We took a quick trip to New Orleans about two months ago. We had beignets, which made me happy.

They taste like zeppoles, right down to the powdered sugar, except they’re just a different shape. The first beignet place we went to was Cafe Du Monde, which okay, but I didn’t like how you had to go up to a window to order. Most of the seating was outdoors and the servers just sat around not doing anything until they saw someone sit down at a table. Then the server would go over to take the customer’s order. It reminded me of those taxi stands where the drivers just sit and wait until someone needs a cab.

The Husband checked Yelp and found another place that we tried on our second day in NOLA, Cafe Beignet. The place was adorable. The place was indoors with little cafe tables and there was a small garden area for nice weather. That’s where I got the beignets in the photo. I also saw him:

LIttle birds get into the cafe and flit around. They seem to enjoy pecking at the powdered sugar that falls from the beignets onto the floor. They were so cute that I couldn’t stop watching them. So that was actually two things that made me happy that day. 🙂