Hello everybody! I'm Mademoiselle Nouvelle Orleans, here to give you the most reliable and descriptive reviews on New Orleans' restaurant scene. Now, I happen to adore French, Italian, Asian, and cuisines of that sort (to name a few), but nothing, in my opinion, can beat good Mexican. I crave the freshness and flavor this cuisine packs, and I especially love the spiciness. Born and bred in the South, I really know how to eat spicy, so I'm always more than happy to find that a new, exotic cuisine has a nice, satisfying tingle that really starts me off right.
Lucky for me, we have a couple very good Mexican restaurants in New Orleans, like El Gato Negro and Taqueria Corona. But one taqueria really stands out. Felipe's! Yes. You heard me right. You may think chain restaurants are beneath me, but if you ever try out this one, you wont regret it. I was rather skeptical, too, and even more so when I saw it had a bar. It brought back memories of eating at sports bars, complete with the loud, unpleasant, glare-y atmosphere and greasy, poorly cooked food. More about the booze and football games than the food, and rather lackluster service, I wasn't in a hurry to try out Felipe's. But after I bit into my pretty, spicy, vegetal food, I forgot all my previous complaints and thought only of polishing off every morsel of my dinner.
I got a DELECTABLE shrimp quesadilla, with yummy warm tortilla chips and fresh, sweet salsa. My quesadilla came with lots of gooey melted Monterey Jack cheese (a good omen), and perfectly cooked, moist fried shrimp coated in a light, crunchy batter. Topped off with generous dollops of crunchy coleslaw, buttery guacamole, tangy Mexican crema, flavorful Mexican rice, yummy pico de gallo, and finally a good scoop of creamy, spicy refried pinto beans. I was more than happy that I hadn't continued with my theories on Felipe's and am beyond happy that I had polished off that quesadilla. So bring the family and consume a Mexican masterpiece!
