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 Murray, but has nothing to do with restaurants.Azul in the Mandarin Oriental MiamiTables at Azul look out…
[jump] It boasts a thin, hearth-charred crust topped with roast pork, ham, shredded cheese, sliced pickle, and a drizzle of mustard-mayo dressing.But where it at?Hint: You won’t find it listed anywhere online because the restaurant that serves it isn’t open yet. We’ll give you a couple of days to chew…
Xixon: bigger, better
Yesterday we highlighted The Elegant Chef’s Guide To Hors D’Oeuvres And Appetizers by British celebrity chef Antony Worrall-Thompson. Today we share his manner of shaping filo dough into a frying pan shape that makes for a snazzy presentation of whatever it is you fill it with. The recipe in the…
After a five-month renovation, Caffe Da Vinci will reopen in mid-November at its familiar Bay Harbor Island location. The Caffe first debuted in 1994, but this re-launch is under new ownership that took over last year. Executive chef Jose Cadavid’s new menu is tabbed as “contemporary Italian cuisine with influences…
When I purchased this cookbook in 1984, it simply blew me away. I had never seen cuisine like it: iced tomato bisque with avocado and basil sorbet; beef carpaccio with rock salt and oysters; smoked salmon and leek nest with soft-boiled quails’ eggs and smoked cod roe sauce. Remember, this…
Hint: It’s a Chinese restaurant. Take your best guess and post in the comments section. Answer correctly and you receive our utmost respect as well as the title Smartypants of The Week.Photos of the duck in appetizer and main course form follow the jump…..
Restaurant Tagliatelle opened last night in the space that formerly housed the club Amnesia and a host of restaurants that didn’t make it (Cafe Tabac might have lasted the longest). Mediterranean cuisine with pasta and seafood is the theme here, but somehow opening an Italian restaurant in South Beach seems…
Bourbon Steak has launched a new cigar menu, and tonight, starting at 6., the public is invited to come down for an extensive training in everything you ever wanted to know about cigars – the history, etiquette, selecting, cutting and handling of the stogies, to the lighting and smoking of…
Or, for that matter, who’s the blonde? We don’t know the answer to the second question, but we do know which chef got into the Halloween spirit last night. Keep going to find out who it is…
In early August, when Michael Bloise first talked to Paula Niño of Short Order about his upcoming American Noodle Bar, he tagged the potential opening date as “August 23”. Then word came that it would debut today, November 1. Now the date has been pushed up to this Wednesday. This…
Judging by the mind-numbing number of holiday-inspired cocktail recipes we’ve received, seems booze companies have really gotten into the Halloween spirit this year. We’ve combed through them all and plucked what we think are the two most distinctive, potentially crowd-pleasing drinks: Pumpkin Pie-tini from Three-Olives vodka, and a Candy Corn…
Chicken egg rolls at Chow Down Grill: $5Banh mi buns at Sakaya Kitchen: $5.99Roasted pork buns at Gigi: $7Fried cheeseburger dumplings at upcoming American Noodle Bar: $5Singapore shrimp & pork curry noodles at Wok Town: $10.95Pad Thai at 2B Asian Bistro: $13.95Beef drunken noodles at Mr. Yum: $13.95A feast composed of…
It’s that time of year when The Cheesecake Factory releases its “famous” pumpkin cheesecake as well as its almost-famous pumpkin pecan cheesecake. I’m not necessarily the biggest Cheesecake Factory fan, but if there is one thing it does pretty well, it’s cheesecake. I mean there’s a reason they don’t call…
A small bite of next week’s Cafe review:To the right of the entrance is the epicurean epicenter: a large dining area fronted by a 12-seat tapas bar. The crowd’s heady buzz provides a surging soundtrack to bumblebee-like flights of white porcelain plates held aloft by waiters as they weave through…
I recently asked chef Jeff McInnis a few questions related to his by-now well-publicized gig as head chef at the chichi gigi. A couple of quotes were to be culled for Miami New Times’ special upcoming issue on the people who make this city groove. I don’t think that’s the…
The black grouse is the newest addition to The Famous Grouse whiskey family. It is touted as having the richest, smoothest flavor of any blended Scotch. Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible (whisky bible?) describes it as “so gentle, with waves of smoke and oak lapping on an oaky shore… brilliant.” Something…
Short Order Award winners
I went on my first tequila crawl last week, accompanied by Ken Austin (founder/chairman of Tequila Avión), John Bilello (Executive Vice President Sales), and a small group of food bloggers, writers, PR folk and other miscreants. One of the goals of the evening was to let us, and our readers,…
This Friday, from 7 a.m. until 10 p.m., IHOP will be giving away free scary face pancakes to all kids 12 and under. It’s part of a national No Tricks – Just Treats program aimed at, um, bringing attention to IHOP — as well as shining a light on Children’s…
Rename. Redecorate. Re-conceptualize. That’s the blueprint for the new Blue Door — now Blue Door Fish. As we reported last week, the Delano’s Mediterranean menu with French-Brazilian twists is focusing more on pure Mediterranean — not just the region, but the seafood. Chef Claude Troisgros will retain a few of…
“This book is a practical guide to growing food for city residents with small spaces…Even if you have no yard and very little free space…I believe that anyone living in a typical city apartment, condominium, townhouse, or single-family home could apply just two or three of the strategies mentioned in…
