5 Mega SANDWICHES in One Day!! 🥖🦐 Best NEW ORLEANS PO'BOYS You Have To Try!!

hey everyone hope you're having an amazing day it's mark wiens i'm in new orleans and this is one of the greatest food cities in the united states there are so many restaurants it's even called the lunch capital of the united states you gotta love new orleans baby one of the great on the go quick everyday meals is a po boy and a po boy is any type variation of sandwich which is typically served on a french bread loaf today we're gonna go on an ultimate po boy tour of new orleans we're gonna eat at five different places and try five at least five different types of po po-boys once you pick this up you're ready to fully commit there's no setting it down all of the po-boys coming up in this ultimate po boy tour of new orleans we're on our way to the first place before coming to new orleans and before researching about po boys i thought and assumed that a po boy was a sandwich a new orleans sandwich or a louisiana-style sandwich but filled with fried shrimp or fried seafood i didn't know that a po boy was actually just a new orleans sandwich and it can be filled with all sorts of things from roast beef to fried seafood even luncheon meats can go into a po boy and i think maybe one of the distinguishing factors of a po boy from any other type of sandwich is the actual bread itself which is a type of french bread so again we're gonna go to five different places and try at least five different types of po boys in this tour right now [Music] welcome to guys po boys and from what some recommendations i got and from reading this is a favorite local place let's go get our first po boy can we do please one grilled shrimp large and one fried catfish large [Music] i just love his style the the french bread comes out of this massive bag onto the chopping board he's just swiftly with so much style slices it down the center then he adds on just like a heaping double fistful of shredded lettuce goes on tomatoes go on mayonnaise go on to both sides of the bread then on goes your main protein of choice that could be fried shrimp that could be roast beef that could be the grilled shrimp so much overstuffed gets wrapped up into your sandwich and then i love the way he slices it down the center with so much style oh man the toppings are overflowing the the passion here is oh i love it [Music] [Applause] so [Applause] [Music] it is an old strip [Music] oh derek's derek's been putting to work yes oh yeah [Music] your skills man so you go around you do all your own shooting you do all right yep all your own editing all my own filming and editing yep so [Music] okay oh just two would be great [Music] we'll each have a half well you have three halves boom oh the catfish so [Music] [Music] gotta love new orleans baby yes say it right man all right new orleans new orleans baby okay thank you so much really appreciate it fried shrimp is the winner all right thank you very much thank you very much okay look at the size of those they were so cool marvin thank you got the grilled shrimp the fried catfish and then actually i didn't even originally first order the fried shrimp but marvin said it's the best he said you have to try the fried shrimp so i ordered another fried shrimp so three of them to go they are huge and heavy and fully dressed fully loaded because they slice the bread all the way through without leaving uh it attached he has to like push it together so fast so that it sticks all together just amazing sandwich skills okay that's the fried shrimp let's open up the the next guy here which is the grilled shrimp oh yeah this one's the grilled shrimp oh wow that looks amazing so nestled in there final one we have here is the fried catfish i love how they just fully dressed them loaded with ingredients loaded with a small mountain of shredded lettuce oh man that smells incredible we have to start with the fried shrimp the exploding overstuffed fried shrimp i love how it's just yeah exploding with shrimp marvin instructed us to eat this as fast as possible i loved marvin's character he was like don't be one of those don't be one of those guys who takes this too far away to eat it he's like eat it fast eat it hot you don't go anywhere just eat it immediately he's like don't take too many photos either okay thank you marvin it's still hot let's go oh wow yes loaded with shrimp the texture of them the crispiness even the bread is incredible because it's slightly chewy the french bread but really fluffy on the inside great texture throughout good combination especially with the tomato and the acidity that comes from it shrimp is well cooked and well prepared nothing's overdone and the bread as you said like a slight bit of chewiness to it yeah on this got an amazing like yup so good so much style next up should we try the grilled shrimp yes the fried shrimp over the grill he said the fried shrimp is the best he said it's the top seller as well but also i got a lot of tips people saying they love the grilled shrimp because there's not a lot of people places that do grilled shrimp most places do that is unique to definitely yeah most places do fried shrimp but the grilled shrimp is rare i'm loving the color on the shrimp yeah that sear definitely hit it with some seasoning as well they sprinkled in some melted butter sizzled that down with the spices with that seasoning oh yeah what you can do is kind of re-stuff it at the top okay here we go oh the seasoning the butter and the the lime actually when they cooked the the shrimp you squeezed on lime and that just went up in a poof of a cloud of steam i love marvin oh man but the grill is better i i love the grilled okay the grilled