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Dining in Key West
Num Thai on Key Largo is pretty autentico. My wife is not South Asian, but we found it to be on par with many of the good Thai spots in New York City. I will take your word on Key West. Miami is a desert for good Thai spots, although there is some good fusion and I know the real thing is happening in Broward.
New version of Latin American Cafe in Brickell disappointing
The Coral Way Latin American is on about 15th and Coral Way. It's got a nice indoor lunch counter and tables and a shaded patio.
New version of Latin American Cafe in Brickell disappointing
Checked out the new Latin American in Mary Brickell Village. Very disappointing. The parent resto, Latin American Cafe on Coral Way, is the classic Cuban lunch counter experience, with great, juicy, Cuban sandwiches, Caldo Gallego, and a repertoire of other classics. It is casual and you feel like everyone is part of one big family.
They really got it wrong in the new Brickell venue. First, they lost all the atmosphere and tried to brickell-ize into a fancy night spot for bankers and their trophy babes. Even worse, the food was terrible. I mean, please tell me you can at least make a decent Cuban sandwich--this was a dried up piece of ham on stale bread that I could barely swallow. The caldo gallego tasted like someone accidentally opened a salt shaker into it. It is too bad that restauranteurs can't just do what they do best, instead of trying to do what all the other spots around them are doing. Let's try to inject a little humanity into this neighborhood. And the next time I hear Bambolero by the Gypsy Kings I am going to vomit. It was good the first one thousand times I heard it in the nineties, but let's change up the pace already. Sorry for the rant but I actually care about Miami not being a parody of itself.
I went back to the original on Coral Way and order the same thing, just to check. It was great.
Banh mi in the plateau area?
I wish there was a good Bahn Mee place on Mont Royal. Instead we have these multi-asian joints. In reply to the greater strand, it seems like it's turned into a transportation sermon rather than locating the crunchy pork sausage carrot chili sauce and more on fresh baguette that any self-respecting vietnamienne could whip up.
Which are the best shops up on Jean Talon. I'm new on the Plateau. I'll check out Cafe Tropique.
