LOCAL ALERT! New place in SoBe worth checking out. Desserts here are OUT OF CONTROL. See them below. To read a whole lot more about the restaurant and chef visit the other blog I write for HERE.
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Miami Spiced: Hakkasan
After narrowing down our Miami Spice list, hubs and I landed on Hakkasan, Makoto, Gotham Steak and Catch. I really love this article posted on Thrillist on the top best values. This past weekend we went to Hakkasan for lunch. Not many restaurants offer lunch, let alone offer it on a Saturday.
What I love about this restaurant’s spice deal is that they give you multiple apps and entrees, no need to pick just one. Where I think we went wrong was choosing lunch over dinner. Frankly, the dinner menu sounds much better. As well, the restaurant is lined with gorgeous floor to ceiling intricate wood paneling. This eliminates any view or terrace option, so we really weren’t able to take advantage of the gorgeous day and scenery.
Oh and the food, well, here is the rundown:
HAKKA SIGNATURE COCKTAIL – A delightful lychee cocktail that’s velvety texture had me taking this one down like I was partying at LIV.
DIM SUM COMBO – Really unique dim sum. I was particularly impressed with the steamed mini char siew bun (precious white pillow in the picture).
BARBEQUED COMBO – Great BBQ items, nothing really else to say here.
CRISPY SEABASS IN ORANGE SAUCE – Orange sauce tasted more like a mango sorbet, I felt it didn’t really compliment the battered Seabass either.
STIR-FRIED SHANGHAI BAK CHOI WITH GINGER OIL – Nothing fancy.
NOODLES (Spicy sesame bean curd skin cheung fun) – You gotta be open-minded for this one, which I wasn’t really feeling that day.
MANGO CUSTARD – The coconut sorbet made this dish!
WHITE CHOCOLATE PANNA COTTA – I thought the white chocolate was a brilliant panna cotta idea – great combination of flavors.
Restaraudit: Lucali
Miami’s has had some nice little New York additions in recent years. Catch. Shake Shack. Mercadito. Serendipity. Il Mulino. Mr. Chow. Cipriani. (Just to name a few) The most recent being Lucali, a classy pizza joint from Brooklyn. I went recently with my hubs and here’s what we had to say.
1. Pizza – Sumptuous cheese lightly layered on their chewy crust. The only downfall was the crust/topping ratio – as you can see in the photo some edges were just much too wide.
2. Ambience – So Brooklyn.
3. Price – You might feel a little bad about how much you pay for this pizza. The place is cool, the service is great and the food is good, but my heart ached a bit when I got the bill. It’s pizza, not wrinkle reducing pizza.
Lucali – Pepperoni Halfsies
Restauraudit: Wok Town
Decided to try Wok Town, a noodle bar near Lincoln road, after a movie the other night. Service is quick and the food is served hot. Good flavors but nothing to write home about. They do deliver so I may be hitting them up again, the salads looked quite appetizing so next time I’ll likely try one of those. My husband and I ordered the following:
Chicken lettuce wraps – a little different from what I was expecting, it was more of a ground meat concoction
Crispy brussels sprouts – these were very fried so much so that they weren’t green anymore. quite tasty but I wouldn’t call this a healthy side
Gyoza – we ordered the steam pork gyoza, lacked some flavor in the meat filling
Sunny Apples 