As a countdown to the Best Of Broward Palm Beach 2010, coming in May, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to john.linn@browardpalmbeach.com.No. 33: Bimini Bread from Bimini BoatyardThis sweet, white Bahamian bread has been served at Fort…
I did it. In the interest of the blog (and curiosity), I tried the new KFC Double Down. The “sandwich,” featuring fried chicken breast strips in place of buns, is being marketed as an excessive, meaty, egregious offering. And it is. I ate one for lunch yesterday, and it was…
Pictured: The Prime CEO burger from the Office in Delray Beach, a sandwich so emblematic of the restaurant that it’s literally been branded with its logo. The burger is thick and steak-like and smothered with blue cheese, tomato confit, and — like almost everything else at the restaurant — bacon…
As a countdown to the Best Of Broward Palm Beach 2010, coming in May, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to john.linn@browardpalmbeach.com.No. 34: Georgia Pig’s Bacon Georgia Pig’s bacon is sliced thick and sizzled on the griddle,…
If you’re not a subscriber to our weekly Café Bites dining newsletter for Broward and Palm Beach counties, here’s a taste of what you missed this week. Click here to subscribe. You might think a name like Beerfest smacks of everything you need for a booming party. And you’d be…
Update: I just received word that the nutrition education director for the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, Susan Levine, has issued a letter to Yum! Brands Inc. (operators of KFC) urging the chain not to advertise the Double Down to children. The letter claims the fat-laden sandwich is a “troubling…
As a countdown to the Best Of Broward Palm Beach 2010, coming in May, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to john.linn@browardpalmbeach.com.No. 35: Tacos al Pastor from Taqueria Dona RaquelThere’s something awe-inspiring about meat roasting on a…
• Cynics among you (though certainly not Charlie) might consider it akin to choosing between typhoid and malaria, but the Hollywood City Commission has picked Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville over Sly Stallone and Bruce Willis’ Planet Hollywood to build a $100 million hotel/restaurant/resort complex on the city’s six-acre beachfront property at…
It’s pathetically easy to get depressed nowadays. Look at your bank account. Try to find a new job. Watch network television. Hell, just crawl out of bed in the morning. And here’s another one: Check out the produce at your local giantsupermegamarket. Talk about depressing. Fruits and veggies that look…
This week on the blog:Danish meatballs with a rock ‘n’ roll heritage in this week’s the Meatist.Two longtime SoFla restaurants, Las Olas Cafe and L’Anjou, close shop.Our 100 Favorite Dishes continue with an unconventional upside-down pizza, surf-and-turf sushi rolls, and yakitori Tokyo-style.We look back at the third-annual Blues, Brews, and…
If you’re in Fort Lauderdale and looking for lunch plans, think the car wash, where Latin Burger is making a rare Broward County stop today. Specifically, the Ultimate Car Wash at 321 S. Federal Highway.That’s according to Latin Burger’s Facebook page, where the Miami-based burger and taco truck has 2,700…
As a countdown to the Best Of Broward Palm Beach 2010, coming in May, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to john.linn@browardpalmbeach.com.No. 36: A Slice from Pizza RusticaStaring down the display of huge, square slices at any…
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…
As a countdown to the Best Of Broward Palm Beach 2010, coming in May, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to john.linn@browardpalmbeach.com.No. 37: Whole Fresh Fish from Marumi SushiPerhaps the most intriguing offer among all the exotic…
Sharpen your sweet tooth and consider making an appointment with your dentist if you plan on hitting up two coming additions to the dining mix at CityPlace. Sometime this month, look for the debut of Sugar Chef, a cupcake specialist and custom-cake design shop that will go into a tiny…
Ordering a plate of chicken curry with roti at Lovey’s Roti in Sunrise (8336 W. Oakland Park Blvd., Sunrise; call 954-741-9212) isn’t a one-step process. As in many of the dozens of West Indian-style eateries scattered throughout West Broward, questions abound: “Roti or rice?” Or “Wrapped or on the side?”…
Balti curry, while widely popular in the U.K., isn’t the most authentic of Indian dishes. Yet the version served at East Boca’s Curries and More is deeply satisfying, full of slow-blooming, peppery heat and the flavors of lemony coriander, musty cardamom, and a vindalooesque sour tang. It’s just one of…
As far as comfort food goes, macaroni and cheese is numero uno. Whether it’s straight from the box or whisked together from bechamel and shredded cheddar, the creamy pasta is a favorite at joints all across South Florida. But recently, two similar versions have popped up in downtown Delray Beach…
As a countdown to the Best Of Broward Palm Beach 2010, coming in May, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to john.linn@browardpalmbeach.com.No. 38: Surf and Turf Roll from Nectar LoungeThe sushi bar inside the Seminole Coconut Creek…
”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…
As a countdown to the Best Of Broward Palm Beach 2010, coming in May, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to john.linn@browardpalmbeach.com.No. 39: Yakitori from Heart Rock SushiThe streets near Shinjuku Station in Tokyo are famous for…
Roti, an Indian-style flatbread that’s pretty much a staple in West Indian food, is everywhere in South Florida. Little roti shops and curry huts specializing in the stuff can be found throughout Broward, especially the western stretches of Lauderhill, Margate, and North Lauderdale. But enjoying roti isn’t always as easy…
