I am from Baton Rouge, 70 miles north of New Orleans and the meat and cheese quality on the Muff...is not comparable to meats in Italy, for sure.... Excellent job picking to get the Iconic "Hot Roast Beef Poboy" from Parkway Bakery...Parkway Bakery was started by 3 brothers who did different jobs at the bakery and as each brother passed away the bakery stopped doing that job. One made the sandwiches, one made the bread and one, I think delivered the bread to stores. The last brother left alive made the sandwiches and around 2000-2001 he passed and his son closed the bakery and the building was demolished. A person, or restaurant group purchased the property and rights to the name and REBUILT the building Just As It looked when the first building was there.... My father would bring me there when I was a child and in 2001, when I was 37, I went by for a HRB Poboy and all that was left was the old brick ovens they used to bake the bread in... About 10 years later I heard about the new restaurant and went to find it....when I laid eyes on the new building I started to cry.... I didn't realize it, but the old place had become a part of my soul, and was So Happy to see the new owners brought back the old style in the new building.....Will Always be a gem in my heart in New Orleans....the best Poboys in New Orleans... C'est si bon!
Oh my, that's a loaded question lol. There are TONS. LSU grad and BR native here, and George's is my fav, but there are dozens! I also lived in New Orleans (Metairie) for 12 years after college (now in Denver :(...@@rafaelportelalorenzo7981
I love the muffuletta sandwich, but I also love olives and I got mine at Frank’s in New Orleans. It was huge and it was warm. Plus it was an experience there in the restaurant and had tiramisu for dessert. I also enjoy a good Po Boy, but it’s two different sandwiches so I can’t compare the two. It’s like comparing apples to oranges. I think y’all should do a day of sampling one sandwich at different establishments it rate from worse to best and another sandwich rating on another day from different establishments. Alessio might actually find a muffuletta he likes. 😉
I have had muffaletta and it was OK, but my favorite food on the planet is the shrimp poboy dressed and pressed. Roast beef, crab, oyster all good too. Your poboy looked GOOoood!
Muffuletta is a love or hate kinda sandwich. I personally love em but never really thought of it as an Italian sandwich. Always thought it was a Louisiana thing haha
They make a much better muffuletta at Cochon Butcher in the warehouse district. It's not as greasy or salty as the one from Central Grocery. It's also expensive, at $18 for a smaller sandwich than they make at Central Grocery. They make all their own cured meats at Cochon Butcher and its sister restaurant Cochon. I love a fried oyster po' boy, fully dressed with Crystal hot sauce.
I have spent a lot of time in New Orleans. And I never loved the Muffluletta from Central Grocery. I think they dumbed it down from the old days perhaps. I don't like that it is a cold sandwich. It may have been great at one point but it is now a tourist trap. There is a restaurant a half block away called Franks that is better. They toast the bread, heat the meat a bit and the olive spread is also better.
You should try a place called Liuzza's.. They have a sandwich there called a Frenchaletta... has your usual suspects for a mufaletta...but they cooks it on a flattop to crisp up the meats a bit..and they put it in a french baguette...freaking delicious! And the roast beef po'boy is yummy too (get extra beef gravy on the side to dip)
Jessi, I think that the biggest problem is that very much like Allesio trying the Italian American restaurants is that he always compares anything said to be Italian with what he has experienced in Italy. And Italian American has evolved so far away from true Italian, mostly to satisfy the American palate. When he eats any other food: BBQ, Southern, New Orleans, etc., he does not compare them to anything and for the most part, he loves them. I have to wonder what his response would have been had he not been told that the Mufaletta was Italian.
I'm not Italian, but I know italian mortadella and italian salami. And both on it's own on a sandwich can be great. But together alone the mouthfeeling must be a nightmare after three chews. Not to mention the taste.
The issue is of all the foods in New Orleans, the Muffellata is the closest to things you will find in Italy and their sandwiches are FAR superior. Better bread, and much better quality meats. If you had tasted what he has, you’d understand. But yes, his review was a little harsh. It is still a damn good sandwich
Went to NO for christmas this year, since I don't eat grains we went to Rouses market and picked up all the fixins for the muffuletta and can say they do make some mighty fine roll-ups.
