Tag: Florida
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Jaleo by José Andrés
My last evening here in Orlando. I did see Jaleo and didn’t see anything else that looked interesting nearby. Plus it was Spanish food once again and I’ve certainly enjoyed the other José Andrés restaurants to which we’ve been. Jaleo in the Cosmopolitan always looked pretty good and we just never got around to eating
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Ale & Compass Restaurant
Since I was in Orlando for the conference, I coincidentally had 2 coworkers who lived in Orlando and were willing to come out for lunch. I asked to eat somewhere within walking distance of the conference (it was at Disney properties) and Kevin (who I never previously met in person) picked this place in the
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Capa
This was the only Michelin starred restaurant in the area near Disney other than Victoria & Albert’s (on waitlist) without having to go into downtown Orlando. It was a plus for me that it was Spanish cuisine. I took my Uber straight from the conference to the restaurant in Golden Oaks. Golden Oaks turned out
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Four Flamingos, A Richard Blais Florida Kitchen
I had just flown into Orlando and after straightening out some mishaps with my hotel, I was ready to eat. I always want some reasonably decent, so this looked like a good option…listed in the Michelin guide, restaurant from Richard Blais, but I did notice while making my reservation on OpenTable that it was only
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Coolinary and the Parched Pig
I wanted to spend a little more time with Trisha before she dropped me off at my hotel for my conference. I looked for some places for dinner on Eater and on the Michelin guide and we both thought Coolinary looked good. They didn’t have a reservation available indoors on Resy, so I called them
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Rodizio Grill
This was our (my sisters, my parents, and me of course) chance to have dinner altogether. We went to the Brazilian churrascaria a short drive from Naples. Salad bar was of course quite extensive. The meat was definitely better than the last time I went to a churrascaria (Fogo de Chao in SF during RSA
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Steamers of Naples
We were just grabbing a quick lunch. We ordered some fired clam strips to start. I had the lobster roll with my sides being slaw and french fries/onion rings combo. Lobster wasn’t dressed in any way and it was a fairly small lobster roll. It did come with a side of clarified butter which I
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Sushi-Thai Too
Had dinner out with my sister Ginny, visiting from Lanzarote, and my parents. Went to one of their usual places, Sushi-Thai. Not surprisingly, their menu has both Thai food and sushi, I’m guessing to better appeal to the locals with a pan-Asian menu (I’m also assuming that Japanese cuisine is more popular/mainstream than Thai). I’m
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Schnitzel Haus
Matthias wanted to eat here and for good reason! We also were all interested in having something different and since we don’t often eat out for German food (last time for us was at Suppenküche 6 months ago). Restaurant was fairly small with about 10 tables. We were seated with two square tables put together
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District Table & Bar
After the Lily’s Baccalaureate, we went to District Table & Bar for dinner. Andrea and I each ordered their Harlot’s Martini which is a dirty martini made with Dolin vermouth, goat cheese stuffed olives, lemon oil. Andrea had hers made with vodka (Ketel One) and mine was made with Tanqueray gin. Pretty tasty. The goat