Now, they're switching up the game with Tambo, a Latin American restaurant inside the Gates Hotel at 2360 Collins Ave. that's whipping up some great craft cocktails.
Hot starters range from brioche carrillera bites with braised beef cheek and manchego to lavender-glazed chicharrón with yuca purée.
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Plates With Punch
Cold starters highlight seafood and raw dishes, like the "Tambo Ceviche," which combines corvina with mango and cilantro in leche de tigre, served with malanga chips.The spicy tuna canuto wraps fresh tuna in crisp malanga with salsa verde, while the hamachi gazpacho arrives with clarified pomegranate broth poured tableside over yellowtail with avocado mousse and cancha corn.
Hot starters range from brioche carrillera bites with braised beef cheek and manchego to lavender-glazed chicharrón with yuca purée. Grilled pulpo comes with anticucho sauce, while handmade corn ravioli gets topped with smoked tomato and queso fresco. Larger plates include a Brazilian-rubbed hanger steak with coffee-ají chimichurri, whole lemon-leek branzino with beet reduction, and saffron arroz con pollo loaded with wild mushrooms.
Inside, light floods the dining room, where white banquettes and blonde wood chairs with woven seats sit beneath ceramic pendant lights.
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Firing Up Collins With Latin Flavors
Pastry chef Maria Torres crafts desserts that merge Latin American classics and French techniques. Her passion fruit merengón pairs meringue with tart passion fruit cream and seasonal fruits, while the yuzu and arequipe milhojas stacks puff pastry with citrus-scented pastry cream and housemade caramel.Inside, light floods the dining room, where white banquettes and blonde wood chairs with woven seats sit beneath ceramic pendant lights. Floor-to-ceiling windows frame swaying palms, while tropical plants dot the space, giving diners that indoor-outdoor vibe.
Tambo. 2360 Collins Ave., Miami Beach; tambomiami.com.
