We Made It!

Well, here we are.  After about eight hours in the car, and a ridiculous rain storm on the way in, we arrived.  Caryn had a quick meet and greet with her new boss and the GM, and since we pushed through lunch, we decided to go grab a bite. 

Right down the road from her new hotel is a place called Mulate's.  It's a restaurant, bar, and live music dance hall.

Now, in order to appreciate this story, you have to know that Caryn has never really liked seafood.  So much so that she gets her own private meal around the holidays because her family likes to do seafood.  I told Caryn that I love her, but she just might starve in NOLA if she doesn't step out of her comfort zone a little...and too my surprise, she said she would.

We ordered an appetizer called the Cajun Sampler.  This HUGE plate consisted of crab stuffed mushrooms, meat pies, fried bite size tilapia, fried craw fish, fried calamari, grilled alligator, and grilled frog legs.  To my surprise, Caryn dove in face first, and tried everything, and for the most part liked it.  I think she had a hard time wrapping her mind around the frog legs and calamari, but she tried it, and liked the taste.  There's hope for this girl yet.

Diving into a frog leg