Read part one of our interview with Michael D’Andrea here.New Times: Most unusual food combination you’ve ever created or been served?Michael D’Andrea: My Macaluso’s meatball salad: the hot meatball and marinara sauce with the cold romaine and my mom’s dressing. The combinations are amazing!If you could have one last meal,…
Either a pair of respected Miami-Dade Corrections officers have concocted an outlandish, disgusting hoax for a few thousand dollars, or Miami’s best barbecue joint served maggots with its chicken. Either way, consider us grievously disillusioned…
So now it’s our eggs. It should be obvious to most people that the massive agri-businesses supplying us with much of our food supply needs oversight — real oversight, not the corrupted mimicry of such currently performed by the FDA. But with our presently dysfunctional government, chances of the gruel…
There has been surprisingly little hoopla over De Rodriguez Ocean, due to open at The Hilton Bentley at the tip of South Beach “late next month” (translation: October if we’re lucky). Maybe folks figure it’s just another branch of D. Rodriguez Cuba, although there are a couple of clear differences:…
With the surge of mobile food in the Miami area, it’s easy to forget the” Roach Coaches” that stop at construction sites and building parking lots throughout the day to offer beverages, snacks, baked goods and hot food for bargain prices.Evelyn Garcia owns and operates Lazarito Lunch Box. A no-nonsense…
We have reached the end of another long week Short Orderers. And we would like to thank you for commenting on our stories. Here’s some of the best blather from the past five days. For some reason, the noteworthy comments this week shared a male chauvinism theme. Thanks again readers. And…
If the Staten Island accent and amber peepers don’t get you, Michael D’Andrea’s meatballs certainly will. And then there’s his unyielding appreciation for his mama. “My Mom, our last meal was my food,” he’ll tell you with a glint in his eye. Macaluso, by the way, is his mother’s maiden…
A stand-alone bite of next week’s Cafe review:Lobster peanut butter & jelly sandwich jolted to signature status right from the start; no doubt curiosity plays a role in so many diners ordering it (that was my impetus). Four triangular sandwich quarters of toasted, crust-less brioche are filled with pieces of…
Top Chef’s Andrea Curto-Randazzo, along with hubby Frank Randazzo, has finally sold Talula. The long-suffering restaurant was put on the market a few months ago, despite Andrea’s brief brush with fame on Top Chef.Coming in its place is Eden, a new restaurant concept from a high-powered team out of Las…
After having shown some love towards Otentic Fresh Food Restaurant’s Nutella crêpe in a recent review, I returned the other day and tried a ham-and-cheese version for breakfast. As you can see in the photos, it is generously sized and plump with a thick cut of cooked ham (not the…
Andrew Knowlton, Restaurant Editor and BA Foodist for Bon Appétit, has released his annual compilation of The Ten Best New Restaurants in America, and…drumroll, please…no Miami dining establishment made the cut. The ones that did are: Laurelhurst Market, Portland, Oregon; Miller Union, Atlanta; Menton, Boston; Marea, New York; Anchovies &…
Essensia Restaurant & Lounge: Clean cuisine in a breezy outdoor setting
We live in Miami. There are roaches everywhere. We get it. And rats too. That’s part of big-city life. But damn it, man, get your vermin under control. How do you expect people to pay for food at your restaurant if you let roaches and rats eat for free? Of course,…
The first Hurricane Grill & Wings premiered in Fort Pierce, Florida, in 1995. Now there are 33 — the most recent addition having opened yesterday in the Shops at Midtown Miami. The chain, known for five categories of wings and more than 30 dipping sauces, is celebrating the new outlet…
Food Trucks are making dining on your feet and eating with your hands, well, chic. The trend has just begun to populate local parking lots and back alleys. But the phenomenon has been going full-force throughout the country for years. The truck operators use social networking sites, mostly Twitter, to…
The ground floor of the Miami River’s trendy Neo Lofts is not where you would expect to find a traditional Spanish restaurant. But just when you are about to give up on this city, Miami pulls through with a low-key, genuine eatery. The recently opened Jamón Jamón Jamón is no…
After talking to Chef Weissgerber and hearing all about the dishes he creates for Zuma our mouth was watering. Below is his recipe for Seared Tuna, made especially for the Japanese food lover in all of us.Seared Tuna with Chilli Daikon & Garlic ChipsServes 4500 g tuna fillet (ask for…
A small but nutritious bite of next week’s restaurant review:The cuisine is tagged as “the pure essence of taste,” which is the sort of boastful appraisal better left, I think, to restaurant critics. No denying, however, that the menu is chock full of healthful culinary concoctions. It also serves as…
Sub as in the Subway Sandwich shop on Collins Avenue in South Beach.Sub as in the breakfast Subway special now being touted by the chain.Sub as in my coming here being a substitute for my original dozen or so choices. Like I thought Oliver’s Café on West Avenue might be…
In this second part of our talk with Bjoern Weissgerber, we discuss Zuma and his role there as executive chef. Read the first part of our interview with Chef Bjoern Weissgerber here.New Times: Why did you pick Miami as the first U.S. location for Zuma?Weissgerber: Miami is a fun and vibrant city…
Best of Miami Spice 2010
If you walk along Ocean Drive, you’ll quickly notice that many of the voices inviting you to dine at its eateries have Eastern European accents. The Ocean Drive restaurant scene is full of workers from Russia, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Estonia, and other ex-bloc countries. Short Order decided to ask: What are…
