How many Southerners were yelling "Eh-too-Fay"!!!

Somebody needs to teach Mike how to say etouffee hahaha

When Mike comes to eat in Louisiana, please someone be his food guide. Love Mike.

Commander's Palace is a bucket list restaurant for me. It's spawned such cooking talent, and it remains true to its soul.

Mikeys a brave man eating there with a nice white shirt. That food looks like heaven on earth.😂❤❤

That was the saddest looking "Gumbo" I have ever seen. Looked more like white bean stew than a real gumbo. The one at Commander's Palace is what gumbo should look like.

If they calling that gumbo im calling the cops on them.

Mike, if you want the true cajun experience at least come to lafayette or anywhere within a 20 mile radius of there. You will find that to be the most representative of louisiana cajun cuisine. New Orleans is primarily creole but can be a tourist trap for food. They have their own culture both people and food so definitely take the extra 2 hours up hwy 90 to try it out!

the way he says etouffee lolol

YOU HIT THE JACK POT BUDDY!!!! MY LOCAL BUFFET AND ITS ALWAYS GREAT!!!!! THE BUFFET CHANGES EVERYDAY ALSO.... PLUS THE STAFF ARE AWESOME.... YOU DID BUTCHER THE WORD ETOUFFEE!!! LOL

Cajun food and dining in the company of the KFC colonel right behind him. Truly a Mikey Chen paradise.

Favourite😍 KZfaqr. Never change

I love Cajun food!! Your buffet reviews are always so exciting 🤩

This place, The Louisiana Purchase Kitchen isn’t far from my uncles house. We love going there for both the lunch and the dinner buffet. The bread pudding is to die for.

14.33 Colonel Sanders enjoying some quality food too

I live in New Orleans, and no one's gumbo looks clear.

Starts 1:16

I love these videos !!! these videos are the best !

Even I know that that gumbo looked more like chowder….And I’m from the UK🇬🇧😂

Mike, next time you’re back in Redmond, WA, go across Cleveland Street from fairly close to your apartment to Prime Steakhouse and get their Happy Hour bone marrow. You’ll be a happy camper if you like bone marrow. The bacon jam they serve with it is an excellent foil for the lusciousness of the marrow.

As an Asian who grew up in Louisiana and went to LSU, watching Mike eating subpar looking Cajun food and completely butcher the word "etouffee" hurt real deep

My family is from the swamps of Louisiana, but I've never heard of eggplant dressing. Now I've got a recipe and I'll be making it this weekend, nice.

Looks amazing

Hi Mike The Buffet and Restaurant food looks so delicious. Thank you for sharing.

Hey Mikey, try to get to Bern's Steakhouse in Tampa, Florida. Enjoy the great food and don't skip the kitchen and wine cellar tours!

Next time you're down here, there's a buffet I work at on Xavier Campus. On Fridays we have Fried Catfish and Gumbo, and it's pretty good. Should drop by to try it out

These kinds of discoveries like this Cajun buffet are so bittersweet...Because you just know that after this video, that most likely the prices are going to go up (nothing inherently wrong with that, just sucks in general) and it's always going to be super busy. it's just that a lot of these smaller businesses usually struggle to keep up the amazing quality and consistency, when they get suddenly get a ton of customers because of a viral video or being featured somewhere. It can really be a make it or break it moment for the restaurant and it's always depressing to hear that it ended up being the latter. It's quite a double-edge sword, because it's great to shout-out small local businesses and get them the recognition they deserve, but at the same time you never know it if it'll ever be the same...for better or worse. Still with all that said, I love the video and love that Mikey shouts-out small out of the way places like this so people like myself can someday try them out! I'm absolutely am drooling over that Cajun buffet! Home cooked southern-style heartwarming food like that is probably my favorite type of foods period but unfortunately it's so hard to find a place that does it right. So that REALLY makes me want to try this place out one day! If that place was nearby, I'd probably end up eating there more than I eat at home! Especially if it's $12 on weekdays, that's steal no two ways about it! Especially considering the quality and variety of the food. I mean, most chain buffets cost twice that, and while they may have a bigger variety of foods, they don't come anywhere near that quality!

The way Mikey described the fried chicken, you could tell he’s found his favorite fried chicken in NO

The shrimp henican is so good. That pepper jelly is so divine!

that bone marrow is still raw man

Mmmmm; there are some 😋 tasty delicious 👀 looking foods being shown and talked about by the listed as advertiser Mike Chen,✌ peace & respect to him and the restaurant owners, cookers and server's.

That first place 🤣💀 wasn't it.....but yes I might need to go to the Commander's Palace 🎉

With an empty stomach, and when I'm in the mood, I could eat thirty pieces of that sublime fried chicken. I wouldn't though, because these owner-operated local joints need to be respected, not bankrupted, at a time when normal people need these sane prices more than ever. What a jewel!

The way pricing is today, $12 is awesome!!

It's wild for Mikey to go to places I've been going to for years! 🤯

Cajun food is one of my favorite 🤤 so rich and flavorful

Dang I wish I would have known u were in Metairie lol. Would have loved to let ya. Good to see you enjoyed the food Mike

Never heard of eggplant dressing, now I’m intrigued.

