Oh Baton Rouge...

Oh Baton Rouge, I would grow so fat living in your city but I would love every fat minute of it! We stopped at Parrain's seafood for a Cajun southern meal. We ordered andouille with mashed potatoes and a side salad topped with jalapeño Cajun dressing, fried alligator, seafood gumbo, garlic green beans and white chocolate bread pudding. OH MY GOODNESS! It was such a delectable assault of flavors upon my taste buds. The pictures are crummy because we ordered it all to go and the car was moving as it took the pictures. (Side note I would love a really nice camera with an interchangeable lens) 

Specials board! 

Outside Parrain's. There was an hour wait for seated dining! I would wait an hour for that food any day or night!

Fried alligator with some sort of dipping sauce. Oh so good! It tasted like chicken but more tender and a lot juicier. 

The seafood gumbo did not look appetizing even in person but oh the flavors, the spice, the GUMBO!! It was so good. The spice in it hit you halfway through chewing your bite and just exploded in your mouth. 

Look what I found in the bottom of the gumbo!

Andouille on top of a mushroom shellfish sauce with a side of mashed potatoes! Heaven!! If I could cook like this my seafood disliking husband would beg for fish everyday!! I am going to try making this dish though it was amazing! I didn't photograph the salad and green beans but trust me, they were spectacular. Now for the sweetest part of the meal!!

Holy moly! This was the best bread pudding I have ever had! Sorry Amber but it was. Yours got demote to second best. It was gooey and bready and chocolatey! I was surprised how much I liked it because I am not a huge fan of white chocolate (ha nice word choice because I feel huge right now!) but it tasted so wonderful. It made me think of my sister Emily because she loves white chocolate. All it needed was some strawberries for her. We will be driving through New Orleans soon then on to our final destination! That means a shower, hot bath and cozy bed!! I don't know which of those I'm most excited about. 

P.s. all of that food was shared by all three of us! Well except for the bread pudding both Jaqui and Maureen have more self control than I do.