Tom's Foodie Blog

Five months after one of my favorite gourmet food trucks left the road; SlapFish is back and morphed into a “modern seafood shack.” It had been nearly 5 months since I had my last lobsticle and major crunchy on the SlapFish truck. The long wait was well worth it to see that the SlapFish truck [...]

(Update: 11/28/2012): I have had multiple readers tell me that food quality has significantly decreased in the past couple months. I can not independently verify this information; although, I do trust my readers informed opinions.  I will be revisiting Makino in the next month and report back to you. If you have been there recently, PLEASE leave a comments with [...]

As I had described in my previous blog post about Day 1 in New Orleans, we spent our first night enjoying a leisurely dinner at the upscale and delicious Arnaud’s Restaurant enjoying classic Creole dishes. Later that night we hit Bourbon Street and happily participated in some low-brow Mardi Gras shenanigans that includes strong drinks called [...]

“New Orleans food is as delicious as the less criminal forms of sin.” - Mark Twain, 1884 WWW.TomsFoodieBlog.com has recently visited New Orleans during Mardi Gras to experience the city’s cuisine, culture and people. During this trip my goal was to learn  about and experience every type of cuisine the city has to offer. During my gastromic journey of [...]

Would you eat oysters from a Food Truck? This is the same decision I faced when presented the opportunity to eat live shell fish at a food truck lot.  But let me back up for a minute, I was on my way home and had a serious hankering for Gourmet Food Truck Fare. To my luck, it was Wednesday [...]