The Gumbo Pot

The Gumbo Pot is another one of my favorite places at the original Farmer’s Market in Los Angeles. There is always a line in front of this restaurant, but it moves very quickly. For under $10, you can get a complete meal that’s delicious and satisfying. You can choose from Gumbo YaYa which is full of chicken, sausage, shrimp and okra in a tasty rich sauce. Or you can get the Jambalaya which is similar but with a spicy tomato base. Yum! If you want your food to be a little spicier, they have an assortment of hot sauces to choose from. Each comes with choice of a side of sweet potato salad, potato salad, sweet potato chips or collard greens. I always get the collard greens. Your meal also comes with a jalapeno corn bread muffin. And don’t forget the home made lemonade.

The menu also has a variety of Creole food consisting of po’ boy sandwiches, catfish either blackened or fried in cornmeal, red beans and rice, drunken shrimp, various salads, they even have fried alligator. The only one of these items I’ve ever tried was the fried alligator, which was a little chewy but not too bad.

The best things on the menu are the beignets. These are fluffy deep fried doughy bread and you can get them filled with chocolate. They are served to you lightly covered with powdered sugar. It’s the perfect end to a delicious meal.