New Orleans

New Orleans, originally uploaded by Yong Family.

It's been awhile now since I last had an entry in my blog. It's only now I managed to find some time to blog. I'm in New Orleans and have been busy with meetings and also had excellent hosts... hence nights were filled with dinners. I was also having jet lag since last Monday, but it's better now.



Upon landing at Louis Armstrong airport in New Orleans, my host brought my colleague and I to some shops. I didn't buy anything though. After that, my host gave us a tour of the Katrina torned city. There are still parts of the city where restoration work has not begun. It was a sad sight indeed. Residential areas were abandoned, mud and rubbish strewn everywhere, cars left to rot, trees that fell on roof tops and hardly any (if any at all) basic utilities in the neighbourhood. It is no wonder that some people are not returning home. The theme now for this city is "Together we rebuild". They do need a lot of help.



So what food have I had in this French influenced city? There is this doughnut-like cake called 'beignet'. Tastes a bit like 'eu char kuey' with sugar icing! There was also a hint of doughnut taste as it is made from flour. It's nice with coffee. There's also this famous soup that is native to the New Orleans people called 'gumbo'. It's like a seafood stew; shrimp, crawfish, sausage, veggies, etc. Honestly, I could not quite make out what it tastes like. Just plain 'ol soup.