Crawfish Etouffee in New Orleans

[batonrougean]

Hi! I've searched, but wasn't able to find any info. So, I apologize if this has been posted before.

I'm looking for great Crawfish Etouffee in Nola that isn't super expensive, preferably in or near The Quarter. I know it's technically not a New Orleans original dish, which may be why I'm having trouble finding it on menus online. As a BR girl, I should probably know this, but I've been out of state for a while.

Thanks so much :)

[noradeirdre]

Slim Goodie's offers crawfish etoufee atop potato pancakes with eggs. Delicious breakfast! (though my etoufee knowledge is limited, take with grain of salt.)

[Littleman]

The Chartres House Cafe has great Crawfish Etouffee for an entree @ $13.95.

http://www.chartreshousecafe.com/

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Chartres House Cafe
601 Chartres St, New Orleans, LA 70130

[batonrougean]

Thank you. That's exactly what I was looking for.

[uptownlibrarian]

That place is a total tourist trap. I wouldn't waste a meal there.

[CharlieH]

It really is, nice website though.

[kukubura]

Always a bad sign! ;)

We've never been tempted to go in there, although we did once spontaneously eat at Pere Antoine's. NEVER AGAIN!

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Pere Antoine Restaurant
741 Royal St, New Orleans, LA 70116

[JazzyB]

Really, crawfish etouffe ain't "all that". Pick up a bag of frozen La. crawfish (around $10 #, do not buy the cheap, imported Boudreaux's/Bernard's) and make it at home. Fairly quick and easy. Prudhomme, Emeril etc all have recipes. http://www.emerils.com/recipe/2748/Crawfish-Etouffee
http://www.chefpaul.com/site.php?page...

Check Rouse's in FQ for frozen La. crawfish if you don't have a vehicle.

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Emeril's Restaurant
800 Tchoupitoulas, New Orleans, LA 70130

[hazelhurst]

Those recipes are fairly consistent with the state of etoufee today. Both use flour, which the purists are against, and a friend from the Breaux Bridge area won't use celery. But those would make a tasty dinner at any rate...

[batonrougean]

Oh, OK. Well, thanks for the heads up. I'll cross Chartres House Cafe off my list.

Re: making it at home, the point is I'll be in New Orleans staying at a hotel attempting to show a friend around.

[Littleman]

Mulate's has crawfish etouffee.

http://www.mulates.com/

[hazelhurst]

Bon Ton has it on the menu---it's twenty-something bucks or was last year. It is a fairly traditional job as oppsed to some of the more recent variations thet are proliferating. Some places will do it to order even if it not on the menu.

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Bon Ton Cafe
401 Magazine St, New Orleans, LA 70130

[TaTee]

Second The Bon Ton on Magazine Street in the CBD. Crabmeat au Gratin is also top notch there.

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Bon Ton Cafe
401 Magazine St, New Orleans, LA 70130

[batonrougean]

Thanks! $20 is about $10 or $8 too much for my budget this trip unfortunately. Have you two had it at the Gumbo Shop?

[hazelhurst]

Never had the Gumbo Shop version... if theirs is appreciably cheaper I'd suspect imported tails or, at the least, some that have been frozen longer than the Siberian mammoth

[TaTee]

Bon Ton's is in your price range: $8.50 a cup at lunch and $9.50 a cup at dinner.

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Bon Ton Cafe
401 Magazine St, New Orleans, LA 70130

[hazelhurst]

That sounds more like the bisque price..I think the etouffee was in the $20 range the last time I saw it.

[sanglier]

If Herbsaint/Cochon ever has it on the menu as a special, grab it and get an order to bring home!

[cajungirl]

I've never seen etouffee served in a cup. I think it must be bisque, too.

[TaTee]

I am "sitting" corrected, it was the bisque and the etouffee is $19.50. My apologies, but the bisque is very much worth eating.

[hazelhurst]

Bisque is always worth eating if you can someone else to make it. I enjoy making it but everytime I do I remember why it has been so long since I last did it...it's a lotta work

[CharlieH]

Dunbar's used to do a crawfish bisque special that was excellent, they may still, but I have not been in some time. It wouldn't surprise me if they did etouffee on occasion.

[hazelhurst]

I remember some review of New Orleans food in which an visitor was slamming pretty hard on the local fare..he or she dismissed crawfish bisque as "not a bisque" and seems almost on the point of suing for misrepresentation.
In the end, the screed was more amusing than damaging

[lillidalla]

My husband had Crawfish Etouffee at The Gumbo Shop on St. Peter Street in The Quarter about two weeks ago. He loved it! (I don't eat crawfish, so I didn't give it a try.)

[kukubura]

I've had it there. Lovely.