I have been following you guys for a while and really value your input and opinions. I’m an Italian American New Yorker so I love Alessio’s opinions. I tried Ribalto in the city and that was the best pizza I’ve had in this country! Anyway, I wish I’d have known you were going to New Olreans. I have been there almost 30 times and know the city well. I could have recommended a lot of places way better than the ones you went to. Over all, how did you like New Orleans?
@@annabolton1977 And I'd wager that more recommendations would say my choice and your choice are not the best, but give a recommendation where they get theirs at. Everyone's taste is different and that's the best because then you get to wander around and find the one that you like. Cheers
Mufaletta is great warm with fresh bread. Central grocery is just a little too oily and their bread too dense (both great for folks doing hard labor and needing a portable dense lunch). I'd prefer the one from Sicily too. That looked amazing!
@@mrbear1302 dimartino's across the river from New Orleans actually has one of the best around. Also, their roast beef is highly underrated and I would argue it's better than parkway bakery
I wouldn't expect any premade grocery store sandwich to be as good as one freshly made in a sandwich shop. But that Italian muffaletta looked wonderful! I'd love to eat one of those! Where was that in Italy?
Im so glad yall are hanging out in New Orleans. Hopefully i run into yall at some point. Also Central Grocery isnt the beat place to tey a Muffaletta. NorJoe in old Metairie is very good. But you have to get double meat and cheese. They have cut back alot since i started going way back when.
I've never had a cold muffuletta and how can you say the one in sicily is a muffuletta when sicily doesn't have a muffuletta? That was a different sandwich. I also prefer a dipping sauce like marinera some use ranch. Muffuletta is great and like I say i have never eaten a cold one. No olive sauce, no muffuletta!!! Po boy is the best sammich in louisiana though. In New Orleans you will get a lot of the creole food. You have to get out of new orleans to get really good cajun food! The 2 are completely different although they are the same dish. For instance Crawfish etouffee, Cajun and Creole are completely different recipes.
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I fed an Italian friend who has eaten at nearly every three Michelin starred restaurant in Italy at least once a muffuletta from Central Grocery once and he didn’t complain. It was after a long night of drinking though for full disclosure
@@-EchoesIntoEternity-, The point is that my friend has eaten at the best of the best in Italy (I don’t get the impression that Alessio has been to all of them) and he didn’t complain about the muffuletta like that. Besides, he does eat out a ton, but that’s besides the point. Have you been to all eight of the three stars in Italy?
@@LeMagnifiqueDoubleAgent-cj4zo no i havent, and ive never made such a claim that i have. you really overvalue Michelin, thats what i found so amusing 😂
@@-EchoesIntoEternity-, I am not “over-valuing the Michelin” Guide, but Michelin starred restaurants are considered to be higher quality with the three starred restaurants considered to be the best of the best for a reason. The guide has existed in Europe for decades now and it is trustworthy. It seems that you don’t really understand how restaurants earn stars and the point of my comment.
@@-EchoesIntoEternity-, Also, I never suggested that you made any claims. I’m simply using the high quality of food my friend is used to as a barometer. You seem to not be able to grasp that simple comparison either.
My favourite sandwich is a prawn po'boy. There's a cafe 45 minutes from where I live in Australia, and they made this. Sadly, they stopped making this about 5 years ago, and I'm still craving it. I hope to come to New Orleans and try the original po'boy one day.
How does the Po Boy compare to the famous sandwich in Tuscany? I’ve been to Tuscany but never got to try the sandwich because I didn’t know about it at the time! 😂 Have had Poboys in New Orleans, but more like shrimp ones so I’m curious? Actually really loved the Muffulettas from central grocery, but they were fresh when we bought them!
As a local I feel like y’all should give muffalettas another chance at another location. The one at central grocery, while considered to be the original they are sub par at best. Try cochon butcher or a similar place
This may be the first time that I am actually disappointed in one of your reviews. Immigrants to the US, no matter where they came from, had to adjust to what was locally available at the time. Many iconic foods were born. These foods often bear little resemblance to the ethnic original they were based on. You are certainly entitled to not like something, but your criticism here was simply over the top. I am German born and raised with the passport to privet. All most my entire adult life I have lived in the US and have come to appreciate regional favorites based on different dishes from around the world. I love me a good Hamburger. It is nothing like the Hamburger steak it is based on, which was from the actual city of Hamburg, my hometown. Please don't be this judgmental in the future. It makes you, especially Alessio, seem stuck up and arrogant.