is incredible sizzle and that searing that char from the hot plate from the butter from that creole or cajun seasoning it taste like it tastes brighter to me like it tastes lighter and brighter i think because it's grilled instead of having the fried one that has the batter with it there's definitely some more spice on it wow right out in marvin marvin it wow sweet potato pie thank you marvin thank you marvin thank you marvin my god fresh i think so i think you might turn your hand on it okay it's the perfect combination of bouncy flavored seasoned shrimp to tomato to mayonnaise do i love that chewy texture fluffy bread all at the same time the textures and the pickles and the pickles well that balances the whole thing because of that acidity to go with the the main edge he just fully loaded this one as well i'll scoop and hold let's do a cross section of this multiple layers of fried catfish benefits of having hot sauce again there's hot sauce there's crystals hot sauce i think some kind of louisiana hot sauce a sprinkle of it tomato lettuce oh yeah the pepper in there the flakiness of the catfish i love how soft it is yet crunchy at the same time again with that mayonnaise the hot sauce in there the bread is just perfect it's squishy but chewy not really crunchy i wouldn't call it crunchy but it's chewy and then the inside is very soft and supple i would say that all three are extraordinary which one do you like best grilled shrimp yeah i don't think you could maybe i think your real temperature just but the on the next level the pepper and the hot sauce on this i absolutely love it i'm going back to that grilled shrimp [Music] perfectly balanced flavor bursting and just stuffed to the max that is that is delightful happiness this is happiness in new orleans here's a great part of a poba you'll always end up with a mound of toppings at the bottom of your paper which you can scoop up which you will scoop up sauce oil juices meat juices pickled brine [Music] we've got to try that dessert that sweet potato pie right out of the oven they actually do have a full um they have a menu here too they have a daily special you can get red beans and rice you can oh look at the color of that they do like hot food yeah they do po-boys are the main thing but they do have a number of hot dishes it's still so hot but they said it's really hot really really hot it's not overly sweet you taste a natural like foamy silkiness of the sweet potato a few more bites of the catfish po boy which is also outstanding they're all three incredible it's hot i've been here for 27 years 27 years old 43 oh okay 43 years but me personally 27 years i've made over a million poor boys myself a million full boys over a million really over a million po boys i don't really want to say that because i always told people when i hit a million i was dropping tonight what if i'd have only saved a dollar i could have done that no i love what i do yeah oh you can tell you love you can tell you love what you do it's i love your style yes thank you so much you're one of the only ones that does the grilled shrimp as well well you know okay we're moving on to the next pledge conveniently just down the street like a five-minute walk if that is another legendary place to eat po-boys and so we're gonna go there next [Applause] i love all the restaurants all the food spots within tucked within the neighborhoods in new orleans the next place that we're having a po boy is domelisse's they started in 1924 that's a hundred years of po boys this is an old school spot they're known for their fried shrimp po boys and probably all other po boys as well but i love the location it's a historic dining destination and it's just a beautiful place let's go try our next po boy okay a large shrimp okay the way we usually dress that mayo lettuce pickle ketchup and hot sauce everything yep and also i think a half a roast beef such a friendly place they have some tables right inside and actually i guess this is a more of a sit-down restaurant the tables are here um i love the menu here on the side hand written calligraphy [Music] uh [Music] oh thank you so much okay thank you oh fries those are beauties i guess wow fries oh that's the roast donna's ready on the show also the roast the roast beef includes two types of mustard okay [Music] hmm all right thank you okay thank you so much ready roast beef shrimp the just home style atmosphere this is a heritage a historic dining destination i have to begin with this classic shrimp just bulging with shrimp i love how it's fully dressed fully loaded with all of those um the lettuce the hot sauces the mayonnaise you can tell how hearty and thick that bread is look at that interior wow again the chewy crustiness of the bread the soft fluffy interior the hot fried shrimp it's kind of made a sauce of mayonnaise plus the ketchup plus i think some of the louisiana hot sauce in there or their special hot sauce in here so that kind of coats the entire breading of the sandwich gives it a juicy moistness oh yeah shrimp only left large shrimp so far i just love the chewiness of the french bread i think for me that's one of the standout features of a po boy and that kind of light batter of the shrimp and again the layers of gravy and swiss there's just layer upon layer three layers of gravy within this roast beef two types of mustard yeah oh yeah oh the juicy sogginess of that oh man i love how the roast beef is cut so thin and then again just drenched in multiple layers of gravy my first roast beef po boy [Music] wow that is awesome and that is so socially amazing as you bite down the gravy just squeezes out it gets the flavor of the mustard a little bit of the