
3 hours
New Orleans: Hands-on Cajun Roux Cooking Class
Dive into Cajun and Creole cuisine in New Orleans. Learn to cook gumbo, etouffee, and bananas foster with professional techniques and local secrets.
Cochon is a cajun restaurant in Warehouse District, New Orleans.
Editorially verified May 18, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.

3 hours
Dive into Cajun and Creole cuisine in New Orleans. Learn to cook gumbo, etouffee, and bananas foster with professional techniques and local secrets.

Guided tour · 3 hours
Join a guided walking tour of the French Quarter of New Orleans and visit 5 distinct eateries to discover its diverse cuisine. Taste up to 9 different food samples and...

Guided tour · 3 hours
Join this tour through New Orleans’ historic and fascinating history of cocktails, and sample them along the way.
Address: 930 Tchoupitoulas St, New Orleans, LA 70130
Compere Lapin in New Orleans is Nina Compton's James Beard winning Caribbean Creole room inside the Old No 77 Hotel on Tchoupitoulas, with goat curry.
OrderThe curried goat with sweet potato gnocchi, on the menu since 2015.
TipThe bar runs walk-in; the kitchen sends the same menu and the cocktails are sharper than most of the city.
Herbsaint in New Orleans is Donald Link's 2000 St Charles Avenue flagship, a Louisiana French bistro with the streetcar passing the front window and a duck.
OrderThe Muscovy duck leg confit with dirty rice. Pair with a Sazerac.
TipSit at the bar for the streetcar view and faster service; the kitchen sends the same plates.
Compere Lapin in New Orleans is Nina Compton's James Beard winning Caribbean Creole room inside the Old No 77 Hotel on Tchoupitoulas, with goat curry.
OrderThe curried goat with sweet potato gnocchi, on the menu since 2015.
TipThe bar runs walk-in; the kitchen sends the same menu and the cocktails are sharper than most of the city.
Saint-Germain in New Orleans is the Michelin-starred ten-course tasting menu inside a Bywater double-shotgun from chefs Blake Aguillard and Trey Smith.
OrderThere is no choice; the ten-course is what they serve. Add the wine pairing.
TipReservations open monthly. If you can't get a seat, the wine garden out back takes walk-ups and serves bottles with snacks.
Dakar NOLA in New Orleans is Serigne Mbaye's James Beard Best New Restaurant winning Senegalese Creole tasting room, relocated in 2025 to a Carrollton.
OrderThere is no choice; the tasting menu rotates with the season. The jollof course is the anchor.
TipTickets sell out within days of release. Sign up for the newsletter for booking-window alerts.
Bayona in New Orleans is Susan Spicer's 1990 Creole cottage on Dauphine Street, a courtyard fine-dining room with the smoked duck PB&J that has anchored.
OrderThe smoked duck breast PB&J, the menu's longest-running dish.
TipLunch is the better-value seating; book the back courtyard if the weather is kind that afternoon.
Coquette in New Orleans is the Magazine and Washington corner restaurant from Michael Stoltzfus, a 2008 modern-Southern room with rotating tasting menus.
OrderWhatever the Blind Faith tasting menu is running that week. Trust the kitchen.
TipSit upstairs for the corner-window view; downstairs runs faster and louder.