"French fried" poor boys are absolutely delicious, and they are the original "poor boy" sandwich when they were created to feed striking streetcar workers with little money to spend on food. The sandwich is simply French fries covered in roast beef debris (gravy with bits of meat), mayonnaise, lettuce, tomatoes, and pickles (dressed). Every poor boy restaurant makes them, and they are still the most inexpensive poor boy sandwich on any menu in NOLA. Cheers!
Muffaletta needs to be pressed badly. Heat would help. Even then it's only a 7.5/10 max. Cold and unpressed it's bad. Maybe 1.5/10. The pressing gets all the oils, juices and fats to combine and penetrate that bread.
We had a New Orleans native who opened a NO restaurant. Awesome po'boys, jambalaya, gumbo. It was very much like what I ate when I went to NO years ago. Unfortunately, he went back to Louisiana. 😭
It’s such a shame that a simple sandwich can be made without any care! The great thing about Italian food is it’s simplicity, quality fresh ingredients, made into something delicious
That is a roast beef sandwich. Of course it is going to be delish! Come to Chicago for the best. Po' Boys are usually seafood-based and are "meh". Muffuletta for the win!
Italians have the most boombastic pride I've ever seen...like there is no other food on earth!!... I would love to see their reaction when tasting Turkish, Chinese, Greek food etc....😂
It was probably an Italian sandwich 100 years ago. It’s probably because ingredients were hard to get back then & after time quality and tradition were ignored & it became its own thing. I think pickled veg & soft fluffy bread is a sure warning sign it’s NG.
Great job picking Parkway, it's the best in town for po'boys. I love the roast beef, but I don't get it fully dressed, just pickles and mayo for me. I also add Swiss and go through about 30 napkins eating one, lol.
You got a muffaletta from a huge tourist trap. Those suck. Didn't y'all meet in New Orleans, where the husband's mother was raised? As a New Orleanian, I am most likely wrong in assuming you would know more about the food, and I'm wrong a lot and should've learned by now to not assume... Typing out my thought processes to help others who might be thinking the same thing... I genuinely love your content and your energy, and am entertained endlessly by your videos. Thank you for the content.
It’s like the Italians that came to Canada after WW2. You can’t even have proper gardens in most of the provinces, so they did the best with what they had. It morphed until it didn’t taste Italian anymore. I know Italian places that the pasta is inedible. Now with Amazon and more Italian shops things have gotten much better.
The problem I have with some that make muffulettas is that they no longer toast the bun and serve it warm, they also add way too much oil with the olive salad. When I get one, I always ask them to toast the bun and warm it up.
The muffuletta from French market is better for sure. I’ve never been a huge fan of them but I definitely would have gone with a freshly made one vs one that had been sitting. Po boys are so good though! There is just so much amazing food in New Orleans you have to spent a week just going to all the amazing restaurants.
Yall got to go to Tampa- Ybor City and try a Cuban Sandwhich. It's a cross between Cuban and Italian immigrants!! Will change your life. Very different from Miami's version - home of the true Cuban Sanwhich
Have to buck the trend here... Po' boy is OK, but muffuletta is the king of sandwiches. It's not even a competition. Don't know where you got them, but I can't imagine it being even close.
I heard Alessio say “Panino.” When referring to one sandwich it is a panino and more than one it is panini. Just like cannoli and cannolo. I’m not sure why we haven’t corrected it in the U.S. yet.
Im from New Orleans and you have to get away from the quarter and out into the parish to get better food for better prices. 18 bucks for a quarter of a muffelatta.
I'm shocked the Muffuletta was such a letdown but that's good to know if I ever get to NOLA. Skip Central Grocery and head straight to Parkway. I would have gotten the shrimp poor boys. That's not a typo. I looked at the menu and couldn't pick between the wild caught, the creole and the catfish so I would be getting all 3. And I wouldn't' get the small either. If you're gonna have a Poor Boy feast make it feast!!!
While I would never pay the price they are asking in NOLA, I love Muffaletta sandwiches... I guess because I love olives. I make it at home though & have never bought one pre-made...
Central Grocery's Muffuletta is purely awful tourists' crap/trap. Buffalatta s a perfect description of it. It's all premade, dry and cold after sitting on the back counter in the mornings. Central Grocery's sandwiches do a severe dis-service to the NOLA culinary scene and should be disowned by the city's chamber of commerce. There are alot better Muffuletas elsewhere in the city/Garden District which are freshly made and hot pressed ... Liuzza's By The Track makes killer BBQ Shrimp Po Boys in a Pistolette in addition to their superior muffuleta! They also have great locals atmosphere although parking can be a challenge.
