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Cinco de Mayo: Azul's Gazpacho Water Recipe

If you've been celebrating Cinco de Mayo as long as we have -- you might be over the standard drink-cheap-margaritas -till-you-puke plans. So if you're looking for a more refined (yet still booze-heavy) approach to the holiday -- we've got you covered. This year, instead of shooting tequila - you c ... More >>

Azul, Naoe Land on Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star List

Forbes Travel Guide recently issued its list of the top restaurants, hotels, and spas in the world, and Miami scored big this year with the addition of the Mandarin Oriental Hotel and Spa and its Azul restaurant to the list. This makes the Miami hotel a triple threat in the hospitality industry ... More >>

South Beach Valentine's Day $100,000 Indulgence and More

Photo by Riki AltmanAzul's got the right idea.​Got a wad of cash just burning up your pocket? We found some ways to blow through that dough and maybe get a meal or two and a little lovin' in return.Top DollarHey Big Spender! We know you're just aching to find out where to drop a few hundred thou o ... More >>

Miami Super Bowl: Six Coolest Places to Watch the Big Game

​Watching the Super Bowl in Miami does not have to mean going to a sports bar and having your $700 Prada loafers stick to the floor. This is Miami, after all. The home of excess.Sure you want to pay attention to the game (you may even have a hefty sum riding on the Giants ... or the Patriots), but ... More >>

Chinese New Year Celebration Starts Sunday: Kung Hei Fat Choy at Hakkasan and the Mandarin

The Hakkasan Dragon Dance performed by local Kung Fu experts at the Fontainebleau Hotel will start at 9 p.m. sharp at the Bleau Bar and make its way to the haute cuisine restaurant..

Azul at the Mandarin Oriental Leaves Us Feeling Blue

​At Azul, guests arrive to the sound of water trickling rain-like alongside a marble-and-tile-clad open kitchen. This peaceful, feng shui welcome has been in place since the restaurant premiered at Miami's Mandarin Oriental Hotel in December 2000, and so has the interior: a softly lit dining area ... More >>

Chinese New Year Beach Party at Mandarin Oriental

​The Year of the Dragon begins exactly two weeks from today, so if celebrating the Chinese lunar calendar helps to provide a party excuse in between the usual holidays and vacays, we say, bring it on. The Mandarin Oriental always embraces their roots during this time period with a well-rounded lin ... More >>

Richard Hales of Sakaya Kitchen Talks Food Trucks and Brussels Sprouts, Part 2

Laine Doss​Sakaya Kitchen's Richard Hales gave us frank answers to questions about wine and food trucks, though not about wine on food trucks. During the first part of our interview with the restaurateur, we talked a bit about eating Asian and business school. Hales is living his childhood dr ... More >>

Mandarin Oriental's Sizzlin' SunDaze Offers End of the Week Respite

Courtesy of Manderin OrientalOasis Beach Club.​If you're not a subscriber to our weekly Café Bites dining newsletter, here's a taste of what you're missing. Click here to subscribe.Put the "daze" in your "Sundays" (and remind yourself how sweet life would be if you and your SO didn't have to go b ... More >>

Introducing Azul's New Chef, Joel Huff

Joel Huff caught Azul's wave.When Clay Conley left Azul at the Mandarin Oriental to open Buccan in Palm Beach, a collective gasp could be heard 'round Miami. Who would replace him? The chef de cuisine gig was plum, but stepping into a kitchen beset with so much expectation would be a daunting task.E ... More >>

Cafe Sambal Adds to the Spice of Life Thursday Nights

Courtesy of Mandarin Oriental​If you're not a subscriber to our weekly Café Bites dining newsletter, here's a taste of what you're missing. Click here to subscribe.Add a little spice to your life (and maybe your sex life too) at the new "Indian Nights" dinners taking place every Thursday from 6 t ... More >>

South Florida's Top Somms Judge United Way's "Best in Glass" Competition

​Miami Wine Festival Director, Lyn Farmer, tapped 20 of South Florida's top sommeliers to put their palates and purple tongues to work for a good cause by participating in the "Best in Glass" competition, which was dedicated to judging some of the "best of the best" by-the-glass wine selection ... More >>

In What We Trust

Upscale Sports Bar at the Mandarin Oriental

Courtesy of Mandarin OrientalLobby at the Mandarin Oriental Miami.​If you're not a subscriber to our weekly Café Bites dining newsletter, here's a taste of what you're missing. Click here to subscribe.It's not the humidity, it's the heat.Miami Heat, that is. At the Oasis Pool Bar at the posh Mand ... More >>

