Poco-Cocoa

Every other Sunday or so, every summer (as of last summer), the Sno Cone Club meets at Casey’s New Orleans Snowballs for sno cones and chit chat. This was the first time we attended, and the first time we had Casey’s sno cones.

After eyeing other people’s choices (such as strawberry cheesecake and root beer, below), Justin and I ordered our sweets.

Sno cones are taken very seriously at Casey’s. I chose the Mounds bar, made with chocolate and coconut. The (housemade) chocolate syrup is poured in slowly, in two rounds, to fully soak in.

Then the coconut syrup is added.

Justin chose TWO sno cones (it’s so fun to be an adult, and be able to have two sno cones if you want). One was chocolate covered cherry, made like the Mounds one above, but with cherry instead of coconut. The other was mango, with a chile-lime-salt topping. First, the mango syrup:

Then a hefty sprinkle of chile-lime-salt powder.

All three were super-delicious, though I was still pining for a pickle juice sno cone. I’ll have to hunt one down elsewhere.

Ah, yes, summer is definitely here.

A couple of weekends ago, we had lunch at The Jalopy. I was excited to try it… it’s a Mack truck transformed into a kitchen, serving up rotisserie chicken sandwiches and freshly fried chips. I like the murals.

The menu is pretty interesting… every sandwich is the same bread, same rotisserie chicken, but with different toppings and sauces.

There’s a chute in the back where they’ll drop your sandwich for you. Cute!

Our chips came out first… I think these are just regular veggie chips, but they’re flash fried and sprinkled with your choice of seasonings. We chose salt and vinegar and dill. They were still warm, which was nice.

I chose the Folletto: pepperoncini brine, housemade pickled peppers, scallions and parsley salad. I liked the pickles… and there was an extra slice of bread in the middle to sop up all the juices.

Natalie chose The Original, with chicken demi-glace and red onion marmalade. Pretty solid.

Justin had the Son Hong, with sweet and savory chili sauce, pickled onions, cucumbers, and cilantro salad.

Overall, it was good. I think if you like this style of sandwich, this is the place for you. I didn’t like that the bread was so soft and soggy that it fell apart midway through. I wanted the chicken pieces to be bigger… it was in tiny chunks, and since it’s not dressed in anything, it has a tendency to just kind of fall out of the sandwich. It’s like there’s nothing in it to really hold it all together. Actually, I think I’d like it better as an open-faced sandwich. Still, the owner was super-friendly and laid-back, and the Mack trailer is pretty cool. 🙂