I live on the Mississippi Gulf Coast and go to New Orleans frequently. Central grocery used to have the best muffuletta. Not so good anymore. There's 100 places that still make an awesome poboy. I find muffalettas just have way too much bread, and they are very oily.
If you love olives, you'll love a muffuletta. By the way, Central Grocery is like the tourist place to get a muffuletta. There are much better muffulettas elsewhere.
I grew up in N'Awlins and the Market's not been the same since Katrina. When I was a kid, their muffalettas were the bomb. OK, roast beef is good, but dressed oyster po'boy? *Now* you're talking!
Plus look at that cheese on the Italian one from Italy. It was more like the mozzarella cheese with that cream in it. My brain just went blank and I can’t remember the name.
You are eating it cold. It is a completely different experience if it is hot with melted cheese and toasted sesame seeds. Central Grocery is selling them cold at the grocery next door while they are closed for repairs.
I would think TN BBQ would be better. One uses a mustard base and another is vinegar I think. Anyway I had some bbq in SC my daughter hired a bbq chef for a party and omg. Best bbq and sauce I ever had. I love my ribs to be falling off the bones and my other meats so tender that u don’t need to serve me a knife with my fork.
The problem with your tasting of the Central Grocery muffuletta was that you weren't also sitting on the Moonwalk benches by the Mississippi river and drinking a Barq's root beer out of a glass bottle.
Omg muffuletta from New Orleans that market is well known it’s one in a million they make them fresh but it’s hot the cheese’s melt I loved it I’m from Sicily and the bread is very unique the olive mixture love it but I only like Italian meats sorry you didn’t like it
I love how much more open and laughing Alessio has gotten. So fun to watch both of you!
I am from Baton Rouge, 70 miles north of New Orleans and the meat and cheese quality on the Muff...is not comparable to meats in Italy, for sure.... Excellent job picking to get the Iconic "Hot Roast Beef Poboy" from Parkway Bakery...Parkway Bakery was started by 3 brothers who did different jobs at the bakery and as each brother passed away the bakery stopped doing that job. One made the sandwiches, one made the bread and one, I think delivered the bread to stores. The last brother left alive made the sandwiches and around 2000-2001 he passed and his son closed the bakery and the building was demolished.
A person, or restaurant group purchased the property and rights to the name and REBUILT the building Just As It looked when the first building was there....
My father would bring me there when I was a child and in 2001, when I was 37, I went by for a HRB Poboy and all that was left was the old brick ovens they used to bake the bread in...
About 10 years later I heard about the new restaurant and went to find it....when I laid eyes on the new building I started to cry.... I didn't realize it, but the old place had become a part of my soul, and was So Happy to see the new owners brought back the old style in the new building.....Will Always be a gem in my heart in New Orleans....the best Poboys in New Orleans...
C'est si bon!
Do you know where are the best Poboys in Baton Rouge ?
Oh my, that's a loaded question lol. There are TONS. LSU grad and BR native here, and George's is my fav, but there are dozens! I also lived in New Orleans (Metairie) for 12 years after college (now in Denver :(...@@rafaelportelalorenzo7981
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I love the muffuletta sandwich, but I also love olives and I got mine at Frank’s in New Orleans. It was huge and it was warm. Plus it was an experience there in the restaurant and had tiramisu for dessert. I also enjoy a good Po Boy, but it’s two different sandwiches so I can’t compare the two. It’s like comparing apples to oranges. I think y’all should do a day of sampling one sandwich at different establishments it rate from worse to best and another sandwich rating on another day from different establishments. Alessio might actually find a muffuletta he likes. 😉
Frank's has the best food. Rabbit Jambalaya is my favorite
I have had muffaletta and it was OK, but my favorite food on the planet is the shrimp poboy dressed and pressed. Roast beef, crab, oyster all good too. Your poboy looked GOOoood!
And dont skip out on the fried soft shell crab po'boy either! 😊
More proof that Alessio is actually a French man hiding behind an Italian accent… French Poboy over the Italian Muffuletta 😂
Muffuletta is a love or hate kinda sandwich. I personally love em but never really thought of it as an Italian sandwich. Always thought it was a Louisiana thing haha
Excellent point. Not really Italian ...
