23 Truly Unbelievable Dishes Found Only In NOLA

An alligator sausage on a grilled sweet sourdough roll, accompanied by a side of fries topped with creamy classic crawfish étouffée.

Snowballs are similar to snow cones, but SO MUCH BETTER, with velvety smooth ice that leaves a burst of flavor on your tongue. As a bonus, this one is topped with a timeless in-town original treat: bananas foster. 75 years of tradition just melllllting through your tastebuds = totally delicious.

A decadent and unexpected savory twist on New Orleans's traditional French doughnut! It's fried dough garnished with foie gras fondue and chicory coffee ganache. So many standards rolled into one crazy plate.

NOLA-rooted legend Emeril Lagasse's twist on the classic BLT. Just add fried green tomatoes and shrimp remoulade!

While the "go cup" is usually reserved for taking your alcoholic beverage onto the streets, this one combines two scrambled eggs, bacon, hash browns, grits, sausage, and gravy. PORTABLE, ALL-ENCOMPASSING RECOVERY.

The classiest hangover cure you'll ever have as a weekend brunch option.

This above-and-beyond pizza pie is topped with cochon de lait (roasted suckling pork), roasted garlic, fresh spinach, red onions, scallions, and garlic butter cream reduction.

Ramen noodles in a salt-based blue crab broth with braised pork belly, butter, chili, charred corn, greens, and soft egg... but make sure to leave room for a fresh slice of pie for dessert, including new flavors ranging from chocolate cream to pink lemonade, baked daily!

Blue crab and burrata risotto stuffed into crab shells. In addition to being delicious, this crab is local and fresh from the Gulf! Flavors and presentation courtesy of local culinary geniuses Brian Landry and John Besh.

Boneless quail stuffed with rice, oysters, and sauces, served with a roux, by James Beard Award winners Chef John Folse and Chef Rick Tramonto.

A traditional roast beef po' boy made with New Orleans French Bread... BUT DEEP FRIED.

Sweet potato and duck hash on top of a cornbread waffle with pepper jelly. Add that delightfully surprising side of praline bacon for a sweet and salty kick!

An insane take on this sweet treat tradition, even when it's not Mardi Gras! A hamburger in a king cake bun — the perfect snack during a parade or, more predictably, late-night partying.

Yes indeed, you are looking at macarons made with foie gras. They're garnished with torchon, foie gras foam, and garden blueberry balsamic.

Fried Mississippi rabbit on a biscuit with poached egg and Italian sausage cream gravy.

This "Man vs. Food"-approved bar snack cornerstone serves buffalo wings, chicken tenders, "the best wings in the world" according to Adam Richman... and fried frog legs with Crystal Hot Sauce baked right in. Because think about where you are! Why not?

Way beyond breakfast... goat cheese-filled crepes topped with Louisiana crawfish in a buttery sauce of chardonnay, onion, tomato, and bell pepper.

A classic New Orleans dish from one of its most renowned restaurants, with the town's boozy touch intact! It's a medley of Gulf oysters poached with bacon, artichokes, tarragon, absinthe, and cream under a pastry shell.

Made with roasted sweet potato and local greens, this healthy po' boy is the unicorn of po' boys, except it exists! Find it in a pop-up shop in the back of Erin Rose bar in the French Quarter.

White shrimp dipped in tasso (spicy peppered ham), corn dog batter with pepper jelly, pickled okra, and Crystal Hot Sauce butter sauce... YOWZA.

Who needs traditional beef bolognese, when you can try turtle? This one comes with bucatini, sherry, parsley, and fried soft-boiled egg.

Consistently noted by diners as the hottest and most satisfying new spot in NOLA's culinary scene, this is Chef Donald Link's tribute to traditional Cajun boucherie (family pig parties), conveniently placed between two toast slices for easy tasting.

This bakery specializes in insanely rich and delicious multilayered cakes originating from Hungary — some toppling over a foot tall! — but turned fluffier with French-inspired ingredients to honor New Orleans. In addition to these indulgent investments, there are bite-sized treats like this one: red velvet cake, peanut-butter-banana pudding, peanut-butter-bacon fondant icing, and cayenne pepper. POW.