hot sauce is that hot sauce in there i'm not totally sure the crunch of the lettuce the swiss and even the wear that how she layered in the gravy she protected the gravy from the bread so it didn't get too soggy gotta get some of that crystal on there to bump it up it's just sliding out the the back end dripping onto the plate but you know you're going to want to lick your plate all that meat juice [Music] because the bread is so durable it holds up incredibly well for that saucy roast beef they're both fantastic i'm sure everything they make here is fantastic [Music] gotta try these fries too spiral cut [Music] okay fries are amazing so crispy not dry at all on the inside silky oh great po boys great service truly an old-school historic destination we're moving on to the next place [Music] [Applause] next up on this ultimate po boy tour of new orleans we drove kind of across the city on the lakefront we're at a place called rno's which is an italian creole restaurant they have pizzas and pastas and spaghettis they are famous and people rave about their special type of po boy i don't think i've seen a restaurant with an entire roll of kitchen paper towels on the table that's it i think i think that's a great sign i think that means we're in for some sauce roast beef oh boy the hole please fully dressed thank you thank you very much right now that's all thank you another coke zero for you thank you here it is in all its glory and again this is a full italian creole restaurant so they have all sorts of pastas i think they even have pizza on the menu but the famous the po boy that people come here for is the roast beef po boy it is huge immediately upon getting it it's just overflowing onto the plate and of course served with a side of paper towels which it looks like you'll need immediately you see that it's a different type of bread it's a seeded sesame seed bread wow really really crispy i think it's toasted even it's so crispy you can hear that crunchiness that crispiness served with a mound of pickles on the side i think i'll just try to pick it up so we can deconstruct it a little bit and see the different layers oh you can feel the soggy juices starting to flow out of the roast beef just bulging it's exploding with roast beef and they've it looks like the roast beef is kind of shredded the gravy is just juicing there's tomatoes there's lettuce there's mayonnaise in there and then just the really really crispy bread oh wow that's that is saucy mayonnaise is oozing out of it [Music] [Music] oh wow okay on your first bite of this roast beef po boy you know why it's so famous and why everybody raves about it oh man that's straight like a home roast the gravy is addictively flavorful it has this amazing balance of salty concentrated beefiness there's so much mayonnaise in there making this creamy sauce this is one of those poor boys where once you pick it up i don't think you want to risk setting it down yeah i think the only thing i want to risk doing right now is adding on some tabasco i'm willing to risk that one there's so much mayonnaise there in there and normally i don't i'm not a big fan of mayonnaise but i think when it mixes with that gravy it creates an almost thousand island kind of flavor to it that just like makes it so creamy and rich i will also risk picking up some of the pickles and some of the drippings to put stuff back in toss in some pickles it's time for the second half oh yeah second half is a little harder to pick up as the juices juices have saturated into the bread when it's time for your second piece you kind of have to cradle it with both hands at this stage i just feel like i'm covered in roast beef i think they go through a lot of paper towels here roast beef po boy worth the effort to come here that was hearty and flavorful [Music] next up on this ultimate po boy tour of new orleans we're in the neighborhood and from what i understand the race course is just down the road i think the next block and so that's why it's known as losers by the track a lot of people have mentioned that it's the greatest place to grab a meal to grab a po boy before you go to the race course they have gumbo they have a variety of grilled foods they have a variety of po boys but we came here specifically because while we're on the po boy tour we came specifically for their signature dish which is fresh shrimp sauteed in a new orleans barbecue sauce stuffed into a french bread pistolette so it's the barbecue shrimp po boy thank you very much it also got some gumbo on the side just to taste it but what i really came here to try what we came to try is the barbecue shrimp po boy that is a unique creation i don't even know if it's pickupable is it pickupable i'm gonna do this one little part it's just like a total sloppy delicious mess of sauciness with shrimp just overflowing out onto the plate with a loaf that's oh it's actually hollowed out on the inside now new orleans style barbecue shrimp is not actually barbecued at all but it's more of like a pepper butter sauce it's kind of what i'm thinking butter pepper garlic i have no idea what the knife is for oh yeah it's just like completely soaking up all of that gravy all of that i wonder if they have an official strategy of how to eat this look it's just a pocket of bread just completely filled up and it's so saucy i'm gonna just throw those throw those pickles over there you think pick up the top first i think that looks like a solid plant what you do is you just grab a handful of whatever you can pick up it's not served with a spoon either there we go that's my first bite right there [Music] oh wow oh that sauce is amazing i don't know what that doing no honestly it