One of our favorite places to eat in New Orleans is the Superior Grill, located in the Garden District on St. Charles Avenue. DH absolutely loves their shrimp cocktail appetizer (coctel de camerones). We had talked about going there for dinner last night, but decided that we should try to be more thrifty now that he is getting so old.
After discussing the restaurant, he developed a real hankering for a for a coctel de camerones, so I dug up a recipe on the internet and fixed it for lunch as an entree. I only made a few adjustments. I omitted the seeds from the jalapeno, and used four cloves of fresh garlic and a bit of salt instead of garlic salt. I sliced up the other half of the jalapeno for DH to use on his coctel, because he likes his food much hotter than I like mine.
One of my favorite things about living here is the reasonably priced shrimp. I probably made enough for eight restaurant-sized shrimp cocktails, and it cost less than $20. It made a delicious cold lunch on a hot day, and there’s enough left for an appetizer for dinner tonight.
Happy Birthday, DH!
You are amazing. I totally would have done the Superior Grill and called it good…but no, you have to go and be superwoman! Hope DH had a great birthday. We miss you guys.