Korea and Culture

We left Hattiesburg around lunch, picked up Zach, and made it to New Orleans around 3:00. Because we wanted to eat first , we ended up doing a good bit of driving back and forth through the city. The restaurant is located in Gretna, and the market we wanted to visit was in Metairie.

The Pho Danh restaurant is located inside the Hong Kong Market at 925 Behrman Hwy Gretna, LA 70056. Their Pho is awesome, and we were served within five minutes of ordering.  This was our second visit and the quality of the food was still amazing. 

Large bowl

Needless to say it was good

After eating, we briefly walked through the market. We didn’t buy anything since we were heading straight to the Korean market.  I really want to know how to cook these. Not that I would eat them on a regular basis, but I would at least try them.   We are not big fans of the Hong Kong market since they don’t carry as much Korean food as the other market, but the seafood and meat looked really fresh.  Also, we may come back and buy a few dishes that we have been wanting.  I also want to try the Vietnamese sandwiches that they sell in the back.  They looked awesome.

I still want to know how they cook these.

We really don’t know what these are, but they appear to be a set of paper items for kids.

The DongYang Korean market is located at 3324 Transcontinental Dr Metairie, LA 70006.  I really like this market, but it would be much better if they made their own kimchi.  We were stuck with the large jar size, and although it is not bad, there is nothing like homemade kimchi.  There is also a Pho restaurant next door that we will be trying the next time we come back.  Driving all over New Orleans was not that bad, but we could probably skip the drive to Gretna and be fine.  This would prevent us from even having to go to the west bank/crossing the Mississippi and would save me the dollar toll!

JJ did most of the shopping. A case of Bacchus-D was my only purchase.

We left the market and drove back downtown to the French Quarter.  Since it raining when we parked, I left my camera in the car. I was hoping to get some good shots today, but not only was it raining, but it was extremely overcast as well.  After a brief stop at Harrah’s Casino (Zach was the big money winner!), we walked down to Cafe Du Monde for coffee and beignets.  The beignets were great, but they seem to taste better late at night after a few hours of bar hopping.  We left Cafe Du Monde and went to Pat O’ Brien’s.  I have a hard time going to New Orleans and not having at least one hurricane.  We already decided that we need to make a return trip soon, but will spend the weekend so that we can enjoy ourselves more.  I also want to get down to the Garden District and take some photos with my good camera.

All photos taken with my Samsung Galaxy