POMPANO

Harvested from local waters and prepared according to traditional recipes, pompano makes celebrity appearances on the menus of several landmark Creole dining palaces. In particular, the pompano meuniere amandine is one of the classic butter-rich, almond-studded preparations for which the 101-year-old Galatoire's Restaurant is famous. Antoine's Restaurant serves its grilled pompano Pontchartrain with a decadent pile of lump crabmeat sautéed in butter. At Broussard's, the pompano Broussard's is prepared with a mustard caper sauce, scallops and shrimp all wrapped up in a puff pastry shell.