Cypress salad, coconut cake and others: the best things we ate this week in Baton Rouge and Acadiana – the lawyer

Cypress salad at J. Alexander’s restaurant

J. Alexander Off Bluebonnet Boulevard hosts a lively lunch crowd with a full menu (and six salad options to choose from). I went with a salad of cypresses with bakes, avocado, tomato, croutons of corn bread, light fried chicken, bacon, cheese and ranch dressing.

The crunchy but delicate chicken chicken bursts with aroma, complemented by a bed of heart foliage with sharp dressing, creamy avocado and crunchy homemade croutons. This salad was an instant hit for me (and the table). My only regret is not to get a side of fried potatoes to finish the meal.

J. Alexander Restaurant, 6457 Bluebonnet Blvd., Baton Rouge (Margaret Delaney, Health Section Coordinator)

Coconut cake in Jamaica vibrations

Obviously, a person goes to Jamaica vibrations for his signing OXTAIL or Jerk Chicken, but these small rings of warm coconut cake are addictive from beginning to end. Serve warmly and garnished with hardened glaze, but the cherry of the ballot is collected in the center and remains a little scattered, creating a pocket with pus with sweet kindness to return for every bite.

Jamaica vibrations, 4763 Airline Highway, Baton Rouge (Serena Paang, Functions of Writer)

Rocstar Burger by Rocstar Cafe

When an ordinary burger is elevated to experience, you know that you have found something special.

The New Iberia Rocstar Cafe Burger of the same name is perfectly prepared and dressed, which is exactly what you would expect from an exceptional hamburger. This jar is then raised with the addition of their spicy/sharp Rocstar sauce (but not so much that it becomes a slop) and comes with a side of experienced fried potatoes that are somehow not too spicy, salty or greasy, but land somewhere in the area at the area of ​​perfection.

The way this lunch is married to quality restraint is a sign of owners who really know what they are doing. The next time you are hungry for a burger at Teche Country, this one should check all your boxes.

Rocstar Cafe, 241 W. Main St., New Iberia (Joanna Brown, staff writer)