Not to be confused with FlossFish nor the dental floss fish (AKA Hawaiian cleaner wrasse), stir-fried shredded marlin fish floss is supposedly something used in Asian cooking, though we’ve never seen it on any local menus. It can be found in Asian markets, most often in clear plastic tubs or…

​”Hey, no photos taken inside the restaurant, OK?” we were told as we sat down in a cushiony white booth to dine at the new Martorano’s in the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. It seems someone near the entrance must’ve ratted me out once they noticed I was snapping…

Potato chips aren’t really a hard sell. Sure, some like ridges, some like baked versus fried, and some prefer original instead of the flavored varieties, but Calbee’s seaweed and salt flavored potato chips could be the next big thing. Really!…

​Some days are just hard to top — especially when the Outlook calendar reads: “Dream Car tour” at 3 p.m. and “Dinner at Lamborghini Café” at 8. Talk about two great reasons to wake up, even on a rainy day… Any occasion that begins by driving not one but six…

​Seems it’s that time of year again when everybody is coming down with a bug of some sort, flu, cold, what-have-you, so testing out hard candies “mit Vitamin C” seemed a timely, welcome task. Well, at least it was easy to assume that the contents were going to be candy,…

Haven’t met Mochi yet? Well, it’s probably time you did, since this Asian item seems to be quickly making its way into the vernacular of foodies around the States. It has shown up on dessert menus, stuffed with ice cream, at various sushi and Thai restos around town and was…

Let’s start this one off with the label’s conundrum. First we’ve got corned beef “with juices” from a brand called Jamaican Country Style. Do Jamaican country folk eat this stuff? Anyone? Bueller? And it’s labeled “Product of Brazil.” Hmmm. Do Jamaican country folk living in Brazil eat this stuff? Any…

Shrimp chips may not seem so foreign — after all, they used to be served at Chinese restaurants long before those crunchy little brown noodles we’ve come to expect. But plenty of people have never tried these funky, crunchy treats, which may cause a new addiction.The first thing anyone notices…

Granted, it’s tough to justify the $212.50 ticket price for the Grand Tasting Tent if expecting to get the food value equivalent, but if you’re willing to pay the price for an experience and an all-out tasting orgy, you got it. Now we weren’t able to try every last morsel and…

After trying the smoked eel last week, nothing was gonna stop me from prying open a can of smoked mussels next. But after seeing the orangey-green oily film on the peeled-back lid, my enthusiasm was put on pause. Sure, the sound of the top popping and the “pssshhhhttt” pulling sound…

So you shelled out $350-$450 for tickets to BubbleQ at the South Beach Wine & Food Festival, eh? Well, if you want to get your money’s worth, we suggest you start with a visit to Steve Martorano’s table. Yeah, we know you’ve probably tasted his famous meatballs by now, and…

Eel doesn’t really look like any other fishy-type thing served at a sushi restaurant. But having it delivered warm and covered in that sweet eel sauce atop a dragon roll is quite different from attempting to eat it from a can. The packaging looked innocent enough, and besides the eel,…

If there’s one food trend that never seemed to gather much steam in America, it’s the chew-while-you-drink deal. I can’t say this really surprises me, though I was one of the first (and still remaining) huge fans of bubble tea. So it was with only slight trepidation that I threw…