CRAWFISH

La Peniche serves crawfish for breakfast with their Crawfish Scramble, which is a mix of scrambled eggs, crawfish and green onions with homemade biscuits. At Petunia's, the crawfish etouffée omelet is another morning treat that consists of New Iberia-style etouffée folded into a fluffy omelet smothered in Swiss cheese. For a crawfish appetizer, head down to Decatur Street to Fiorella's for their flaky fried crawfish pies. At Lager's you can the spicy, finger-size crawfish fritters are known as Crawfish Kickers. The crawfish pasta at the Coffee Cottage Café in Harahan is a tri-colored rotini pasta with crawfish served in a creamy pepper cheese sauce and also comes with three crawfish beignets and bread. One of the Gumbo Shop's pasta offerings comes with crawfish and spicy tasso in a reduced cream sauce. Langenstein's prepares a zesty crawfish bisque with fresh crawfish tails and stuffed heads in a rich savory sauce. The Crawfish Johnnie at Crazy Johnnie's is a combination of crawfish, onions and mushrooms in a cream reduction served over rice or croutons. Franky and Johhny's keeps it simple with a fried crawfish dinner platter complete with fries and a salad. The Palm Court Jazz Café jazzes it up with the Crawfish Nantua: crawfish tails flamed in a cream and brandy sauce. The Bon Ton Café serves its crawfish etouffée with parsley-buttered rice and in other Cajun specialties. At Parran's Po-Boys, the Shrimp and Crawfish Diane tosses the shellfish in a cream sauce with garlic, green onion and mushrooms and serves them on a bed of pasta.

Guillory's Grocery offers a crawfish burger served on a bun with fries. The crawfish pasta at Coffee Cottage Café features rotini pasta and crawfish in a spicy pepper cream sauce. The crawfish pasta at Wego Inn Café uses spiral pasta and a spicy Alfredo sauce. La Thai Cuisine puts crawfish in a more exotic and mildly spicy Panang curry sauce. At the Bulldog, Crawfish Banditos feature crawfish etouffée in whole wheat tortillas. Philip Chan's Asian Cajun Bistro stir fries crawfish in a wok and serves them with a spicy Asian chili sauce.