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Maybe I should just eat buckwheat and tofu- New Food Allergies
Aw, thank you. I will look into this.
Maybe I should just eat buckwheat and tofu- New Food Allergies
I just learned that I'm celiac and highly reactive to about 30 foods, including egg yolks, cow's milk, olive oil, tomatoes, mushrooms, yeast, rice and all citrus. (They bring on temperatures, massive headaches, hives and sneezing attacks.)
I never put two and two together until after I got the diagnosis. I just thought I had sinus issues.
What the heck does a food lover do in this situation?
I'm wondering if anyone can spare recipes or ideas that don't have the above. Arrgh. And thank you.
1980's loemans plaza n mia bch
Yes! I grew up there and loved it. We used to go in big parties and sit at the table with the Lazy Susan,
Yakko San - I really want to get it....
To answer Bigstu's question, I love Naoe and Sushi Deli. I'm also a fan of Makoto and Bond Street's sushi. And, yes, I love Japanese food and am pretty adventurous.
Southocean, some of my friends enjoy Yakko and since I drag them to Broward and beyond for food, least I can do is meet them at Yakko a few times a year.
Makoto in Bal Harbour
The food is lovely but the service is out of Monty Python. Painfully long lunch with drinks arriving a minute before the check. Servers are scattered. Sushi and hot dishes as well as salads sampled were light and satisfying.
Yakko San - I really want to get it....
So, I went again to Yakko San and I just don't get all the hoopla. We had eel (non -sushi preparation), the triggerfish jerky, the squid and a whole host of other dishes. None were particularly noteworthy and many were fishy. I know this place is a chef's hang out and I really do want to understand the allure. Is there a secret menu that we were not made aware of? Should I be downing cold sake prior to tasting anything?
Many of you whom I respect love this place. The service was stellar but the food....not s'much.
Tried this place on and off for years.
Need a fun dinner experience for depressed best friend (in Miami)
I need a place to take my best friend who is down in the dumps and about to celebrate a birthday. She's just been broken up with and needs a light, fun experience. I was hoping for something along the lines of Indomania, but they're closed until October 3rd.
Anything fun and different from Aventura to Homestead? I'm not looking to spend the bank.
Brownie showdown (DL vs NM)
I haven't tried the DL brownies but am practically obsessed with the NM ones. My tendency with all baking recipes is to add less sugar than called for. I did just that with the NM brownies and they were gone in about 2 hours. (I had help.) I think they're stupendous.
Best Burger Miami-Ft. Lauderdale
I was at Le Tub this weekend and thought the burger was pretty darned good. It's certainly not the best ever (and the experience was admittedly a bit dimmed by the furry and brown something that scampered over my foot).
I thought Shake Shack beat Le Tub. I also think the Shack beats the pants off of FIve Napkin Burger. The burger was just meh.
I think I may have to try Bourbon out this weekend.
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Le Tub
1100 N Ocean Dr, Hollywood, FL 33019
Rec's for mid-range dinner in South Beach for 7
Love the Tap Tap suggestion. You can do pretty well at Indomania as well. It's a fun place to share and the food is Indonesian.
Since Spice Month is going on, you can almost go anywhere for $35 p/p plus tax and gratuity.
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Indomania
131 26th St, Miami Beach, FL 33140
"...you're no Danny Meyer, Mr. Manero."
While you're at it, would you kindly tell Mr. Manero to shutter Vic & Angelo's on Ocean Drive? For the first time in my life, a restaurant actually made me angry. In fact, I'm still seething.
I posted a review a few weeks ago. Food was oversalted and mediocre and service was reserved only for the strippers located at the nearby table. A couple actively making out at the table next to ours almost knocked over our pizza. My dining companion narrowly averted splinters from the jagged wood lying on the windowsill that abutted our table.
If dinner is going to take three hours, at least let it be halfway decent. Let the show be the food, not the two 40 year old strippers the managers are desperately trying to bed with pasta and Long Island Iced teas.
