There’s a new Asian restaurant on South Beach that you don’t know about yet. For just over a week now, Lantao Kitchen + Cocktails has been up, running, and serving a menu of gansig (snacks), bo ling (noodle bowls), shala (salads) zhuban (entrees), shuanfang (sides) — and “British ‘Pub’ snacks (burgers,…
Billed as “the nation’s fastest growing ‘better burger’ restaurant”, Smashburger is unveiling its first Miami location (14730 Biscayne Blvd.) on Saturday, December 31 (a last-minute switch from next Wednesday, December 21). The popular chain has well over 100 venues across the country, including Florida branches in Coral Springs and Neptune Beach (and…
“Indoor” and “barbecue” are two words one never likes to hear placed back-to-back in a sentence — especially when preceded by the phrase “you are invited to”. We all know what this means: Meats and/or poultry baked in an oven with a lot of Open Pit BBQ Sauce poured over…
On Monday we put up this photo of a hamburger and asked the simple question: Where it at?Well, granted, it was a tough one. Excepting the fries and size of the burger, there wasn’t much to go on. Guesses ranged from — well, just about every burger joint in town…
Back in July, gustiBlog (“Italy’s Best Foods”) interviewed Edoardo Ruggiero, the president of the Consorzio San Marzano, who proceeded to drop a bombshell. “First thing Edoardo said was: maximum one percent of tomatoes in America sold as San Marzano are real San Marzano.” When the blogger informed Edoardo that it…
‘Tis the season for holiday shopping, good cheer, and year-end reviews. In fact, a barrage of back-looking Best-Ofs are being banged out around copy tables across the nation as we speak. Food Arts’ (“At The Restaurant And Hotel Forefront”) annual summation is one of the better ones, so we’ve combed…
A new the Fresh Market opened last Wednesday in the Sunset Harbour neighborhood of South Beach. Publix premiered a glossy new SoBe supermarket in the past year (to go with two in the area already), and the Whole Foods Market on Alton Road has a renovated exterior (replete with rooftop…
SushiSamba Dromo offers more Peruvian/Japanese/Brazilian substance than meets the eye
This Hatuey Beer-glazed ham can be gracing your holiday table in just 18 days — or a lot less time than that if you decide to bake one for dinner tonight. Yesterday we talked with Anler Morejon, project manager for Bacardi U.S.A. Inc. and brand manager of Hatuey (ah-TWAY), the…
The new Hatuey (pronounced ah-TWAY) Beer returned to bars, restaurants and liquor stores in Miami-Dade and Monroe counties this past summer. The original Hatuey was first produced in Santiago de Cuba around 1927. By 1959 it was Cuba’s favorite cerveza to the tune of 12 million cases sold per year…
What it is: A hamburger and fries, but you may have already guessed that from the photo.Where it at? To many, a hamburger is a hamburger and they all look alike. But can any of our hamburger gourmands (yes Beast, I’m talkin’ to you), perhaps using the nature of the…
With the planned January rollout of Dulce de Leche Cheerios, ;General Mills will surely lay to rest any lingering doubts any may have about the growing clout of Hispanic consumers in America. The caramelized milk spread has always been popular here in South Florida, but it is slowly showing up…
I recently ordered a hamburger, banh-mi burger, half & half of curly fries/onion rings, side of cole slaw, and a chocolate shake at Damn Good Burger. Here’s the lowdown and highlights:…
As the downsizing of America affects everything from airplane seats to candy bars, companies have been doing their best to shift attention away from the diminished dimensions. The food world, however, has embraced the trend toward less. Indeed, small-plate menus are proudly touted as cred for being in lockstep with…
In September’s Openings & Closings report, we cited a handful of openings (including Harry’s Pizzeria and Phuc Yea!) and just a few closings. In the October edition, there were some dozen openings (like Yardbird and the two Pubbelly spin-offs) and again just three shutterings. November’s numbers look a lot like…
Considering that Sazón Cuban Cuisine has anchored the corner of Collins Avenue and 73rd Street for so many years, you really don’t see much written about it. And when you take into account just how fresh and authentic the cooking here is, the lack of attention is even more surprising.Prices…
Laurenzo’s Italian Market copped our 2011 Best of Miami award for finest gourmet market. As far as Italian imports and products go, it can’t be beat locally. We have a few other noteworthy gourmet markets in town — very few. And, quite honestly, we do not have a single world…
Todd Erickson: Digital Chef
Michelle Bernstein: Magic City Martha Stewart
Each year for this day they give up their livesWe eat them right down to the boneSo lay off the peach glaze, teriyaki and chivesLeave the damn turkey alone!Natives of India, by all means use curryTo season and uplift your birdIf Japan is your homeland I wouldn’t worryIf you smeared…
Most of you know by now that Michael Schwartz has opened a pizzeria named for his son Harry in the former Pizza Volante Design District space. The room has been tinkered with a bit — industrialized, so to speak — but the wood-burning brick hearth still spits out pizzas with…
I am not one of those New Yorkers who go on and on about how you can’t find a decent slice of pizza in this town, and how the pies they serve here would be banned from the borough of Brooklyn, and how they are so very very disgraceful that…
