Where can you get all-you-can-eat gumbo from over 20 NOLA restaurants and help out the United Way? The annual Got Gumbo? event at the Royal Sonesta in the French Quarter. With competitions for best traditional, seafood and exotic gumbos, the chefs show off their best recipes on tables decorated as parade floats complete with throws. There’s even a dessert competition. Continue reading
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February 10, 2012 · 2:24 pm
Got Gumbo? 2012
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February 18, 2011 · 2:31 am
Got Gumbo?
Tonight, I attended the 11th Annual Got Gumbo? cook-off at the Royal Sonesta in the French Quarter. My taste-buds are still after-glowing. The ballroom was lined with tables from 20 different local restaurants competing in up to 6 categories. Half were judged by a panel and the other half were determined by our votes. There was even a Jazz band. What fun! Continue reading →
Filed under decorations and costumes, Local Cuisine, Mardi Gras 2011
Tagged as 5 Fifty 5, 700 Club, andouille, best gumbo, boudin, Bourbon House, bourbon street, Broussard's, Charlie's Restaurant, cracklins, Desire Oyster Bar, french quarter, go-cup, Got Gumbo?, gumbo, Intercontinental Hotel, La Cote, Loew's Hotel, mardi gras, new orleans, palace cafe, parade float, Raymond Signal, Red Fish, Restaurant, restaurant reviews, Royal Sonesta, seafood, Steamboat Natchez, United Way
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