"Located inside our hotel, the Hotel Monteleone, we were spoiled by how good their restaurant?s food was. This was our go to spot for beignets and brunch. Highly recommend staying here for the best beignets in the French Quarter of New Orleans and their award winning food. A beignet is a deep fried French pastry, with a flaky exterior (similar to an authentic French croissant) and a pillowy soft, layered interior. It?s topped with powdered sugar for an overall semisweettreat, but dipped in Praline sauce (a vanilla bean sauce with a touch of caramel) makes for a heavenly bite. Don?t bother going to Café Du Monde or Cafe Beignet, unless you prefer amusement park fried dough and sugar, this is the realdeal, French technique of a beignet. Crab Cake Benedict was made with blue crab from the Gulf, topped with poached eggs and ladled with Béarnaise sauce. Crab cakes are typically made with a ton of breadcrumbs, not enough crab meat, thiswas the complete opposite. Every bite was mainly fresh, well seasoned Cajun crab meat. Eggs benny and crab meat, what a perfect combo. Who would?ve thought?! Fried chicken and gravy, topped with a jalapeño cheddar biscuit is the way tostart a morning! Their fried chicken was so crispy and juicy, so well seasoned! The gravy was delicious, this stuff would be a Thanksgiving game changer, so rich and meaty. Dipping the biscuit into the gravy and topping it with some friedchicken made for a freaking epic bite! Can?t say enough about how wonderful the food here was. It?s a must go brunch destination! ?"
