A small bite from this weeks’ coming restaurant review of Wok Town:Lychee fruit, mango sorbet, and green tea ice cream are dessert selections. The last was grainy, and indeed the fare at Wok Town is not without flaws — an undercooked broccoli spear here, an underseasoned soup there. But this…
It’s already the New Year and the holiday season is almost over. Which means, you’ve only got one day left, today, to do something with that half-jug of eggnog lingering near the back of the fridge before it either curdles or turns into another sad reminder of your post-Christmas ineffectiveness…
Fratelli Lyon Driade is an Italian restaurant in the Design District that is on a mission. The manifesto printed on the face of their menu says, “to distance ourselves from purveyors of heavily marketed and mass produced food stuffs and their sources.”The restaurant imports authentic ingredients from all over Italy,…
New York’s alright if you like saxophones, but, everything else is better in Miami. Especially in the winter. Particularly the food.Former restaurant critic Frank Bruni’s upcoming article in the Travel section of the Sunday Times has already hit the web, and he’s got almost nothing but great, gushing praise for…
Let’s end the year with a bang-bang look at the most important restaurants of the decade. Caveat: It must still be in business. And we’re skipping those historically important places (like China Grill, Joe’s Stone Crab, Versailles, etc.) whose main impact occurred prior to 2000. So, alphabetically:Barton GIn the early…
Miami Dining 2009: Online for a better future
Miami has carried the illustrious distinction of a town wide open for stealing, killing and dope dealing ever since the first pirates first sailed through, stopped for a beer, and never left.Those who stayed saw that there’s money in food and so they opened stores, bars, and restaurants.They made a…
Her name is Morgans. She is a big purple house on 29th Street between North Miami and NE Second Avenues — actual address: 28 NE 29th Street. She has been around since the 1930s. Her specialty, home cooked food.Get it while it’s hot.The Morgans Restaurant in Wynwood is now open…
In some ways, it’s all about the new when it comes to homeboy and Chef Norman Van Aken. The guy who spawned New World Cuisine is back on the scene again, this time with a new restaurant on the way and a new hosting gig.But his restaurant — now pay…
If ushering in the year were a sport, champagne* would be the beverage of champions and we’d dump a huge cooler full of it onto Father Time’s head at the stroke of midnight. It’s bubbly, makes a wonderful, pee-on-yourself-scary sound when you open it, and is the hands-down only answer…
James Beard Award-nominated Chef Michael Schwartz of Michael’s Genuine Food & Drink brings his and his team’s knowledge to your home cooking with The Genuine Kitchen column. A guest blogger for this installment, Michael’s Genuine bar manager Ryan Goodspeed shares a recipe suitable for the recent dip in temperature. You…
Sometimes it seems like a world meat conspiracy is afoot. Are evil, global agrifarm executives fighting a secret war against the vegetarian and vegan elements to keep them on the fringe if in existence at all?Yes.For those who support the meatless revolution, and wanna throw a party too, there’s Nature…
There were no kicks fast as lightning, it wasn’t frightening, and the staff showed expert timing when the Catalina Hotel’s Kung Fu Kitchen and Sushi recently hosted South Florida’s Chef’s Club on their South Beach rooftop lounge.Chef Josh Wahler, of Hell’s Kitchen fame, and Nobu South Beach and Los Angeles…
Kim Kardashian is an American sex symbol.Dr. Sanford Siegal is the Miami doctor who invented his own “cookie diet.”The two are at war. Dirty, paper, legal war. And they’re fighting over things like what Kardashian has said via Twitter and a misleading link on the doctor’s website.Kim Kardashian currently represents…
We’re no judge or jury, but we’re guessing Charlie Sheen is headed for the slammer. All the celebrities are doing it. Serving a year is the new having a college degree. Did you know that back in 1990 Charlie Sheen shot his then-fiancee in the arm, accidentally?If his newest arrest…
ReopeningsRemodeling is finished, and the iconic News Cafe on Ocean Drive has returned to serving informal fare 24/7. The water supply at downtown Miami’s Epic Hotel has been cleared and Area 31 is back in biz — with seatings left for New Year’s Eve: Cocktail reception, five-course meal, champagne toast,…
Here are some recent posts from the local food web.Jewish family goes Tropical Chinese for Christmas dim sum. [FoodForThoughtMiami]Rock N Roll Ribs, Iron Maiden’s drummer’s restaurant, opens in Coral Springs. [CleanPlateCharlie]Checking out a mercado de las pulgas (flea market) in Bogotá, Colombia, and eating from the food stalls. [BrickellLife]Video: How…
New Year’s Eve is not only a full moon but also a blue moon. A blue moon is an extra-full moon. We had one December 2, and that occurs only once every few years from the accumulation of the calendar year’s excess days against the lunar cycle.The Ritz-Carlton South Beach will host a…
What it is: As we say, some sorta shrimp dish.But where it at? Seafood shack? Tourist trap? Italian place in Kendall? If you guess it right, we’ll let you know in the comments section. If not, the answer will come at the end of the week…
All right, Mr. and Ms. Restaurant Owner, repeat after me:This coming year, I resolve to…1. Train the hosts greeting guests at my establishment to exhibit fewer teeth and more intelligence.2. Read at least one national food magazine per month in order to keep abreast of what’s going on in the…
One time, we spent an excruciating 45 minutes at a family dinner thinking a tapeworm was chewing up our insides. Turns out we just had a mean case of heartburn.Maybe Urban Meyer has the same problem.Saturday, the University of Florida’s Gators football team’s head coach resigned from the football program…
Happy Holidays from Miami-Dade County. Check out our Christmas tree. Down south in the Redland, fields of papaya trees are bearing fruit. We shot this picture yesterday on the side of Quail Roost Drive.Papaya, or la fruta bomba, as it is sometimes known, is a fruit grown in tropical climates…
