What are beignets supposed to taste like?

Table of Contents:

1. What are beignets supposed to taste like?
2. Can you eat beignets cold?
3. What is the best part of Bourbon Street?
4. Do you have to wait in line at Cafe du Monde?
5. What is parking like in French Quarter?

What are beignets supposed to taste like?

What are beignets supposed to taste like? Beignets are a donut, so they taste like a donut! ... The flavor on the inside is not as sweet as a traditional donut and they have larger holes in the center since they puff up more. But the mountain of powdered sugar that gets sprinkled on top makes them as sweet as can be!

Can you eat beignets cold?

Beignets are pillows of fried dough similar to doughnuts, only shaped like a four-sided diamond. ... Instead, get a hot beignet -- don't eat these things cold -- because the sugar will hold onto the surface of the beignet and will melt more quickly as you eat.

What is the best part of Bourbon Street?

Upper Bourbon is the area best known to visitors — the land of lots of neon, roaming bachelor and bachelorette parties, strip clubs, and enormous drinks served in souvenir cups. Lower Bourbon has most of the above, but not in such intense concentration; it includes the LGBTQ blocks of Bourbon.

Do you have to wait in line at Cafe du Monde?

I live in New Orleans and go to Café Du Monde every so often to get beignets, which are, indeed, delicious. Every time I go there is a long line of tourists waiting to get in. Locals don't wait in line. We walk straight in the restaurant, find a table, and sit down.

What is parking like in French Quarter?

Parking Lots and Garages in the French Quarter The entrance is at the end of Iberville and the River. Moving downriver along North Peters there are large lighted lots at Iberville and North Peters, Conti and North Peters, and Toulouse and Decatur, all convenient to the Jax and Millhouse developments and Jackson Square.