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Date Attended [v] |
Reviewer |
Gender |
Age |
Where From? |
Group Type? |
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Note enough time in the kitchen
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| Fri, May 23, 08 2:00 PM |
BruceJensen |
Male |
60-69 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| As a culinary tour it was too short on food and food prep and too long onn history |
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Good snapshot of food and history.
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| Fri, May 23, 08 2:00 PM |
sbn7930520 |
Female |
60-69 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Individual |
| I enjoyed the enthusiasm and knowledge of the French Quarter. Particularly enjoyed tour of Antoine's, and, of course, the tastings. |
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Culinary Tour - Not to be Missed!
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| Mon, May 19, 08 2:00 PM |
annequinn |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| This tour was fascinating, delectable and most enjoyable! To a large extent this was due to our excellent tour guide, Randy Bibb, who was not only very personable but also extremely knowledgeable about the history of New Orleans and how the area's cuisine came to be. The food and beverage tastings provided by a few historic French Quarter restaurants along the route were all delicious. The highlight was undoubtedly touring renowned Antoinne's as it a treasure trove of New Orleans culinary and - surprisingly - Mardi Gras history! This tour should not be missed and is a great way to learn the history of New Orleans and to explore parts of the French Quarter. |
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tasty and educational
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| Sat, May 17, 08 2:00 PM |
roseannpguil |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| i loved this tour because i was able to visit many famous restaurants. i gained knowledge about the history of the places and the each specific restaurants famous foods. several of the places we visited my husband and i never took the time to go and eat at them. this provided the opportunity to do just that! we even liked the drinks that were incorporated into the tour. the pimm's drink was delightful-the sazerac a bit of a man's drink for me-but my husband drank his and enjoyed his.
i've already thanked my son for giving us these tickets as 2007 xmas gifts. many people here in town have asked me about this trip and i said it was well worth it.
i look forward to doing this trip again! and maybe a cemetary tour also.
our tour guide was randy bibb and he should be given a raise because he was so attentive to our needs and made the tour so interesting with his knowledge of the city.
roseann+ claudio guillermo |
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Interesting tour with good samples
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| Sat, May 17, 08 2:00 PM |
bensmithjr |
Male |
30-39 |
Local |
Individual |
| Our tour guide, Randy, had very good knowledge of New Orleans and gave lots of information on each stop. We started off by viewing most of the interesting rooms in Antoine's including the kitchen. The Rex room was nice. We were also able to peek inside the wine cellar, which was huge. Our next stop was Petunia's and we sampled the seafood gumbo. Supposely there is a place across the street from Petunia that is open only during the week which we didn't get to see. We stopped at Leah's and sampled some pralines and got to take one for later. We walked in Brennan's and talked about the history of it. We walked to K-Pauls and gave some information on that. Next came Napolean's house and a sample of the muffuletta which was toasted. Make sure to get a Pimm's cup, a mix drink, which is not part of the tour. We went the Coffee pot and sampled the creole gumbo and had a Cala Cake, a rice fritter. The final stop was Tujague's and you get a Sazerac and small sample of boiled beef brisket. Overall very interesting and food was good. |
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tour well worth the money and time
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| Fri, May 16, 08 2:00 PM |
missymangold |
Female |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| This tour was everything I wanted and then some. We visited several famous restaurants and were treated very nice at each. The sample portions were just right not to mention tasted excelent! Our tour guide was very knowlegable and animated. She was attentive to our groups needs as well. I would definetly recomend to anyone interested a true New Orleans experience. |
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Unique, informative, fun
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| Tue, May 13, 08 2:00 PM |
JudiLoy |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Individual |
| Ellen, the tour guide, was awesome. She knew the restaurants, had great working relationships with the restaurant personnel we visited, and she knew the history of the area. She was able to keep main focus on food, history of the restaurants in the area, but also added general history background and answered competently any questions from the group. She really MADE this tour great. The subject itself was interesting enough. I have never been on a tour like this, and found it totally appropriate to appreciate the New Orleans area. I actually got off the plane and drove right downtown and this was the first thing I did in New Orleans, and it provided a GREAT starting place to learn about the area. (The food was good too!)
I have already recommended this tour and the New Orleans.com website to several of my friends and co-workers and I will recommend this to anyone who is planning a trip to New Orleans. It is $45 well spent.
Again, Ellen was an excellent guide for this tour! |
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Historically educational to local cuisine
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| Mon, May 12, 08 2:00 PM |
RTaylor |
Male |
60-69 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| Randy was a great tour guide. The tour was historically educational regarding the development of the city and it's local cusine. We had a great time and can recommend to others. |
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Very informative- great tour guide
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| Mon, May 12, 08 2:00 PM |
tammybrandt |
Male |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Other |
| Really enjoyed the tour. Tour guide very knowledgeable. |
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Walking and listening and eating
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| Fri, May 9, 08 2:00 PM |
jprimo |
Unspecified |
70+ |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Couple on a Date |
| She incororated a good deal of history in an interesting way and there werre some nice spots to sit once in a while. She was very knowledgeable and interesting and it was a pleasant assortment of restaurants. I thought we would get more food and I canceled our dinner reservations. HA-HA. |
