Amtrak’s Sunset Limited route connects New Orleans with San Antonio ; two exceptional food destinations. Yvette Cook investigates how one train journey can offer travellers two different experiences during a week-long holiday. “Keep up or you’ll miss the po-boys,” shouts one member of my tour group above the trumpet’s melody.
I’m eating my way through New Orleans on a food walking tour , but keep getting delayed by the jazz music playing on street corners. While I absorb the music’s vibrations in my ribs, the spring sunshine is warming my back and savoury aromas swirl around me from nearby restaurants. It’s an ordinary Thursday afternoon for New Orleans, but it feels extraordinary to me.
As someone who normally enters a city with a list of sights to visit, I’m taking a new approach to experiencing a city through its food. New Orleans has long drawn visitors for its exceptional Cajun and Creole cuisine, while San Antonio in Texas is home to Tex-Mex. With only a 15-hour train journey separating them, I’m discovering their offerings on a one-week holiday.
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