14:44 Mikey filmed and found Col. Sanders 😂

Happy birthday to the people behind you at the Creole restaurant 🎉

Our southern food is so amazing!!! We know how to put the best flavors TOGETHER!!!!!!!

Colonel sanders was sitting behind you😊

The shade thrown at Wicked Spoon 😂 7:56

Commander’s Palace spot on everytime.

Been to NOLA 3 times and would never consider going to a buffet when there are so many other good spots. Willie Mae's is always at the top of my list. Best fried chicken in America and no that's not hyperbole.

That's good, Mikey Chen. You awarded Louisiana best chicken and fish!

Commanders Palace, best restaurant in the US. Love that restaurant. Best of the Brendan’s restaurants in NOLA. Upstairs room with the giant tree, great place!

What kind of gumbo was that ? It just looked like some kind of sad soup 🍜

bruh The ninja turtle joke💀🤣

That food looked really SAD

That gumbo looked quite sad it's usually a deep red color that was so pale in color

Damn Mikey you clean up good that’s Shirt ur wearing !

Mikey I hope you know how many people's dreams you are living lol

i love shicken too

14:33 is that the colonel 😳

Is nobody going to mention Colonel Sanders just casually chilling in the background at Commander’s Palace? He sits down at about 13:47

when are you coming to OKC? Helluva Vietnamese district and overall a better food scene than people think

13:48 Colonel Sanders at the back !!

Hi Mikey!!! Welcome to New Orleans!!! Hope you enjoy your time and our food during your visit!!! Commander's Palace is ❤❤❤!!!

Yeeeeeting wagyooooo

The first eatery was just real hearty cooking..i prefer that

Gumbo is not clear, must be confusing it with the asian soups on his journeys

Mike, next time your in south Florida, you NEED to try Le Colonial in Delray Beach, it’s an upscale Vietnamese restaurant with a French fusion

We from Kenner and tried Louisiana Purchase once years ago. Once was one too many. That was knock off, straight outta a can cajun food. If yall come to NOLA and want to try local food outside the city please go to a real cajun restaurant. I, personally, suggest yall go to a part of Metairie called Bucktown and try New Orleans Food and Spirits for everything on the menu, but mainly chargrilled oysters and voodoo rolls. Next door is R&O's for a debris poboy (Anthony Bourdain even did a show about this place). Across the road is Deanie's Seafood for they Fried seafood platter and bbq shrimp.

I'm glad to see some drips on your shirt at Commander's Palace....

Buffet looked awesome. Other. I'm good

Eh-too-fay. Or as my mom would say, same same 😂

We eat like this all the time down here😂

Yummy that chicken though

I have no reference for this in person but I thought gumbo was supposed to be dark roux and thinner. Like coats a spoon but not gravy consistency? (I've never had it in Hawai'i but made a few times from Issac Toupe's recipes and hoped it was correct because it wasn't like anything I had ever tasted, but pretty great.)

Hey Chen food man

That fried chicken is making me want some fried chicken right now at nearly 10 PM this night! Good fried chicken is a thing of beauty. I'll have to check out Louisiana Purchase Kitchen if ever I go to NOLA in my lifetime.

6:48 hahaha😂

Love the channel

It cracks me up every time he says amush booje

You came to London near my home

Thought I seen colonel sanders at 13:54

He looks so nice in a dress shirt

Is that bone marrow raw or that's just how it is supposed to be cooked?

13:48 Colonel Sanders in the house 🙌

I almost didn't recognise Mikey in a shirt! Looking snazzy dude!!!

Ag1 made in NZ 😊

Should have tried Houmas House.

At 7:40 hes starting with "Magical" again!!! Lol!

shout out Colonel Sanders behind you 😂

Looking smart! I wish I could eat seafood, looks delish! Hope Mrs C is well. Xx

Like 640 👍 Greetings from Naples, Florida. Everything looks so delicious. I lived in Louisiana many years ago (in Alexandria), and love, love Cajun/Creole food. Thanks so much for sharing, have a great week. 💯

Bone Marrow doesn't look cooked all the way! 😮

Glad to see Colonel Sanders still healthy in the background 😅

Bruh. Im so hungry now

Did anyone else notice colonel sanders in the background!

I think louisiana purchase got its name cause the louisiana purchase was quite the steal. a 12 dollar buffet for a adult is great.

I've been to the first place, and it's a damn good deal for $12, but the food is nowhere NEAR as good as he's making it sound. Trust me, the reason that mac'n'cheese is "al dente" is because it's dried out. If you're just visiting New Orleans as a tourist, There are literally hundreds of better places to go.

Dress shirt 🎉🎉😂

I think it was April's boss that was always trying to eat Turtle Soup 😂 and she would always dump it on his head!

Wow that's awesome thanks for sharing Pete cape town south Africa don't have any buffets here but other amazing food do join me for a BBQ but we call it a braai

That was some REALLY dry looking Mac n cheese. I no nothing of Cajun food tho, just looked really dry. That fried chicken and roasted chicken looked TASTY tho!

I needed a bucket to catch the drool 🤤 YUMMMMMMMM

It is very nice. Yes, you must go at least once. Expensive 😊

I’m curious was that eggplant dressing??? Or Mirilton dressing