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In a departure from our usual gluten-free stylings, rent a car in los angeles guest contributor Jeanene Timberlake writes about her first experience in the foodie mecca that is New Orleans. Jeanene takes us through what it's like to travel and eat while on business, trying to steal away from work to experience traditional New Orleans culinary goodies. Take it away Jeanene…
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I had a catered lunch meeting in the hotel scheduled for later that day the conference was held at The Roosevelt New Orleans, which is now part of the Waldorf Astoria family. Most hotel food is decent if not good, but I was particularly impressed with the fact that this lunch included dishes with local flavor. I had the hotel s version of seafood gumbo, a Creole tomato salad and blackened gulf fish.
This serving of gumbo had a more complex flavor and included shrimp, chicken and huge oysters, all over rice. The blackened gulf fish was also flavorful and was served with a buttery lemon sauce with capers. I moved next to the tomato salad, which included tomato chunks, thinly sliced cucumber and slivers of red onion. It was dressed with a Dijon lemon vinaigrette and basil, and it provided a refreshing rent a car in los angeles and light side to the other rich items on my plate.
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All in all, the experience was a very good one, made all the more wonderful by the great food that was available. And I have to say that if I were inclined to make a list of places to revisit just for the food, New Orleans would be very high up on that list.