p>\n

WHERE:<\/strong> Harbor Seafood & Oyster Bar
\n<\/a>3201 Williams Boulevard
\nKenner, Louisiana 70065.<\/p>\n

Phone: 504.443.6454<\/span><\/p>\n

WHEN:<\/strong> Daily from 11am – 10:30pm.<\/p>\n

HOW:<\/strong> Just walk in. I don\u2019t even know if they take any reservations.<\/p>\n

WHAT:<\/strong> All kind of seafood. I love their fresh oysters and turtle soup.<\/p>\n

\"Harbor<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Harbor<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Harbor<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/a>Talking all about seafood \/ soul food here, what about beignets, you may ask. Of course I ate beignets, but not at the Cafe du Monde this time. They reminded me of the Thai style \u201cPa-Tong-goh\u201d \u0e1b\u0e32\u0e17\u0e48\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e42\u0e01\u0e4b, the Thai\/Chinese fried dough and \u201cO-Youa\u201d \u0e42\u0e2d\u0e22\u0e31\u0e27\u0e30, hot coffee (of course with roasted tamarind seed mixed in with the coffee beans).<\/p>\n

Chef Markvs told me about another coffee place out of town called \u201cThe Morning Call Coffee Stand\u201d, another coffee house that has a long history and used to be in French Quarter competing with the famous Cafe du Monde for over hundred years, until 1974. They moved to this new location.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a><\/p>\n

WHERE:<\/strong> The Morning Call Coffee Stand
\nDirectly behind Lakeside Mall
\n3325 Severn Avenue<\/p>\n

Phone: 504.885.4068<\/p>\n

WHEN:<\/strong> Open 24 Hours \u2013 7 days per week
\nClosed only on Christmas Day<\/p>\n

HOW:<\/strong> OpenTable or call but not necessary<\/p>\n

WHAT:<\/strong> Beignet<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a><\/p>\n

\"The<\/a><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve found that I liked the beignets there way more than Cafe du Monde. They make them lighter, meaning more open crumb (as shown) and the taste of it is better. I will have to try to make them one of these days when I\u2019m not on the road as much.<\/p>\n

What is more interesting than beignets is they served savory dishes as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Well, talking about oysters, I was so lucky to be in NOLA during oyster season. (Please, see my last post “Off the Beaten Path I” for the best oysters from Pascal’s Manale for the completion.) I LOVE oysters, especially really fresh ones. In New Orleans oysters don\u2019t have pearls in them like the rest of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4402,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[91,94,98],"tags":[31,14,231,254,42,271,309],"class_list":["post-1925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-clicking-away","category-in-the-restaurant","category-new-orleans","tag-deep-fried","tag-food","tag-oysters","tag-restaurant","tag-seafood","tag-southern-food","tag-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.highheelgourmet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.highheelgourmet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.highheelgourmet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.highheelgourmet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.highheelgourmet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1925"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.highheelgourmet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1925\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.highheelgourmet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.highheelgourmet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.highheelgourmet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.highheelgourmet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}