the night of our first day there we ate at cafe sbisa. it was our one "big" meal of the trip. it was damn good. one of the best, if not the best i've eaten in my life. of course, new orleans is the food capitol of the u.s. so it's only natural that it would be so good. even if i only just recently had my first memorable new orleans meal, i'm pretty sure that it's the cajun blood in me that caused me to always claim that long john silvers fish tastes like shit. on a related note, this trip has made me even more proud of my heritage and where i was born than i was before. i've always had a love for many different and good types of food and although i technically knew where it came from before, now i fully understand it. the same also applies to my laid-back attitude. i mean, yes, i moved to texas when i was 7, but the years i did live there are some of the most influental in the development of a person. anyway... i'm lousianan by birth and damn proud of it.