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It’s a solo Saturday — Tom’s out sick, so there’s no one around to rein Trevor in. What follows is a full, loving tour of the new Mardi Gras’s entire specialty-dining lineup, from Shaq’s Big Chicken to Emeril’s to ChiBang, delivered with the reverence of scripture. Along the way: the “Funderstruck” campaign, a fried-chicken origin story that once threatened generations of Shelbys, and the first sermon on a certain Cucina lasagna that pays off next week.
What they covered
Topics on deck
Funderstruck 2022
Cruise director food picks
Shaq’s Big Chicken
Emeril’s Bistro
Cucina del Capitano
Bonsai Sushi
“Cruise training”
COVID protocols
Don’t miss
Moments worth the wait
- Solo, unsupervised — Trevor sets the stakes for a Tom-free hour.
“It’s just a solo Saturday… There’s no one here to rein me in, folks.”
- Funderstruck fever — Trevor called Tom just to yell “FUNDER,” and lobbies hard for “Acadaca” to get involved.
“Whoever came up with this, they need a bonus.”
- Cruise training — a month of stomach-stretching before sailing, up to 10–11 meals a day, first breakfast alone on the balcony at dawn.
“It’s no way to cruise. It’s no way to live life either.”
- The fried-chicken confession — Trevor seasoned nothing his whole life until his boss Natasha intervened.
“She saved generations of Shelbys from eating just bland fried chicken.”
- Bonsai Sushi, forever — it catered his wedding on the Breeze.
“That memory of having sushi and being around my friends and family… the happiest day of my life.”
- The lasagna sermon begins — a single menu item elevated above all others.
“There’s one item on there that stands alone… I beg of you, check that box.”
Golden nuggets
Running bits & lore born here
- The first solo episode — establishes the “stand-in guest” plan that famously never happens, proving the guys need each other.
- The Cucina lasagna — teased here as a must-order; it pays off spectacularly next episode.
- Cruise training & hobbit eating — Trevor’s 10-to-11-meal days give the food-religion of the show its origin story.
- Hashtags launched and abandoned — “Bring back big cheesecake” arrives with a built-in disclaimer that you’ll be the only one using it.
- The old YouTube-show days — the Fahrenheit 555 “business meeting” tradition surfaces as early Trevor-and-Tom backstory.