Heart attack breakfast

Everyone knows I like a good dessert, especially one that has European roots. Although I find American doughnuts little too sweet for me, I sure appreciate French pastries, such as beignets, or deep-fried pieces of dough covered with powdered sugar. Cafe du Monde, recommended at our hotel, is famous for those little pieces of goodness! Now, when a cafe shows up on the wikipedia page under the word "beignets", when it IS the VERY definition of beignets, you should not omit it when visiting New Orleans!

Let me tell you how to eat those little wonders. Step 1. Go to Cafe du Monde and keep in mind it will be very busy!
Step 2. Sit on the bench with a good view of Decatur St. Take couple sips of the famous cafe au lait made with chicory infused coffee.
Step 3. Hold the bag filled with beignets and powered sugar and shake it good to ensure even coverage!Step 4. Even if you want to eat all of your beignets at once, you have to control yourself and eat one at a time. Otherwise you will be covered with powdered sugar. Well, who are we kidding, you will be covered in powdered sugar anyway!

Step 5. Let it all go and devour those yummy pieces. You don't have to be well-mannered while eating those, everyone around you is doing the same thing!