reminds me of the graveyard from biscuits and gravy oh wow yeah that's sauces here's a gravy it is not yet that has to be the most addictive graveyard i've ever had and you really taste the pepper you taste the butteriness of it and then those little shrimps which are these little bouncy little shrimps that are just coated in the gravy and that the bread of this po-boy is just there to like sop up the gravy basically i kind of want to pick up this whole saturated loaf though just for the i don't know if it was a great idea to pick it up but if you do choose to pick it up there's no going back because your fingers are just going to be coated in that gravy that's what i needed some crystal yes please oh yeah that tell me when okay that should be good can't get any juicier than this i bet my fingerprints are within this po boy once you pick this up you're ready to fully commit there's no there's no setting it down [Music] with that lemon with a louisiana chili sauce that extra vinegar that gravy has to be one of the most addictive gravies you'll ever have and that sauce wow that's sauce that sauce is drinkable that gravy and i like it with the i like it with a pickle on top and of course you got to have some louisiana hot sauce you cannot miss it and then in order to eat this you literally have to just like put your face into it shrimp down oh it's like a bouncy ball i had to try the gumbo here too it is a seafood gumbo but it's a lot of sausage i think the andouille you can see oh there's a bit of okra in here you can see the celery the the herbs in there oh and the bay leaves as well there's some great that's very aromatic the gumbo is quite thin here compared to other versions of gumbo that i've had it's more of a herbaceous taste not too rich the earthiness of the sausage the bounciness of the shrimp very herbaceous gumbo this is kind of slightly strange to eat but it is really really tasty highly recommended that was a great stop on this ultimate po boy tour of new orleans finally lastly and to complete this ultimate po boy tour of new orleans this place is an institution it's a destination we're at the parkway bakery and cavern i was just reading some of the artwork around the building it dates back to 1911 so again this is a historic destination it is a heritage restaurant [Music] they have this massive huge tent outdoor section the patio there's a bar section this is the indoor section we definitely have to try a type of po boy that we haven't tried yet here uh for here please what's your name mark do you have oyster po-boy today [Music] we're order number 44. [Applause] barks root beer i think it's it was a kid since i've had a bark's root beer oh that is great it's good it's really good i used to love this when i was a kid oh man and they have it in a bottle here that's classic po boy should be here very soon is it mark 44 the oyster okay thank you here it is the final po boy of this ultimate po boy tour of new orleans this is the oyster oh boy which they only again they only have it on wednesday and thursday until it runs out deep fried gulf oysters oh you can smell that you can smell the crispiness you can smell the deep friedness of those oysters oh yeah the usual condiments i got it fully dressed there's mayonnaise there's a handful of lettuce there's tomatoes a variety of sauces i believe on the bottom and then just loaded oh there's a few pickles here and then again just loaded with fried golf oysters okay i'm going to try a move to pick up the entire thing i should have told him not to cut it oh well anyways on the back there there is a an article with i believe the owner taking a bite of this gigantic oversized po boy possibly loaded with oysters like this and he's just taking a bite looks so satisfying i have to try it [Music] oh yeah that was satisfying my first ever oyster po boy they're so soft they just melt in your mouth and they're battered so they're just crispy on the edges and as you keep on chewing then you taste more and more of those oysters the flavor just bulging through i'm gonna re-stuff it with some of these oysters here and then show you that cross section it's just shrouding with oyster goodness just blobs of oysters gotta get a little bit of crystal on that oh yeah there we go [Music] crispy and melt in your mouth at the same time with that hot sauce that vinegar to bump it up it's just like a mound of breaded fried oysters crispy and warming wow you need to add crystal with every bite oh yeah that's incredible and again one of my favorite things about the po boy eating experience are all are all the the sauces the lettuce the proteins that are left at the bottom of your paper it's always a completely unique formation which you can re-insert into your sandwich re-scoop up [Music] here we go part two [Music] [Applause] and with that golden fried gulf oyster po boy that brings us to the end of this ultimate po boy food tour of new orleans and so when you come to new orleans be sure to try all five places they're so good and again so much character each one of them has a different identity slight alterations a different specialty and they're all worth eating in a row if you can and i'd love to hear from you what's your favorite po boy in new orleans let me know in the comments below and again big thank you for watching please remember to give this video a thumbs up if you enjoyed it and also remember to subscribe for lots more food and travel videos and also be sure to watch more new orleans louisiana food videos creole and cajun food and the amazing hospitality thanks again for watching see you on the next video

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Published: Sat Oct 23 2021