😂😂😂 poboy is not under the pressure at all , I can’t stop laughing. Thank you for another wonderful food guide video!
They make a much better muffuletta at Cochon Butcher in the warehouse district. It's not as greasy or salty as the one from Central Grocery. It's also expensive, at $18 for a smaller sandwich than they make at Central Grocery. They make all their own cured meats at Cochon Butcher and its sister restaurant Cochon.
I love a fried oyster po' boy, fully dressed with Crystal hot sauce.
I have spent a lot of time in New Orleans. And I never loved the Muffluletta from Central Grocery. I think they dumbed it down from the old days perhaps. I don't like that it is a cold sandwich. It may have been great at one point but it is now a tourist trap. There is a restaurant a half block away called Franks that is better. They toast the bread, heat the meat a bit and the olive spread is also better.
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You should try a place called Liuzza's.. They have a sandwich there called a Frenchaletta... has your usual suspects for a mufaletta...but they cooks it on a flattop to crisp up the meats a bit..and they put it in a french baguette...freaking delicious! And the roast beef po'boy is yummy too (get extra beef gravy on the side to dip)
Liuzzas is great!
Jessi, I think that the biggest problem is that very much like Allesio trying the Italian American restaurants is that he always compares anything said to be Italian with what he has experienced in Italy. And Italian American has evolved so far away from true Italian, mostly to satisfy the American palate.
When he eats any other food: BBQ, Southern, New Orleans, etc., he does not compare them to anything and for the most part, he loves them. I have to wonder what his response would have been had he not been told that the Mufaletta was Italian.
I'm not Italian, but I know italian mortadella and italian salami. And both on it's own on a sandwich can be great. But together alone the mouthfeeling must be a nightmare after three chews. Not to mention the taste.
I liked the Central Grocery one. But you are right the warm one is not as good. I had it and I like it colder.
No way, muffuletta is delicious, “10 of the 10”!!!
The issue is of all the foods in New Orleans, the Muffellata is the closest to things you will find in Italy and their sandwiches are FAR superior. Better bread, and much better quality meats. If you had tasted what he has, you’d understand.
But yes, his review was a little harsh. It is still a damn good sandwich
Went to NO for christmas this year, since I don't eat grains we went to Rouses market and picked up all the fixins for the muffuletta and can say they do make some mighty fine roll-ups.
So funny. My husband loves Central Grocery muffelata. Picked one up for the flight to Rome, where we are while watching your video.
I have been following you guys for a while and really value your input and opinions. I’m an Italian American New Yorker so I love Alessio’s opinions. I tried Ribalto in the city and that was the best pizza I’ve had in this country!
Anyway, I wish I’d have known you were going to New Olreans. I have been there almost 30 times and know the city well. I could have recommended a lot of places way better than the ones you went to. Over all, how did you like New Orleans?
Yeah, I'm not a mufflata fan either, but you need to do Mother's po'boy. They really do the debris well. Cheers from Tennessee
Parkway is far superior to Mother’s. Try it next time!
@@annabolton1977 And I'd wager that more recommendations would say my choice and your choice are not the best, but give a recommendation where they get theirs at. Everyone's taste is different and that's the best because then you get to wander around and find the one that you like. Cheers
Mufaletta is great warm with fresh bread. Central grocery is just a little too oily and their bread too dense (both great for folks doing hard labor and needing a portable dense lunch). I'd prefer the one from Sicily too. That looked amazing!
Nothing like a well seasoned and prepared oyster po’ boy!
1. Oyster
2. Shrimp
3. Roast Beef
Yum!! Is the words I can say! I have never ate one but you can tell just from the sandwich it looks Delicious!! 😊
Fried oyster po' boy is one of God's gifts to mankind!
I've been following along with your New Orleans visit. It's so awesome to see y'all's opinions on restaurants I visit frequently!
Where would you recommend getting a Muffuletta in NOLA?
@@mrbear1302 dimartino's across the river from New Orleans actually has one of the best around. Also, their roast beef is highly underrated and I would argue it's better than parkway bakery
@@JeffOlson504 thanks!
Just received my shipment from Central Market the other day!! Love them!!!
I wouldn't expect any premade grocery store sandwich to be as good as one freshly made in a sandwich shop. But that Italian muffaletta looked wonderful! I'd love to eat one of those! Where was that in Italy?
