This morning I got started wondering about the worst restaurant names I’ve ever encountered. I guess the whole thing had its roots in Thai restaurants — for some reason, this one type of cuisine seems to employ more bad puns and lazy wording than Carlos Mencia. I mean, the first…
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This week’s regurgitations: Who knew Gail’s sis could make such a mean pot of fish stew? Yum! Eating in Downtown Hollywood on a budget can be fun. Mmm, I dream of cancha. We showed you where to catch lobster that won’t kill you (at least, it’s far less probable). South…
Elyse Wanshel Doraku’s bar, located at Lincoln Road near Alton, serves up old favorites with an Asian twist. I’ve got nine bucks in my pocket, it’s a Wednesday night and I’m on Lincoln Road. Most people would say I’m screwed — I mean, what could one possibly get on Lincoln…
Last week Victoria Fedden sent us this awesome memory of finding free food in Delaware: “Each summer we were chicken-neckers. We stood on bridges in the dawn’s mist, over nearly stagnant creeks or nearly up to our knees in eelgrass, dragging strings tied to raw chicken necks through the dark…
OK, I took a lot of guff last week for posting a photo that made the game way too easy (yes, if you can read the fine print, backwards, that was UGLI fruit) sold at Whole Foods. So this week I have TWO weird edibles for you brainiacs out there…
The periwinkles have packed their bags and gone back to the Riviera: After less than a year in operation, Maison d’Azur is out of business. The gorgeous seafood brasserie, set in the stunning Angler Resort on South Beach, served sensational seafood from the Mediterranean; their créme brûlée was finer than…
Kris Wessel is this town’s most daring and enigmatic chef. The lanky, easygoing Big Easy native was in 1995 the original pioneering partner of Paninoteca, on then just-awakening Lincoln Road. After selling his share of the biz, he dropped out for a bit and later resurfaced in 1999 with Liaison,…
Want to take a stab at possible food poisoning at home? Then why not learn how to make fresh sushi at home? Lincoln Road restaurant SushiSamba dromo has brought back its monthly Sushi & Sake 101 classes, taught with the help of executive sushi chef Shoyo Iida. According to the…
The best things come in pairs, and taking a look around the SoFla blog-o-sphere this week proves there’s no exception to that rule. The theme seems to be having your cake (and eating it too) and new arrivals (and eating them too!). In case you’re wondering, the above pic is…
A skeleton walks into a bar and says, “Can I get a beer and a mop?” No seriously, mini lobster sport season in Florida opened last week (regular season starts tomorrow) and four divers have already ended up dead, crushed within the deadly claws of murderous mini-lobsters staging a well-organized…
UK: In a recent article in Healthy and Organic Living magazine, celebrity chef Antony Worrall “Black Widow” Thompson (pictured above), advised readers to scour their yard for fresh henbane as an excellent addition to a whole foods diet. When an interviewer asked Thompson if he uses any wild foods, Thompson…
One of our very favorite restaurants has rolled out a summertime prix fixe Chef’s Tasting Menu for the second year running. This is The Four Rivers (1201 N. Federal Hwy, Fort Lauderdale), an extremely classy fine-dining Thai joint so warm, so friendly, so designed to make you feel welcome and…
Brazilian Fish Stew. This is a great recipe for us Floridians because of the availability of gulf shrimp and snapper
After catching a midday play in Hollywood, my girlfriend and I spent Saturday afternoon in downtown, lounging on the sidewalk, eating, and drinking beers. Not a bad life, eh? So have you been to Downtown Hollywood? For some reason, this place has a bit of a mar on it. Maybe…
It’s official: Short Order is now a month in, folks! This is an occasion. We need balloons, party favors, and naked baby pictures! Gosh, you guys remember 4 weeks ago when we were baby bloggers? That was cute. Now we’re like, in that semi-grownup awkward phase, where one arm is…
So it’s Friday at 3 p.m., and you’re starting to eye the clock ticking away on the bottom righthand corner of your screen. But you’ve got no weekend plans, you hard-to-please foodie you. We know what you need. You need a Saturday stroll through a badass greenmarket, where you can…
In a time of such economic strife, I say screw the beef! Instead of dinner out on the town, I suggest one blow their shrinking wads of indulgence-flow on the savory, sweet nectar of catastrophe — booze. Yet, New Times doesn’t want you to waste your hard-earned cash on crap,…
OK, I almost got booted out of the store trying to photograph these this week: …evidently management doesn’t look kindly on paparazzi skulking around the produce aisle. Pictured above, not exactly the Nicole Kidmans of the botanic world, these have a face only a mother could love. But they taste…
Mystery as man vanishes on tour of Michelin restaurants Telegraph.co.uk Man vanishes into thin air after dining at El Bulli! Weirdest story ever. Maybe Adria’s kitchen had him vaporized? FDA recalls green beans on botulism concern WBIR.com The Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers not to eat French-cut green…
In yesterday’s Miami Spice post, New Times food critic Lee Klein compared the dining deal to the sort of bargain he usually encounters when he brings his car in to be repaired. In Part 2, he breaks down the Spice choices to the best and worst deals. There are 106…
Ten bucks will buy three pairs of multicolored clown eyelashes or two bargain-bin “best of” CDs by your favorite Sixties bands or a used copy of The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana (spend $30 on all three and have a fun night!). But what will $10 procure for the savvy spender…
