Inspiration at Orleans & York Deli

This Shrimp Inspiration is what we ordered and let me tell you that it is truly inspirational. We found ourselves in the vicinity (not really) of a deli we were in a couple of times; we were on the 405 freeway and when we saw Manchester, something clicked in our brains; that something was Orleans & York Deli.  The car immediately went on auto pilot and exited the freeway.

We got there almost at noon so the lunch crowd was just starting. Nina remembered us; how could she not, this was our 3rd time in just a week and we always interrogated her about the menu. This time we went with her recommendation. The Shrimp Inspiration. This is a tomato base broth with 14 jumbo tiger shrimps. Sandi thought it would be good with rice so we ordered rice. I was shocked to see Sandi pick up the order as she held something big and long on the other hand. It looked like a whole French bread. She said: "It came with the order".

We started by breaking the bread and dipping in in the sauce. OMG!!!!! How can I have lived this long without experiencing this wonderful sauce/soup/ whatever you call it.  The tiger shrimps were truly jumbo and wow oh wow....they were fabulous! We could see why this order came with a whole loaf of French bread. It was a perfect match. The rice was good since the bread could not really soak up everything so the left over liquid was taken care of by the rice.

Before we had our inspirations, I ordered the Gumbo Mumbo which we had a few days ago for dinner and I wanted to try the Shrimp Po Boy, but this time it was not fried. Dinner was delicious. The shrimps were also good so it just depends if you are in the mood for fried or grilled. The sandwiches are best eaten fresh but the gumbo mumbo and the inspirational shrimps are perfect heated at a later time.  Lunch and dinner was wonderful; I would say that yesterday was a very good day! See previous blog: http://solittlethyme.blogspot.com/2015/07/orleans-york-deli.html