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As a countdown to the Best of Broward Palm Beach 2011,
coming in June, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida.
Send your own nominations to Deirdra.Funcheon@BrowardPalmBeach.com.
No. 90: Pork Buns From Umi Fish Bar + Grill
It goes without saying that South Florida summers will be brutally hot and grindingly humid, that the weasels up in Tallahassee will stuff themselves with corporate cash like a bunch of human piñatas, and that anyone hungry for better-than-mediocre dim sum would probably have more luck finding snowmen on Ocean Drive.
Umi Fish Bar is no dim sum house, but you couldn’t tell by its
Chinese-style pork buns, light and fluffy pillows stuffed with chunks of
sweet-tangy-bacony Duroc (a heritage breed of pig) pork belly that
fully live up to the English translation of dim sum–“touch the heart.”
Of course, this being the USofA, where nothing succeeds like excess,
there’s a bit of gilt sent out with this lily–little puddles of fiery
sriracha and hoisin sauces, plus house-made pickles to cut that porky
richness. Sadly, though, South Florida summers will still be brutal, and
the Tallahassee weasels will continue to give greed a bad name.
Umi Fish Bar + Grill
2401 PGA Blvd., Palm Beach Gardens
Previous 100 favorite dishes:
No. 91: Mariquitas From Cabana
No. 92: Meatballs With Ricotta and San Marzano Tomato Sauce From Deck 84
No. 93: Crème Brûlée With Fruit Compote From Mojo
No. 94: Asparagus and Swiss Omelette From La Bonne Crepe on
Las Olas
No. 95: Pad Thai from Sukhothai
No 96: The Mother of All Burgers from Quickie’s Burgers & Wings
No. 97: Arancini Rice Balls from D’Angelo
No. 98: “Yum Yum” Korean Pork Tacos from Nacho Bizness
No. 99: Sauteed Gator Tail from Rosey Baby
No. 100: Vacio Steak from Angus Bar and Grill
Check out last year’s 100 Favorite Dishes.
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