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Rajun Gardener

Rajun Gardener

FYI!!! If you need an idea to take a trip and like music and good food. This might be for you.
 
My home town/area(Acadiana) has festivals almost all year for everything you can think of from rice to crawfish to boudin to froglegs. Every festival is just another reason to party with beer, food and bands but today one of the biggest besides Mardi Gras starts.
 
It's called Festival International de Louisiane. It's one big drunk fest with awesome live music and you already know about Louisiana food.
 
Festival International de Louisiane is a non-profit organization that produces the largest international music and arts festival in the United States with a special emphasis on the connection between Acadiana and the Francophone world and an estimated economic impact of 49 million annually.   With over 300,000 festival goers every year, the annual festival features musical performances by artists from over 20 countries along with workshops, exhibits, visual art, theater and other forms of performance arts.   The 5-day festival is held in April transforming downtown Lafayette, Louisiana into an entertainment mecca.
 
Check out the music line up.
 
https://festivalinternational.org/2018-artists/
 
https://youtu.be/T0WbvzEZ3OE
 
I just saw the vendors food list and thought of you. Are you working one of these or in a restaurant downtown.
 
Here is a complete listing of official Festival food vendors, as well as what each spot will be offering. 
Scene LUS Internationale
Poseidon's Greek Restaurant
  • Spinach pie, $5
  • Stuffed jalapenos, $5
  • Hummus, $6
  • Gyro wrap, $7
  • Honey chicken tenders, $7
Poupart's
  • Bread pudding, $4
  • Crawfish pistolettes, $6
  • Shrimp friant, $6
  • Frenchy cheese steak po'boy, $6
  • Shrimp and tasso pasta, $7
Norbert's Restaurant
  • Boudin, $4
  • Meat pies, $6
  • Pork jambalaya, $6
  • Fried shrimp with fries, $8
  • Crawfish etouffee with fried catfish, $10
Poor Boy's Riverside Inn
  • Sweet potato beignets, $4
  • Alligator balls with fries, $6
  • Fish tacos with fries, $6
  • Grilled gator bites with fries, $6
  • Mini crab cakes with fries, $8
New Orleans Original Daiquiris
  • 190 Octane
  • Margarita
  • Pina colada
  • Strawberry daiquiri
  • White Russian
JD Bank Pavillion de Cuisine
Geauxsicles Gourmet Ice Pops
  • Cookie Mac-ster, $5
  • Crantastic, $5
  • Mojito, $5
  • Strawberry chance, $5
  • Summertime, $5
Fezzo's Seafood, Steakhouse and Oyster Bar
  • Sausage po'boy with barbecue sauce, $6
  • Bread pudding with rum sauce, $6
  • Fried catfish with fries, $8
  • Fried catfish with etouffee, $8
  • Grilled ribeye wrap, $10
Dean-O's Pizzarama
  • Double cheese pizza slice, $4
  • Pepperoni pizza slice, $4
  • Crawfish nachos, $8
  • Shrimp and grits, $8
  • Boudin pizza burger, $8
Bon Creole Seafood
  • Red beans and rice with sausage, $7
  • Praline chicken and waffle, $7
  • Crawfish po'boy, $9
  • Crawfish spinach boat, $9
  • Shrimp po'boy, $9
Dairy King
  • Soft serve cone, $3
  • Soft serve cup, $3
  • Soft serve waffle cone, $5
Alligator Shakes
  • Alligator balls, $6
  • Boudin balls, $6
  • Chicken and sausage gumbo, $6
  • Seafood gumbo, $6
  • Alligator sauce piquante, $7
Antlers Restaurant & Bar
  • Meat pies, $6
  • Pork and sausage jambalaya, $7
  • Crawfish maque choux, $7
  • Crawfish etouffee, $8
Mandez's Seafood, Bar & Grill
  • Beignet fries, $6
  • Duck quesadilla with chili lime creme, $6
  • Seafood egg rolls, two for $8
  • Pulled pork nachos, $9
Zeus Cafe
  • Baklava, $3 
  • Chicken shawarma wrap, $6
  • Falafel wrap, $6
  • Gyro wrap, $6
  • Spicy chicken wrap, $7
Blu Basil Wine & Grill
  • Avocado pork pot stickers, $8
  • Coconut shrimp, $8
  • Kimchi fries, $9
FilAsian Kitchen
  • Pork kabob, $3
  • Dutch cake, $6
  • Seafood pasta, $7
  • Chicken kabob with fries, $8
  • Bacon-wrapped shrimp with fries, $9
 
