Today the group had a free day to go explore and enjoy what the city of New Orleans has to offer. We started off taking the trolley down to the French Quarter which was super fun and convenient...hooray for public transportation! We walked around for a bit until it was time to meet Sidney and her partner Nick at his amazing seafood restaurant Rio Mar, ranked #3 restaurant in New Orleans.
We arrived at 12:30 hungry and excited, the restaurant is closed on Sunday afternoons so we literally had the place to ourselves. 
It was a true VIP moment when they arrived to unlock the
doors and we all stepped inside our own private lunch party. We had no idea what we were in for, Nick asked us to take a seat and we eagerly waited for the meal to begin. What followed can only be described as un-describe able. Nick became the one man show in the kitchen wowing us with culinary delights that just kept coming, it was Southern hospitality at its finest.
There was a parade of food including ceviche, skirt steak, tapas, fried oysters, mussels, gnocchi, yucca fries, and so much more. Each dish was better then the last and the table was humming with enjoyment. For dessert it was mango cheesecake, flan, dulce de leche ice cream ad tres leches coconut cake...YUMMMMY! We all decided it was the best meal of our lives, and we could not figure out when we had died and ended up in Heaven...Thank you Nick & Sidney!!!!
After the meal we reluctantly left Rio Mar and headed back into the muggy streets of the FQ. We strolled around and saw the sights, taking in the beautiful architecture and history NOLA had to offer. The day was pretty much perfect...
It was a true VIP moment when they arrived to unlock the
doors and we all stepped inside our own private lunch party. We had no idea what we were in for, Nick asked us to take a seat and we eagerly waited for the meal to begin. What followed can only be described as un-describe able. Nick became the one man show in the kitchen wowing us with culinary delights that just kept coming, it was Southern hospitality at its finest.There was a parade of food including ceviche, skirt steak, tapas, fried oysters, mussels, gnocchi, yucca fries, and so much more. Each dish was better then the last and the table was humming with enjoyment. For dessert it was mango cheesecake, flan, dulce de leche ice cream ad tres leches coconut cake...YUMMMMY! We all decided it was the best meal of our lives, and we could not figure out when we had died and ended up in Heaven...Thank you Nick & Sidney!!!!
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