New Orleans by Myra, Lusby, Calvert County, Maryland

I’m so excited! Myra is back in Lusby! We discovered New Orleans by Myra, a food truck that parks at 11735 Truemann Thursday or Friday-Saturday) (see their Facebook page for latest dates). It’s just north of the shopping center with Patuxent Liquors and Barrel 9. Oh, yeah, and the Giant. Myra’s has a menu founded on two solid foundations. They really – and I mean really — know how to fry food in a way that leaves it greaseless and delicious. Second, they have a remoulade that would be the envy of New Orleans.

After my first stop at Myra’s, we all became regulars. My first post highlighted the shrimp po boy, their beans, and the very good blackberry cobbler. My next post addressed the alligator bites (This is really impressive.  The girls would love it.  Basically it’s what little chicken tenders wish they could be.) and the Oyster Po’ Boy (The Oyster Po-Boy: everything about it was excellent.  I loved the oysters: breaded well, seasoned well, and not over fried, but still soft and oystery.  The lettuce: lots of places do either whole leaf or shredded; this was a 1/2” chop.  It was perfect, and the tomatoes were so fresh.  The seasoned mayo — the remoulade — was something I could drink.)

But then Myra’s truck left. For a year or two, like Persephone only on a different schedule, and all was barren. This spring, however, Myra’s food truck returned, and, as you may have noticed, the trees and flowers started blooming, and Nancy and I stopped at Myra’s truck for lunch. I ordered, of course, a Shrimp Po’ Boy ($12. Really.)

Look at all those shrimp! Nancy, ever abstemious, ordered a cup of gumbo and rice ($10), which was very rich, with a great roux and a deep broth, plus some nice seafood.

We ate in the car, which Nancy did with grace and charm, but for me it was pretty tricky. Take another look at my sandwich. How do you eat that in the front seat of a car, especially one in which you’ve already had to buy and install new seat covers? See how loaded that sandwich is? You can’t just fold it and eat it, or you’ll need new clothes and new seat covers. Here’s how you do it. Start by picking the shrimp off the sandwich. and when you get halfway through, try to fold it and then pick off a few more, and then go for it. Your shirt and pants will be in danger, but the seat covers will be okay, and the sandwich will change your life.

Myra’s isn’t perfect. As mentioned in a previous post, the quality of the rolls doesn’t match that of the Leidenheimer rolls used on New Orleans Po’ Boys. It is, however, as good as it gets in the greater Washington/Baltimore area — and well beyond. New Orleans by Myra is the real deal. If you don’t go there, you have no one to blame but yourself.

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