I apologize for the rant. I'm just heartily disappointed. The Vic & Angelo's in Delray is pretty good. Why does Miami get the low rent version?
After Michael's, She Must Have Been Paid Off
Yep, I shuddered at The Big Cheese. I am waiting for a Di Faro's pizza (from Brooklyn) to open up. It's five bucks a slice but the owner prepares all the pies himself and grows the herbs on the windowsill. A girl can dream...
After Michael's, She Must Have Been Paid Off
Andiamo and Steve's aren't half bad.
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Andiamo
5600 Biscayne Blvd, Miami, FL 33137
Michelle Bernstein's Palm Beach: Amateur Hour
Ours was a mixed experience at MB but we fared better than the original poster.
We had the sommelier pair all three courses and we thought he did a terrible job. Waiter was somewhat awkward as well. However, I thought the atmosphere was quite nice and the John Dory was terrific. We had a cobia entree as well that was above average and served with gnudi. Starters and dessert were above average as well.
Miami's Hidden Gems and Hole in the Walls?
Sounds divine. I'm going to try it out. Thanks so much!
black truffle- what should end the meal?
Hi,
I was given a small, black "summer" truffle and plan to cook it (maybe with pasta with some pecorino) tomorrow evening. I'd like to have something to start and finish that completes the meal but isn't too labor intensive. Any ideas?
Many thanks,
Jess
Miami's Hidden Gems and Hole in the Walls?
Taiga, can you give us a hint, haha?
Also, I've heard of Happy Wine but don't know much about it. Would you share a bit?
20th Anniversary steak dinner in Miami!
I second Bourbon and Red- both excellent. Also, Kane Steakhouse in Miami just opened. Fab steaks in line with the best I've ever had, duck fat hashed browns, fried s'mores. Love the place and highly recommend.
Miami's Hidden Gems and Hole in the Walls?
Always love these "hidden gem" posts. Not exactly a "hole in the wall" but a great venue, try Indomania for Indonesian food, Hy Vong on Calle Ocho for Vietnamese and Sushi Deli on 79th Street for fabulous and cheap Japanese.
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Sushi Deli
1412 79th Street Causeway, Miami Beach, FL 33141
Indomania
131 26th St, Miami Beach, FL 33140
Vic and Angelo
I tried the Delray location in the spring and service and food were beyond reproach. I would go back. I was hopeful that this location would be just as good.
My experience at the MB location was stupefying and uncomfortable.
I don't mind spending money at dinner but I want to feel like a welcome guest. With so many good resto choices in Miami and MB, I can't see going to a place like this. Better to go nearby to Kane Steakhouse for a truly wonderful ambience, great service and stellar food.
I'll leave this place to the cast of Jersey Shore.
Vic and Angelo
Where to begin?
After finding our reservation for dinner, the pretty but vacant hostess led us to two seats on an ALREADY occupied sofa near the curb.
We politely declined and said we would rather wait for a table (don't mind me, I don't like to balance my dinner on my lap). She seemed flummoxed by our request.
Thirty minutes later...
As we were being led to our table in the interior of the restaurant, a woman who had already dined said to us, "Don't eat here." Always a fine sign of things to come.
We were seated in the weirdest seats- two giant red plastic chairs ( the only ones of their kind) that did not exactly fit the table. My dining companion and I had to awkwardly reconfigure the table and chairs so that there was some semblance of a fit and we could center ourselves.
Only when we were situated did we notice the jagged piece of wood on the side of our table. We had to carefully readjust ourselves once again in order to avoid getting splinters.
We waited patiently for our waiter to appear and order water. This only took 30 minutes.
Finally, the waiter appeared and we were able to order two glasses of wine and water. We had hoped to ask questions about the menu but he turned on his heel and left before we could ask for recs. When he approached again, he didn't make eye contact and gruffly asked what we wanted.
Since the Top 40 was ear splitting, I just decided to order without asking questions. Also, my dining companion and I sensed he hated us, hated being there, and would rather go back to his line of work euthanizing animals in Germany. (Here, I am taking liberties but this would be a good job for him.)