Galeries du Festival
Zea Rotisserie & Grill
  • Roasted corn grits, $4
  • Duck empanadas, $5
  • Thai ribs, $7
  • Gulf shrimp and grits, $8
  • Crawfish boil Bateaux, $10
Tropical Smoothie Cafe
  • Sunrise sunset smoothie, $4 or $6
  • Caribbean jerk wrap, $7
  • Baja chicken wrap, $7
Snow-T-Go
  • 12-ounce shaved ice snowball, $4
  • 20-ounce shaved ice snowball, $5
  • 32-ounce shaved ice snowball, $9
  • Popcorn, $5
  • Caramel popcorn, $6
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Gulf Tacos
  • Belly of the beast taco, two for $9
  • Gulf taco, two for $9
  • Shrimp taco, two for $9
Blue Dog Cafe
  • Pecan praline bread pudding, $5
  • Louisiana Purchase chicken pasta, $6
  • Corn and crab bisque, $7
  • Crawfish enchiladas, $7
Lagneaux's
  • Boudin, $4
  • Seafood jambalaya, $6
  • Shrimp po'boy, $8
  • Alligator bites, $8
Fat Tuesday
  • Margarita, $8
  • Pina colada, $8
  • Strawberry daiquiri, $8
Scene TV5 Monde Lafayette
Big Wil & The Warden
  • Asian Cajun vegetarian egg rolls, $10
  • Alligator sausage po'boy with fries, $11
  • Ribeye steak po'boy with fries, $11
  • Fried eggplant seafood volcano, $11
  • Gyro sandwich with fries, $11
Clambeaugh's 
  • Chicken-and-sausage jambalaya, $8
  • Red beans and sausage, $8
  • Smothered okra, $9
  • Crawfish etouffee, $9
Bratz Y'all!
  • Bavarian beer brat, $8
  • Black forest beer brat, $8
  • Drunk pig, $9
  • King brat, $9
  • NOLA schnitzel, $9
Ice Shack
  • Ice bites, $4
  • Snowcone, $5
  • Dutch cake, $6
Dix "Almost Famous" Daiquiris
  • Small Tres-Rita Tres Generaciones, $5
  • Medium Tres-Rita Tres Generaciones, $8
  • Tres-Rita Tres Generaciones refill, $6
Scene des Jeunes
Kona Ice of Carencro
  • Klassic Kona, $4
  • Color change Kona, $6
  • Color change refill, $4
Pot & Paddle Jambalaya Kitchen
  • Cookies, $2
  • Hot dog, one for $3 or two for $5
  • Macaroni and cheese, $5
  • Chicken and sausage jambalaya, $5
  • Hot dog mac 'n' cheese, $7
LUS LA Craft Biergarten
C'est Bon Manger
  • Bayou nachos, $8
  • Crawfish, shrimp and spinach bread bowl, $8
  • Fried catfish with garlic fries, $8
  • Shrimp etouffee with fried fish, $8
  • Bang bang shrimp po'boy with garlic fries, $10
Umami Bites
  • Flash fried Brussels sprouts, $7
  • Coconut sweet rice bowl, $10
  • Pork belly wonton tacos, $10
  • Pork and ginger potstickers, $10
  • Vietnamese spring rolls, $10
Scratch Farm Kitchen
  • LocoRito burrito, $8
  • LocoRito burrito with pulled pork, $11
  • Beta bowl, $9
  • Curry up, $9
  • Curry up with pulled pork, $11
  • W.E. grassfed burger, $10
Rouge a Roux's
  • Sweet potato bread pudding balls, $6
  • Goudin balls, $7
  • Smoked brisket and pepper jack fries, $7
  • Jerk chicken sandwich with fries, $9
 
FYI!!!   It's Festival season again in Louisiana
 
Samantha Brown filmed here last year and it aired a few weeks ago
https://www.pbs.org/video/lafayette-and-cajun-country-la-4ondwi/?fbclid=IwAR1JxF-KFv4pqkfczvuvS8MOckEXRasCoKrsH-KsCRjoWvxdhKU3UZMTz5g
 
It's Mardi gras season and here's the parades.
https://katc.com/news/around-acadiana/2019/02/14/carnival-season-begins-heres-a-list-of-acadiana-events/
 
 
 
 
RIP Bourdain, it's been almost a year already.
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6m6kbw
 
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