I'd been having a long day when I made it to Liliana's for dinner. But then, in a shimmering instant of unspeakable beauty, it all got much better. The waitress came by our table, filled up our water glasses and said with a startling nonchalance that belied the grandeur of her statement, "I'll just bring you some cornbread, m'kay?"
How did she know? How did she know that cornbread was the answer? That cornbread at the end of a long day was like kittens to the internet? Like a hashtag to a hipster? A maque choux to a New Orleans fish dish?
It was a lovely start to a good meal. My entree was very good, but let's skip right along to dessert.
Beignets! I don't know what beignets are supposed to taste like, really, since I've only ever had them in Wisconsin, but I hope this is it. Because these are guuuud. Heavy but airy, doughy but lofty, sweet and full to the brim of the taste of calories.
The waitress came back to take them away and left us a card indicating that if we shared our anniversary on the card we could have free beignets on our anniversary. We haven't set a date for our wedding yet but we made our best guess in hopes of some free beignets.