That PoBoy pulled the American out of him 😂😂 New Orleans has some of the best food I have ever tasted
Im so glad yall are hanging out in New Orleans. Hopefully i run into yall at some point. Also Central Grocery isnt the beat place to tey a Muffaletta. NorJoe in old Metairie is very good. But you have to get double meat and cheese. They have cut back alot since i started going way back when.
The shrimp poboy is my favorite sandwich ever
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I have a healthy rotation going on between the fried shrimp and the roast beef at Parkway. Can't go wrong with either and they always hit the spot.
Thanks for making me laugh out loud, buffalatta! 😂😂😂
My first mufffaletta experience was me making one fresh by traditional recipe. It was the most awesome sandwich I've ever made.
I've never had a cold muffuletta and how can you say the one in sicily is a muffuletta when sicily doesn't have a muffuletta? That was a different sandwich. I also prefer a dipping sauce like marinera some use ranch. Muffuletta is great and like I say i have never eaten a cold one. No olive sauce, no muffuletta!!! Po boy is the best sammich in louisiana though. In New Orleans you will get a lot of the creole food. You have to get out of new orleans to get really good cajun food! The 2 are completely different although they are the same dish. For instance Crawfish etouffee, Cajun and Creole are completely different recipes.
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I fed an Italian friend who has eaten at nearly every three Michelin starred restaurant in Italy at least once a muffuletta from Central Grocery once and he didn’t complain. It was after a long night of drinking though for full disclosure
theres only 8 three star Michelin restaurants in Italy 🙄you make it sound like your friend eats out a ton 😂
@@-EchoesIntoEternity-, The point is that my friend has eaten at the best of the best in Italy (I don’t get the impression that Alessio has been to all of them) and he didn’t complain about the muffuletta like that. Besides, he does eat out a ton, but that’s besides the point. Have you been to all eight of the three stars in Italy?
@@LeMagnifiqueDoubleAgent-cj4zo no i havent, and ive never made such a claim that i have. you really overvalue Michelin, thats what i found so amusing 😂
@@-EchoesIntoEternity-, I am not “over-valuing the Michelin” Guide, but Michelin starred restaurants are considered to be higher quality with the three starred restaurants considered to be the best of the best for a reason. The guide has existed in Europe for decades now and it is trustworthy. It seems that you don’t really understand how restaurants earn stars and the point of my comment.
@@-EchoesIntoEternity-, Also, I never suggested that you made any claims. I’m simply using the high quality of food my friend is used to as a barometer. You seem to not be able to grasp that simple comparison either.
My favourite sandwich is a prawn po'boy. There's a cafe 45 minutes from where I live in Australia, and they made this. Sadly, they stopped making this about 5 years ago, and I'm still craving it. I hope to come to New Orleans and try the original po'boy one day.
How does the Po Boy compare to the famous sandwich in Tuscany? I’ve been to Tuscany but never got to try the sandwich because I didn’t know about it at the time! 😂 Have had Poboys in New Orleans, but more like shrimp ones so I’m curious? Actually really loved the Muffulettas from central grocery, but they were fresh when we bought them!
As a local I feel like y’all should give muffalettas another chance at another location. The one at central grocery, while considered to be the original they are sub par at best. Try cochon butcher or a similar place
This may be the first time that I am actually disappointed in one of your reviews. Immigrants to the US, no matter where they came from, had to adjust to what was locally available at the time. Many iconic foods were born. These foods often bear little resemblance to the ethnic original they were based on. You are certainly entitled to not like something, but your criticism here was simply over the top. I am German born and raised with the passport to privet. All most my entire adult life I have lived in the US and have come to appreciate regional favorites based on different dishes from around the world. I love me a good Hamburger. It is nothing like the Hamburger steak it is based on, which was from the actual city of Hamburg, my hometown.
Please don't be this judgmental in the future. It makes you, especially Alessio, seem stuck up and arrogant.
You guys have to come to Philadelphia next! The cheesesteaks (current favorite is from Angelo’s pizzeria in south Philly) will change Alessio’s life!
The Shame!! How could you 😂😂😂😂.
Seriously, you need to get a muffuletta from on if the few original shops. They are quite incredible.
