I’ve been hearing anecdotally for years that sushi chefs reserve their best fish for favored customers. That’s why whenever I go for sushi, I always sit at the bar, to watch the chef and scope out the seafood. I order from the board, if there is one. Or I ask…
Reopened under the aegis of a new family and staff last year after the previous owner, Ray Ng, was shot and killed during a robbery, this 18-year-old Hong Kong-style restaurant in a Tamarac strip mall remains essentially unchanged, much to the relief of local foodies addicted to the restaurant’s pan-fried…
The Orlando Sentinel reported yesterday that mega-restaurant heavy Darden Restaurants, which owns Red Lobster, Season’s 52, Capital Grille, and Olive Garden, is in deep fish poo: There just isn’t enough seafood left in the ocean to supply this massive chain with the lobsters, cod fillets, and shrimp they need. Darden…
I love to serve them roasted.It gives them a more robust taste.A wonderful side dish would be ravioli with boletus –truffles with wild mushroomsor chanterellesdepending on the season.But you need a good pigeon.It must be meaty or it’ll dry out.You could also cook them in a pig’s bladderin Madiera, cognac,…
“Without question the greatest invention in the history of mankind is beer. Oh, I grant you that the wheel was also a fine invention, but the wheel does not go nearly as well with pizza.” –Dave Barry…
When we search Broward and Palm Beach counties for winners for our Best Of edition, we eat and drink all in the name of our readers. Even with all our hard work, though, we can’t know it all. So every year, we invite our readers to submit their favorites in…
Hypocrite, n. One who, professing virtues that he does not respect, secures the advantage of seeming to be what he despises. –Ambrose Bierce, The Devil’s Dictionary Chris Consentino and Mark Pastore’s taking on of the anti-foie gras jihadis, posted here, took more stones than you…
The World’s Six Most Expensive Foods Are:1. A part of a flower.2. A nut.3. An animal cell.4. A fungus.5. A berry.6. A tuber.Can you guess what they are without Googling? Hit the jump to find out…
“I tell you it will be more tolerable for the Fejee that salted down a lean missionary in his cellar against a coming famine; it will be more tolerable for that provident Fejee, I say, in the day of judgment, than for thee, civilized and enlightened gourmand, who nailest geese…
Saturday May 16, 6:30 p.m.Beer versus Wine at Cook’s Inc.Here’s a novel idea. A four-course meal with both wine and beer pairings. Cook’s Inc. at Abacoa is putting on the event, wherein diners will decide whether they prefer the craft beer or the Spanish wine with each course. On the…
Call me late to the party, but I just stopped in to Chef Chris Consentino’s site, Offal Good, to read up on what I’ve missed lately in the world of innards. Back in March, Consentino responded to a letter and phone call from one particularly infuriated “customer” questioning whether the…
Who said this about which kind of liquor? “The evil effects of drinking it are apparent: utter derangement of the digestive system, weakened frame, limp muscles, pappy brain, jumpy heart, horrible dreams and hallucinations, with paralysis or idiocy to bring down the curtain.” To find out, click here…
“Hors d’oeuvre: a ham sandwich cut into 40 pieces.” — Jack Benny…
And you thought the best thing about Mother’s Day was the satisfaction you get from making your mom feel like the most special lady on Earth, for at least the course of one homemade brunch. Actually, the best part is the leftover bacon — enough fatty, crispy slices of swine…
You’d think Clean Plate Charlie and friends would be chillin’ all the time now, the way restaurants are rolling out the happy-hour specials, even extending our ecstasy well beyond the usual 5 to 7 window. Kona Grill, for example, the national chain offering a menu where “East Meets West: They…
I walked into Sonny’s Famous Steak Hogie shop in Hollywood around 3 p.m. on a Saturday. I was expecting the place to be empty as not many rational people choose cheese steaks as their midafternoon snack. Sonny’s was most certainly not empty. About half of the tables were occupied and…
Thanks to The Chowfather for the reminder that the Zagat Guide is now soliciting votes for the best restaurants in Broward and Palm Beach counties. Log on here to vote; you have to register first but it doesn’t cost anything. You can vote on as many restaurants as you have…
Most of us have at least one or two “fond memories” (which may be code for: burned into the brain traumas) of Mother in the kitchen — whether she was a gourmet cook or a baked-beans-in-a-can afficionado. My own mom was no great whiz at the stove. We ate a…
“My mother was a good recreational cook, but what she basically believed about cooking was that if you worked hard and prospered, someone else would do it for you.” — Nora Ephron…
Although Clean Plate Charlie is the only food blog you really need to read daily, some people just can’t get enough. Here are some highlights of other local food blogs:Stuff Your Face, aside from having an awesome banner picture, also features fun write ups of taco trucks and the like…The…
Think you’re an expert on sushi because you’ve eaten 4,000 California rolls? Your local sushi chef would beg to differ. See, he’s been studying fish intensively for about as long as you’ve been alive; and on the other side of the world, the Japanese generally agree that what this guy…
I’m not hallucinating, I promise. As if we hadn’t said quite enough about hamburgers on this blog, I just got word that the Hyatt Bonaventure in Weston is introducing a new Burgers and Brews menu at their Banyan Restaurant, where they’ve put together a lineup of Angus and Wagyu sammiches …
