Restaurant Reviews
When a craving for tacos hits, no ordinary taco will do. This was the predicament that I found myself recently. It was a Tuesday afternoon, and the workday had been particularly long and eventful. Well, I needed no other excuse than that to treat myself to tacos on Taco Tuesday. So began my quest to
Before a certain ramen place opened up in Brickell, my experiences with ramen were limited to the cheap kind that comes in packets. You probably know the kind. That stuff has kept many college kids from starving to death. Hell, it even got me through a rough patch post-college. For a few months, my diet
Ah, burgers. Like most “All-American” foods, burgers are basically a balanced meal. You’ve got all of the primary food groups: meat, dairy, vegetables, fruit (yes, tomato is a fruit), and grain. It’s the balanced meal that you can hold in your hand! What more could you possibly ask for? Okay, maybe a delicious burger that’s
Decent Mexican food is very hard to come by in South Florida. Sure, there are pockets here and there, as well as the occasional “hidden gems,” but stellar Mexican food is not something that South Florida is known for. It sucks for people like me, who would eat tacos several times a week if I
In Miami, it’s sometimes hard to find a restaurant that specializes in one specific type of cuisine. Being the melting pot that it is, a lot of restaurants end up being “fusion” restaurants, or restaurants that offer dishes that originated in different countries. “Latin” restaurants will usually be a combination of Cuban cuisine and any
Japanese Peruvian fusion restaurants are a dime a dozen in Miami these days, and with good reason. Peruvian food has a lot of Japanese influences. I had been eyeing Sokai for a while, and even walked in once to take a look at their menu and felt my jaw drop at their prices. Still, I
Zest is the sister restaurant of Ortanique on the Mile, which I enjoy very much. It opened up not too long ago downtown, and I really wanted to check it out and see if it was as good as Ortanique. It’s August in Miami, which means it’s Miami Spice time. That seemed like a perfect
When I first discovered Mojo Donuts, I felt like I had struck gold. But, despite being an amazing donut shop, it is also about an hour away from where I live. So, when Honeybee Doughnuts opened in South Miami, I thought that my days of driving to Pembroke Pines for doughnuts were finally over. The
I’m not sure how it works in other parts of the country, but Miami has a penchant for hiding snazzy little restaurants in place where you would least expect them to be. That’s where Olivos comes in. It’s a small Argentinian-fusion type restaurant located in a shopping plaza that contains one a very poorly organized grocery
Super Arepa, located around Kendale Lakes, is a counter-service joint that serves Venezuelan-style casual fare. As the name implies, their signature offering is the Super Arepa, an arepa (you remember what an arepa is, don’t you?) stuffed with your choice of meat, pico de gallo, grated cheese and special house sauce. I had heard Super