Louisiana Part 3: Food and the Return
Louisianans eat some strange stuff...
So i figured i had better join in. On the way back through Alexandria, we stopped at this charming little restaurant called Tunk's Cypress Inn...
Tunk's sits right on the Kincaid Reservoir. The view is spectacular, and the atmosphere is wonderful. But their fame comes from the menu. They serve alligator here. So, when in Rome...
It was very good... tail meat, from what i'm told. They cut off the tails and then feed the rest of the body back to the other gators. Mmm.... Actually, i have came to find out that a lot of restaurants in Louisiana serve alligator. But these guys will give you a bumper sticker to brag about it!
We went back home through Shreveport and Dallas on 20, and then up 35 through Oklahoma. i was excited to see the Arbuckle Mountains, of which i had heard so much hype. So when we got there and saw a scenic overlook turnout, i took it. Here's the view:
Those are Arbuckle Mountain Cows, my friends... very rare species. ;) See those peaks in the background?!
We also went by Norman, and it was too late and mom was too tired to stop at the mega-Hastings (a books and movies store that i love but no longer get to much). We went by Blackwell, and mom was too tired to stop for the Chinese restauraunt (that i love but no longer get to at all). And we went by Wyldwood Cellars (a winery that i love... are you getting the pattern?) but they were closed for the day.
So i've decided that on the first Saturday of April i will make a tour of Lost Oklahoma Pleasures.
i sent mom home on the train today. It's always sad when she leaves. Sao is glad to have her bed back, though.
So i figured i had better join in. On the way back through Alexandria, we stopped at this charming little restaurant called Tunk's Cypress Inn...
Tunk's sits right on the Kincaid Reservoir. The view is spectacular, and the atmosphere is wonderful. But their fame comes from the menu. They serve alligator here. So, when in Rome...
It was very good... tail meat, from what i'm told. They cut off the tails and then feed the rest of the body back to the other gators. Mmm.... Actually, i have came to find out that a lot of restaurants in Louisiana serve alligator. But these guys will give you a bumper sticker to brag about it!
We went back home through Shreveport and Dallas on 20, and then up 35 through Oklahoma. i was excited to see the Arbuckle Mountains, of which i had heard so much hype. So when we got there and saw a scenic overlook turnout, i took it. Here's the view:
Those are Arbuckle Mountain Cows, my friends... very rare species. ;) See those peaks in the background?!
We also went by Norman, and it was too late and mom was too tired to stop at the mega-Hastings (a books and movies store that i love but no longer get to much). We went by Blackwell, and mom was too tired to stop for the Chinese restauraunt (that i love but no longer get to at all). And we went by Wyldwood Cellars (a winery that i love... are you getting the pattern?) but they were closed for the day.
So i've decided that on the first Saturday of April i will make a tour of Lost Oklahoma Pleasures.
i sent mom home on the train today. It's always sad when she leaves. Sao is glad to have her bed back, though.
posted by ellie at 15:16
2 Comments:
I am jealous I love me some good ole LA cooking like that gator, mud puppies (crawfish, crayfish. My mouth is watering yummmm. You also went thru the town I grew uo in for nine yrs how is the ghost town/mini vegas known as Sheveport.
Are you still living the vegetarian life? I don't think gator would be on the menu.
What did it taste like? I've been told it's like chicken.
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