The 15 Most Colorful Restaurants In Miami

Photo by Andrea F.The color yellow has been proven to increase the appetite.​​In alphabetical order:Acqua in the Four Seasons Hotel MiamiAqua connotes greenish-blue. Acqua connotes the restaurant helmed by chef Patrick Boucher in Miami's Four Seasons Hotel. The Life Acquatic is a movie with Bill ... More >>

Weekly Wrap-Up: Halloween Edition

Photo by gamene​ Before you get into your costume and head out for the weekend, check out what you missed this week on Short Order. Five gross, perverted and bizarre Halloween candies.Drink zombie blood, get energy.Dress up like a gross processed food on Halloween and get a $2 meal at Chipotle.Ch ... More >>

Floridian Beer Evolution, Part Two

​As we learned last week in the Floridian Beer Evolution Part 1, the regular beer drinker is familiar with Heineken, Corona, Budweiser and Presidente. But what he or she likely doesn't know is that Florida brewers are chipping in on the beverage side and creating fun, whimsical brews full of c ... More >>

Sakaya Kitchen: Serious Asian food with no frills in Wynwood

Sakaya Kitchen Cooking Fresh Asian in Midtown

​Sakaya Kitchen, a "fast-casual Asian-inspired organic-conscious restaurant," is now open in midtown Miami. The menu is a mix of  Asian comfort and street foods such as Korean style BBQ, fresh noodle boxes, and Filipino egg rolls. The man behind the business is Richard Hales, who not only wor ... More >>

A Dozen New Year's Eve Scenes For Under $100

In alphabetical order:8 oz. Burger Bar: New Year's Eve After Party at 1:00 a.m. with DJ. Open all night, weekend brunch debuting 9:00 a.m. New Year's Day. 305.397.8246, No cover, $5 cocktail and beer specials.  Atrio/Level 25 at the Conrad Hilton: Four course dinner, champagne, open bar all nig ... More >>

Miami's Ten Priciest New Year's Eve Dinners

Dinner at these establishments will cost at least $500-plus for you and your loved one. With apologies to China Grill, Grass, and Naoe, all of which just missed the cut at $200 per person.The Setai: Dom Perignon dinner, six course wine dinner, string quartet. Cash bar after 11! $450Blue Door at Dela ... More >>

Dinner in Paradise 2010 Schedule

Jacob KatelA lazy Sunday lunch at Paradise Farms in South Dade.​Dinner in Paradise is a celebration of gourmet farm dining and was created in 2005 by Gabriele Marewski of Paradise Farms and chef Michael Schwartz of Michael's Genuine Food & Drink.The $165.50 cost of each dinner (there will ... More >>

Weekend Blog Watch: Ted Turner, 850 Bottles, Tailgaiting, Beer, and Key West

Photo via albertoalerigi's Flickr / CC2.0Aaaah! A plate.​Some people are saying this recession is over. Maybe it started when "they" gave us back some time (sorry Arizona), literally. Fall Back dropped early Sunday morning. We're pretty sure that has something to do with farming. Here are some fre ... More >>

Weekend Blog Watch

Image via http://thefauxfoodiegirl.blogspot.com We here at Short Order are committed to giving you the fullest picture possible of all things Miami food. With that in mind here are some interesting food-related items floating round the blogosphere.- The Faux Foodie Girl falls in love with Il G ... More >>

Go for the Gold!

When the torch has been extinguished, head to the podium.

Ay, Papi

Wondering what to do for Dad’s special day? We got you.

Rats!

Kick off the Chinese New Year in style, all rodents aside.

Reds, Whites, and Green

Reds, Whites, and Green

Wok It Out

You can put this on your tab

A Season Preview for Dining

A Season Preview for Dining

You Give Love a Bad Name

But not this year, thanks to our V-Day roundup

Meet the New Neighbor

But don’t bring a casserole to this block party

Eat on the Cheap

Fat Geese for Fat Cats

That foie gras would sure taste good on someone else's dime

Toes in the Sand

BEST WATERFRONT DINING

Café Sambal

The Bitch

BEST BUILDING LOBBY

Stephen P. Clark Government Center

BEST CHEESE

The cheese course at Azul

Where's Paris?

America's favorite babe bypasses party in her honor

Michelle Bernstein

Personal Best

BEST LOCAL GIRL MADE GOOD

Chef Michelle Bernstein

Taste, the Final Frontier

There is a limit to how many culinary charities you can donate your way through

The Oriental's Mandarin

Café Sambal

Best Hotel

Mandarin Oriental

Best Restaurant When Someone Else Is Paying

Azul

Catch a Rising Star

Azul

Side Dish

Ciao to Chow and more