Trace a piece of hot Leidenheimer table bread around earthy, sherry-spiked turtle soup. Pair sweet shrimp with a plump mushroom and butter sauce with a bit of rice for a perfect bite. Catch the vanilla ice cream scoop before it fully melts into rum-soaked bananas Foster sauce.
These are memory-laden tastes from a recent lunch at Bourbon House. With its curving marble oyster bar, globe-like amber lights and belt-run ceiling fans, the restaurant can temporarily transport a diner from its Bourbon Street address to a French brasserie.
These particular dishes, though, evoke a different place: the former Palace Café.
Like Bourbon House, Palace Café was part of the Dickie Brennan & Co. restaurant group, and this summer, Bourbon House has a special lunch menu in tribute to the lost restaurant.
Nostalgic taste
New Orleans restaurants get creative in the summer to drum up business — it’s one of the ways that dining in the slow season can be a delight for locals. Often, it’s a time for familiar restaurants to try out new things, but Bourbon House is going the opposite direction by tapping into a rich history and seam of Creole flavor that should resonate for many…