Where We Ate In Beautiful Jefferson Parish

A couple of weeks ago after my first cataract surgery, I was pretty exhausted and still freaked out afterward, but I was hungry, since I'd been fasting all day. We stopped for a quick meal at Dot's Diner, where I had a delicious BLT sandwich. I noted that the diner had a lovely, old-fashioned breakfast menu.

After the second surgery, which went so well and I was calm and not freaked out afterward, we wanted oysters. We made our way to Drago's Seafood Restaurant, pictured above, one of THE places for oysters in beautiful Jefferson Parish. (Heh, heh.)

As an appetizer, we shared a half dozen charbroiled oysters, one of the restaurant's better-known dishes. Grandpère was not satisfied and ordered another half dozen. I made a trip to the ladies, and when I returned, the dish has arrived, and GP had eaten five out of the six oysters. Thanks a lot, my love! Nevermind. More food was on the way.

I ordered Oysters Herradura:

Shrimp Oysters sautéed with sun dried tomatoes,
pine nuts, and onions, deglazed with tequila and
seasoned to perfection. Served with a grilled
portabella mushroom.

GP ordered:

Fried Oyster Lunch
Served with French Fries, Vegetable & Salad

For dessert, I ordered crème bruleé. The meal was quite satisfying. It was the only meal that I had that day, but it was enough.

We spent the night with my daughter, since I had an early morning doctor's appointment for a check that all was well. I remembered the breakfast menu at Dot's Diner, and we headed to their River Ridge location for breakfast before the appointment. I had Dot's in mind from the night before and made sure that we were up in time to break our fast there. Wise move. Dot does a good breakfast.




Photo of Drago's at the head of the post from Bon Vivant.