| Rating |
Date Attended [v] |
Reviewer |
Gender |
Age |
Where From? |
Group Type? |
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Excellent tour, tasteful and tasty!
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| Mon, Mar 24, 08 2:00 PM |
veo1rgo |
Male |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| We visited a number of restaurants and shops and had samples of the following at different stops:
Gumbo
Chocolate croissant
Muffeletta
Brisket
Praline
Sazerac
Red beans and rice
The guide/owner of the tour is very knowledgeable and enthusiastic about the historry of New Orleans as well as the restaurants we visited, including Antoine's, Brennan's, The Napoleon House, etc. The tour was 3 hours and very well paced.
My wife and I both highly recommend this tour. |
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Highly Recommend
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| Mon, Mar 24, 08 2:00 PM |
kathrynnyc |
Female |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| Awesome job....great tour,wonderful food, excellent guide full of subject knowledge. |
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OK tour led by a non-foodie
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| Fri, Mar 21, 08 2:00 PM |
awolber |
Male |
30-39 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Individual |
| Tour was good, and gave a decent historical overview of the NO, LA culinary scene.
Was led by someone who was more a tour guide than a foodie, so she gave more of a flavor of history than the type of history a chef would give. |
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I would do it again
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| Fri, Mar 21, 08 2:00 PM |
salliedaihl |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| Wonderful, informative, and enjoyable. Guide was very good and knowledgeable. The samples of food were more than enough to satisfy. Everyone was gracious and patient. |
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Brady/Forst
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| Tue, Mar 18, 08 2:00 PM |
Bernie44 |
Male |
60-69 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| The tour guide, Joe, was knowledgeable, charming, and friendly. The food sampling was less than stunning. Two ounces of gumbo, a pastry at a Starbucks-like coffee shop, a mini-muffaleta, and a chunk of boiled beef hardly constitute a "culinary tour." The muffaleta was the best part. And, one restaurant that was supposed to provide a sample was closed. Fortunately, it was only to serve jambalaya. Sure, we stood in front of a couple of gourmet restaurants while Joe told us how good the food would be if we were to have a sample, but sampling from them wasn't on the menu.
Don't get me wrong. I had a good time, but mostly because of Joe's repartee, and the walk-around gave us another view of the Quarter. But, culinary-wise, pretty mediocre. |
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Excellent Saturday Tour
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| Sat, Mar 15, 08 2:00 PM |
apecquet |
Female |
30-39 |
Local |
Individual |
| I thoroughly enjoyed the Culinary History Tour of the restaurants in the French Quarter. I loved the inside tour of Antoine's as well as Tujagues and the Napoleon House. My tour guide was extremely well versed on the history of the city and environs and how that correlated to the unique flavors of New Orleans. He was funny and personable and set the right tone. The samplings of food were enough to satisfy, and they were delicious, true New Orleans flavors of Gumbo, Jambalaya, Pralines, Muffalettas, etc.. I would highly recommend this tour to anyone. Thanks! |
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Great tour, great food
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| Sat, Mar 15, 08 2:00 PM |
ahodis12 |
Female |
20-29 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| I really enjoyed this tour- we went over March break and the weather was beautiful. The tour guide was knowledgeable and funny, and he included information about the history of New Orleans along with the development of its unique cuisine. We tried a lot of food, and I was stuffed and happy for many hours after the tour. My favorite stop was Antoine's restaurant, which the tour guide had a lot to say about. |
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Lots of great history and background info
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| Tue, Mar 11, 08 2:00 PM |
jsquared |
Female |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Other |
| Our guide was a history student and New Orleans native, and was very knowledgeable about not only the culinary history of the city, but its history in general. The tour was well-paced and covered a lot of sites, although not a lot of ground as everything is close in the French Quarter. And we sampled some really good food! Appealed to my husband and I who are big "foodies", but also had a lot to offer folks not that into the food scene. We would highly recomend it! |
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an informative afternoon
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| Tue, Mar 11, 08 2:00 PM |
caroleerc |
Female |
30-39 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Individual |
| It was a nice afternoon stroll thru the French Quarter filled with food and History. I went back to 3 of the restaurants for excellent meals that we covered on the walk. |
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VERY WELL DONE TOUR.
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| Mon, Mar 10, 08 2:00 PM |
JLAWRIE |
Female |
60-69 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Individual |
| I WAS NOT FROM THE AREA, NOT USED TO THE LOCAL FOODS AND THIS TOUR AFFORDED ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO "TASTE A BIT OF NEW ORLEANS". THE FOODS WERE GREAT, THE STAFF AT THE VARIOUS ESTABLISHMENTS WERE EAGER TO PLEASE US AND SHOW US WHAT THEIR SPECIALITIES WERE. WE WENT BACK TO TWO OF THE ESTABLISHMENTS BECAUSE OF WHAT WE TASTED AND VIEWED ON THIS TOUR. |