"French fried" poor boys are absolutely delicious, and they are the original "poor boy" sandwich when they were created to feed striking streetcar workers with little money to spend on food. The sandwich is simply French fries covered in roast beef debris (gravy with bits of meat), mayonnaise, lettuce, tomatoes, and pickles (dressed). Every poor boy restaurant makes them, and they are still the most inexpensive poor boy sandwich on any menu in NOLA. Cheers!
Muffaletta needs to be pressed badly. Heat would help. Even then it's only a 7.5/10 max. Cold and unpressed it's bad. Maybe 1.5/10. The pressing gets all the oils, juices and fats to combine and penetrate that bread.
I love all the books!! Is that in your home? I'm jealous.
We had a New Orleans native who opened a NO restaurant. Awesome po'boys, jambalaya, gumbo. It was very much like what I ate when I went to NO years ago. Unfortunately, he went back to Louisiana. 😭
I don’t know where you filmed this but, that doorknob behind you is quite ornate and beautiful
It’s such a shame that a simple sandwich can be made without any care! The great thing about Italian food is it’s simplicity, quality fresh ingredients, made into something delicious
That is a roast beef sandwich. Of course it is going to be delish! Come to Chicago for the best. Po' Boys are usually seafood-based and are "meh". Muffuletta for the win!
Italians have the most boombastic pride I've ever seen...like there is no other food on earth!!...
I would love to see their reaction when tasting Turkish, Chinese, Greek food etc....😂
It was probably an Italian sandwich 100 years ago. It’s probably because ingredients were hard to get back then & after time quality and tradition were ignored & it became its own thing. I think pickled veg & soft fluffy bread is a sure warning sign it’s NG.
Great job picking Parkway, it's the best in town for po'boys. I love the roast beef, but I don't get it fully dressed, just pickles and mayo for me. I also add Swiss and go through about 30 napkins eating one, lol.
They taste better hot ,even though the traditional is always cold from central grocery,also you must like olive salad
You got a muffaletta from a huge tourist trap. Those suck. Didn't y'all meet in New Orleans, where the husband's mother was raised? As a New Orleanian, I am most likely wrong in assuming you would know more about the food, and I'm wrong a lot and should've learned by now to not assume... Typing out my thought processes to help others who might be thinking the same thing... I genuinely love your content and your energy, and am entertained endlessly by your videos. Thank you for the content.
I can't compare the two. Mufaleta is more like an upgraded typical sandwhich while poboy is more seafood rich (if they're making it correctly!).
Oh wow. I love Muffelattas. ❤
It’s like the Italians that came to Canada after WW2. You can’t even have proper gardens in most of the provinces, so they did the best with what they had. It morphed until it didn’t taste Italian anymore. I know Italian places that the pasta is inedible. Now with Amazon and more Italian shops things have gotten much better.
You could make a great muffuletta sandwich at home for way cheaper than that. And way better.
The problem I have with some that make muffulettas is that they no longer toast the bun and serve it warm, they also add way too much oil with the olive salad. When I get one, I always ask them to toast the bun and warm it up.
The muffuletta from French market is better for sure. I’ve never been a huge fan of them but I definitely would have gone with a freshly made one vs one that had been sitting. Po boys are so good though! There is just so much amazing food in New Orleans you have to spent a week just going to all the amazing restaurants.
I agree with your assessment. I never cared for the muffuletta. I’m not a green olive fan. And the messier the roast beef po-boy the better it is.
Yall got to go to Tampa- Ybor City and try a Cuban Sandwhich. It's a cross between Cuban and Italian immigrants!! Will change your life. Very different from Miami's version - home of the true Cuban Sanwhich
Have to buck the trend here... Po' boy is OK, but muffuletta is the king of sandwiches. It's not even a competition. Don't know where you got them, but I can't imagine it being even close.
I didn't realize po' boys came that way. I know it as only some type fried seafood in a sub.
lord have mercy a 0 for a central grocery muff? something must have been wrong with that one
I have yet to go to Italy to try a muffuletta …..it’s a bucket list item now lol
I heard Alessio say “Panino.” When referring to one sandwich it is a panino and more than one it is panini. Just like cannoli and cannolo. I’m not sure why we haven’t corrected it in the U.S. yet.
Im from New Orleans and you have to get away from the quarter and out into the parish to get better food for better prices. 18 bucks for a quarter of a muffelatta.
Which parish, I'm in St. Bernard Parish?
ONLY place -Central Grocery!
Try the shrimp poboy from Crabby Jacks at 428 Jefferson Hwy.
