Man Vs. Food - Louisiana

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 on 2021.10.13
10 Places
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Every region has its own local culture and flavor. One of the best ways for a traveler to immerse him or herself in new destinations is to taste these unique dishes. This taste exploration allows even the strictest of dieters the freedom to indulge. Travel Channel's Man v. Food, host Adam Richman sets out to travel the country in search of the best places to do some serious indulging. Adam begins his quest to find the best traditional food the nation can serve up.

Mother's Restaurant

Po’ boys restaurant · Central Business District

Adam Richman gets wrecked by the special sandwich ingredient at this Louisiana landmark: it's called debris and it's darn good.

Cafe Du Monde French Market

Cafe · French Quarter

Adam Richman stops at the renowned Café Du Monde for a classic taste of New Orlean's French Quarter: coffee and a beignet.

Acme Oyster House

Seafood restaurant · Central Business District

Adam Richman takes on the Acme Oyster House Challenge and tries to finish 15 dozen oysters in under one hour.

Deanie's Seafood Restaurant & Seafood Market

Seafood restaurant · Metairie

Adam Richman visits the Bucktown seafood legend known for their crawfish boils and barbecue shrimp.

Dooky Chase Restaurant

Restaurant · Treme

He tries their Creole Gumbo, a dish combining sauteed onions, crab, Chaurice sausage, ham, oysters, shrimp and boneless chicken with white rice in a stewed broth.

Creole Creamery

Ice cream shop · Uptown

Tries and wins the Tchoupitoulas Challenge, 4-pound sundae consisting of eight scoops of Creole ice cream, eight toppings of his choice, whipped cream, and garnished with cherries and wafers.

Prejean's

Cajun restaurant · Carencro

Tries crawfish étouffée, a stew of local crawfish boiled in a roux of butter and flour, along with a trinity of onions, celery and bell peppers, chopped green onions, water and Cajun spices (paprika, cayenne, garlic powder, white and black pepper, and chicken base), all mixed together and sprinkled with parsley,

R & O Restaurant and Catering

Creole restaurant · Metairie

Tries a large po boy sandwich featuring custom-made sesame seed French bread stuffed with roast beef which is simmered in a special family-secret gravy and topped with ham, Swiss cheese, lettuce, tomatoes and mayonnaise.

Izumi Ramen

Ramen restaurant · Lafayette

WON - "Devil's Bowl Challenge", a spicy tonkotsu ramen dish featuring a stock made with pig bones, whole chickens, carrots, cabbage, celery, garlic, and other secret ingredients, strained and placed into a bowl with pork base, pork fat, spicy miso chili paste, noodles, corn, wood ear mushrooms, scallions, bean sprouts, an egg, blowtorched pork belly, nori seaweed, chopped ghost and 7-Pot Primo peppers, and 7-Pot Primo pepper powder.

Pop's Poboys

Sandwich shop · Lafayette

Tries "Cardiac Cajun", a po' boy featuring crawfish-boiled sausage, fried shrimp (breaded in flour, salt, black pepper, cayenne, paprika, granulated garlic, dried onion, clove, sugar, and a fish fry blend of flour and cornmeal, and marinated in yellow mustard, buttermilk, Louisiana hot sauce, more black pepper, granulated garlic, granulated onion and cayenne) glazed in a sweet and spicy sauce (local cane syrup, chili, garlic and Sriracha sauce), pepper jack cheese.