We had our first appetizers, a very greasy, bread-crumby artichoke and a salumi platter. Both were mediocre.
Bread was finally brought and it was actually quite tasty. The salumi platter had three types of meat and a rather glum serving of cheeses cut into bite size squares and served with an unidentifiable sour conserve, honey and grapes that were sweetened and treacly.
Seated next to us during the appetizer course were two women I can only assume had gotten off their first shift on Collins Avenue. The moment they came in, the manager or one of the owners (hard to say since there were several men with slicked back hair in suits who walked around pretending to be very, very busy) doted on them. They had shots delivered immediately followed by at least three rounds of Long Island Iced teas.
Our table became even less serviced when these ladies sat down. The manager or owner sat down with them and read them the entire menu. (We were not clear if they could read.) They bobbled up and down to Rihanna and Fifty Cent songs and our Teutonic waiter actually kept checking on them. At this point, we were looking imploringly around, hoping for our entree, a refill of wine, a smile. Anything, really.
When my companion's filet arrived, my pizza was no where to be found. It took an additional twenty minutes for my pizza (a salty Sicilian style eggplant pizza) to reach the table. Once there, the busser had no idea where to put it and actually spent the next five minutes trying to make sure the nearby table of two people making out wouldn't accidentally hit it with an elbow.
Finally, he found space and then discovered I had no plate. Awesome.
I could go on and on but I won't. Dinner took three hours. It was so mediocre. Prices are too high. The scene is cheesy and ridiculous. The place lacks class and the food lacks substance. The music is way too loud and the management seems to only want to please you if you can work a pole.
Never again.
Marumi Sushi or Yakko San?
Marumi all the way. As much as I want to like Yakko, I just don't. I've ordered nearly everything off the menu and don't come away with a sense of it being anything other than mediocre. I really, really want to like it.
Marumi I tried once, but was thoroughly impressed with the freshness.
Kane Steakhouse
I was impressed. We had the crab cake and the duck fat potato chips as apps. The chips came with a salsa and a cheesy dip that my husband almost drowned in. I'm not a chip person but my hub was obsessed with the chips and almost snapped at the poor waiter when he tried to remove it to make room.
The steak was perfectly cooked and luscious and the miso marinated cod was pretty good (not sublime or great but pretty good).
As if that weren't enough, we split the fried s'mores for dessert. It was, as you can imagine, very good. My husband went back with a buddy and was equally impressed.
crumb on parchment?
Tried it twice in the last few weeks. The first time, my dining companion, a veggie, and I shared the tofu and tuna salads. The tuna was deliciously prepared with fresh herbs but the salad leaves were slicked with oil and the leaves were a gloppy, limp mess. Same with the tofu salad. The tofu and mushrooms were artfully perched on leaves overcoated with oily dressing.
Since we were "good" (oily dressing notwithstanding) for lunch, we split a coconut cake. I have to say, this was the best part of the meal. Moist and wonderful. Like eating a hug.
I returned for coffee and desserts with a friend this week and was sad to see no coconut cake. We split a chocolate chip cookie (I was told it was baked with whole wheat flour) and a walnut brownie. The cookie was beautifully studded with chips but was not terribly good. I've baked with whole wheat flour in the past and tend to like what it adds to the final product. Though it pains me to say this, I've had better brownies from the box.
Based on our small sampling, I think cakes may be the way to go here.
Where to take my grandmother in South Beach?
Joe Allen might be a decent pick. They have classic food and the ambience is good for families, younger and older folks.
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Joe Allen Restaurant
1787 Purdy Ave, Miami Beach, FL 33139
Young ...energized breakfast places?
I'm in love with Sakaya Kitchen. Pork buns are dee-lectable, as is pretty much everything else on the menu. It's in Midtown in Miami.
Anyone been to Wine Depot and Bistro 555 in Miami Beach?
I'm curious to know what it's like....
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Bistro 555
15651 Sheridan St, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33331