I'm shocked the Muffuletta was such a letdown but that's good to know if I ever get to NOLA. Skip Central Grocery and head straight to Parkway. I would have gotten the shrimp poor boys. That's not a typo. I looked at the menu and couldn't pick between the wild caught, the creole and the catfish so I would be getting all 3. And I wouldn't' get the small either. If you're gonna have a Poor Boy feast make it feast!!!
While I would never pay the price they are asking in NOLA, I love Muffaletta sandwiches... I guess because I love olives. I make it at home though & have never bought one pre-made...
Central Grocery's Muffuletta is purely awful tourists' crap/trap. Buffalatta s a perfect description of it. It's all premade, dry and cold after sitting on the back counter in the mornings. Central Grocery's sandwiches do a severe dis-service to the NOLA culinary scene and should be disowned by the city's chamber of commerce. There are alot better Muffuletas elsewhere in the city/Garden District which are freshly made and hot pressed ... Liuzza's By The Track makes killer BBQ Shrimp Po Boys in a Pistolette in addition to their superior muffuleta! They also have great locals atmosphere although parking can be a challenge.
I live on the Mississippi Gulf Coast and go to New Orleans frequently. Central grocery used to have the best muffuletta. Not so good anymore. There's 100 places that still make an awesome poboy. I find muffalettas just have way too much bread, and they are very oily.
If you love olives, you'll love a muffuletta. By the way, Central Grocery is like the tourist place to get a muffuletta. There are much better muffulettas elsewhere.
Team muffuletta from Central Grocery all the way!!!!
I grew up in N'Awlins and the Market's not been the same since Katrina. When I was a kid, their muffalettas were the bomb. OK, roast beef is good, but dressed oyster po'boy? *Now* you're talking!
Plus look at that cheese on the Italian one from Italy. It was more like the mozzarella cheese with that cream in it. My brain just went blank and I can’t remember the name.
Those two sandwiches cannot be compared.
Apples and Oranges .
Come Back Inn’s muff is $17 for a whole muff with far more meat. It’s the best in the GNO area and is fabuloso.
You’re welcome. 😊
You are eating it cold. It is a completely different experience if it is hot with melted cheese and toasted sesame seeds. Central Grocery is selling them cold at the grocery next door while they are closed for repairs.
It’s still the same sand which made with very low quality Deli meats. To an Italian, this is not an impressive sandwich
Nothings beats a good fried oyster po'boy
I would think TN BBQ would be better. One uses a mustard base and another is vinegar I think. Anyway I had some bbq in SC my daughter hired a bbq chef for a party and omg. Best bbq and sauce I ever had. I love my ribs to be falling off the bones and my other meats so tender that u don’t need to serve me a knife with my fork.
I’ve never been a fan of the muffuletta either. Shrimp poorboy (in New Orleans) on the other hand, is one of the best things I’ve ever tasted.
The one we had was great. It was freshly made. You used poor judgement to buy one prepackaged.
The problem with your tasting of the Central Grocery muffuletta was that you weren't also sitting on the Moonwalk benches by the Mississippi river and drinking a Barq's root beer out of a glass bottle.
I love a muffuletta sandwich!!
Try a Gator Po'boy!!!
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If Alessio says 10/10 then you can trust it for sure !
Do you mean 10 of the 10? 😀
@@sue_kalnasy Yes, I used a shortcut.
I have verified Cajun heritage and I always thought this was the worst Italian food I've ever tasted. Not a fan! Love you!!!
can't wait until Alessio tries an italian beef in Chicago...
next door to Central Grocery is Franks place which has hot Muffalatto's, that is my favorite place in New Orleans
Omg muffuletta from New Orleans that market is well known it’s one in a million they make them fresh but it’s hot the cheese’s melt I loved it I’m from Sicily and the bread is very unique the olive mixture love it but I only like Italian meats sorry you didn’t like it
Shrimp po boy dressed with ketchup at Parkway best sandwich I've ever had
Oh no, Central Grocery used to make muffaletta fresh and it was delicious!
How much was the po boy
a highly underrated muffuletta is at Johnnys Poboys
Classic shrimp poboy is my favorite. Poboy is just one of the best sandwiches in america in my opinion.
What? Did you say . Did you say $ 18 bucks For a half sandwich?
I love muffuletta’s. You have to find a good freshly made one.
Love both sandwiches however fresh is best