Here are two pictures of shrimp salads I enjoyed in New Orleans. The fresh Louisiana shrimp are tasty and a little smaller, quite different from the shrimp we get here in CA. For lack of a better way to describe it, their flavor is very "shrimpy." What I mean is that each bite is packed with rich shrimp flavor, no wateriness or muddiness.
To be honest, I overdid it on shrimp while in New Orleans! Bubba Gump's on Decatur in the French Quarter, supposed to be a shrimp lovers' paradise, was disappointing. Their shrimp were not cleaned very well at all (gross) and weren't as tasty. Were they not using real Louisiana shrimp?
The bottom pic is a shrimp Caesar salad from Lucy's Retired Surfers' place on Tchoupitoulas and Girod in the Arts District. There was plenty of dressing but it wasn't super salty, and the shrimp was seasoned quite well in the Creole style. Their service wasn't really up to what I would consider Southern standards, but it was basically a sports bar. Other places in New Orleans ended up having wonderful service and I will write about them too. I will try to "recreate" this dish with some Tony's Creole seasoning I bought there, maybe using a recipe for creamy dressing from the current issue of Clean Eating magazine.
The top picture is a shrimp wedge salad from the Green Goddess in the Exchange Alley in the French Quarter. It had hearts of palm, radishes, and cucumber slices as well as romaine lettuce and a milder dressing. The food there was fabulous but it took them three hours to get us our food, a mistake that our hosts assured us was rare.
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