Its Fat Tuesday

[LuciferLynn]

I've never been to Mardi Gras but my Dad went when I was 18 and said it was disgusting and he couldn't wait to come home. However, I've been reading up on some of the food (shaddup, dick, this isn't a thread about food per se so don't tell me it belongs in the food thread) and I wondered if anyone has ever gone and is the food as good as it looks? I'm a seafood junkie, despite a potentially life threatening allergy. ANd is it as gross as my Dad said, or was he just trying to squash my 18 year old impulse to go?