Chocolate-It's What's for Dinner

While the food on offer is unbelievable, I unfortunately did not get to partake as much as I would have liked (The conference took up a lot of my time). First I must recommend the Ruby Slipper for breakie. I had the best Bananas Foster French Toast (or as they call it - Pain Perdu). When it first arrived, I was worried. I thought it was going to brick heavy. It was the lightest French Toast I have ever eaten. I don't bananas foster usually has raisins but they did add a nice flavor. The Ruby Slipper - Bananas Foster Pain Perdu I hit up this local joint that looked like a real Mom & Pop Shop that had been there forever. There was a pretty decent crowd in there for the time of night so I thought it might be an interesting place. I ordered the Shrimp Po'Boy. The best that I can say was that they use clean oil to fry their shrimp. The bread was mediocre at best. The shrimp had no seasoning. Maybe I ordered the wrong thing there? Clean oil A trip to the famous Cafe ...

While in New Orleans, I discovered a new (new to me anyhow) brand of rum. It is called Blue Chair Bay . They have several different varieties. I was able to taste two - the coconut and the banana. Both were excellent. The coconut tasted a little more coconuty than Malibu (my other favorite). The banana was a cream liquor and was really tasty. Their website has many different recipes that I will have to try.

Before I head off to my conference sessions for today, I just wanted to give a quick Mickey update. Reports from home indicate he's still MIA. There has been no evidence so I'm thinking it might be safe. I feel very torn. I would've liked to have seen a body but the compassionate side of me is thinking "way to go Mick - a great escape!" I get home tonight so I'll be posting soon about my N'awlins experience.

I'm at a total loss. We have not seen any evidence of Mickey. Does that mean he's gone? Does that mean he's died in the wall from no food? Is he just playing with us so that we let our guard down? I'm leaving for a trip to New Orleans and the Sous Chef is in charge of all things Mickey. I hope to get a text that there has been a resolution of some sort while I'm gone.

Yes we have tried to catch this little bugger 7 days/nights now and have had no luck. Our new theory is perhaps we have plugged up all the holes and it is stuck down the basement. We have set a trap there. I hope tonight is the night! I don't know how much more of this I can take. I certainly hope he has not brought any friends with him!

I think Mickey is a member of Mensa. We heard him last night but could not determine where he was in the kitchen (or should I say the Sous Chef could not locate him - I certainly was not looking). He had been lurking in the toaster cabinet the night before and averted the glue trap. This is absolute torture. Still no cooking going on.