Saturday, September 29, 2012

Hello friends. My appetite for always resorts into me wanting more food. Well ladies and gentlemen.. in the case of man verses food.. Food won!!! 
 I was In shock that for $24.99 all you can eat Breakfast/Lunch and unlimited drinks until 3:30. I died and went to heaven that day. No joke.
Everything tasted so good. Nothing was short on flavor./

I can't describe what I had due to the fact that I was in a food coma for the whole day. But I believe the pictures are self explanatory   
 I swear I had this plate at least twice that day. That stuffed ravioli was DA BOMB!!!!!
 My dessert was light. I forgot to take a picture of the Canollis. They were bite size heaven in your mouth!!



I stuck to Bellini because it's the real thing. I had about 7 of these in 2 hours. Yes my liver was crying due to the fact that I had been inebriated the night before. 


I highly recommend going here with the family or with friends. With prices like that you can't find else where!!!!

Tuesday, September 25, 2012


Where do I begin. Well, the pizza we have below is a lobster pizza. I was not your average lobster pizza. The sauce was more of an Alfredo sauce, and the lobster and shrimp were coked to perfection. they weren't chewy as you's expect it to be from some places. over all I wanted more
 

Here we have my favorite item at the place. Chicken rolls are easy to mess up. Some placed don't make the rolls with sauce inside. Well my friends, the sauce is so flavorful  that they give you extra to dunk this awesome creation in. This log of chicken goodness was only $5 bucks... beat that any where else.

When I'm in the neighborhood, I do not hesitate to stop by this place. You won't either if you try it! Till next time happy eating!


 

Sunday, September 16, 2012

Hello all! Once again I have embarked on a road less ventured for experiences like the one I had here!!

Here is a Thai Ice'd Tea drink my friend had. Holy cow It was good. I had to refrain from stealing it from him. It was not sweet (Juust how I like my drinks) and it hid the alcohol very well. I would Highly recommend going here for this drink. ( I didn't even finish the blog and I'm recommending only a drink LOL)

Here was my drink. I forgot what it was called, but I do remember it had grenadine in it. It too wasn't sweet even though the color may be deceiving. The cherries on top packed a small punch if you weren't expecting it. (I wasn't) 

Here is a very cute appetizer. The Flaming Sticks. It was good both with the sauce and with out it. It had shrimp and some other seafood in there. can't really go into more detail other than it was good. 

Here we have an appetizer I was indecisive about. It was between this and another one that I eventually ordered later on. It was sort of like a potato quiche with curry and fresh peas.  The cucumber sauce was light and refreshing. too bad there was only two to share unlike the flaming sticks. It left me wanting  more!!


The dish I almost didn't get but ECSTATIC that I did. One of my favorite appetizer at a Thai place is curry with some type of bread to dip. This reminded me of my Favorite dish at another restaurant. This dish Made my day.  The Roti was flaky and soft in the middle like it's suppose to be. The sauce was inexplicably good!. So good it was used for another dish below. 



This had to be the smallest serving of rice known to man kind. And to the average Caribbean this is insulting!!!!!




The reason why I was Highly disappointed in the place lies beneath these words. This was their Flaming Chicken. The small presentation they had when lighting it on fire was the cheapest thing I've ever seen. But that wasn't why I didn't like it. The average foodie could tell just by the look of it that it lacked flavor. And Boy were my Taste Buds disappointed when that was the case. I swear it didn't have ANY salt or pepper. I asked the Waiter to change my dish he said "you ordered chicken right" I said Yes but this has no flavor what so ever..He said " But You ordered Chicken" 
I was waiting on him to say another sly remark...


Luckily My friends dish was pretty good. He had the Fried Tilapia over a bed of flat noodles in a red curry sauce. I had a few bites while the cook was making my next dish. I had a bright Idea to use the sauce from the Roti dish on top of the fish. Good Lord was that an IDEA. He liked it too and continued to use the rest of the sauce. Only thing I wish was more bread for dipping. 


After waiting 25 minuets I finally got a dish I was familiar with. which was green curry chicken. It was what I expected it to be. Nothing special really. But at least I had chicken with flavor. The whole time eating I was praying I didn't get sick later on.




But unfortunately I did an hour later. I had the worst headache of my life that day. It didn't go away no matter what I did. Could have been from mixing the drinks but two drinks never do that to me. And it could have been a curse put on me by the evil waiter. Who by the way wasn't Thai... Come to think of it, none of the staff were Asian, neither were the cooks when i stepped in the back to use the ladies room...

I would recommend this place for the appetizers and the drinks. Maybe I just had a bad reaction for standing up for my taste buds. Who knows maybe you'll have a better experience!!


www.lotusthaisd.com

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

I grew a green thumb this summer and I loved it. Among the various things that grew in my garden a few survived all the summer months and might carry onto the fall. (Fingers crossed.)

This is something I didn't expect to grow at ALL. My favorite vegetable (fruit) in the world. Okra. They are still growing my my garden. Haven't tried making them yet. i'm really waiting to see how big they can get most are at least 6 inches which is huge for that vegetable. 

My all time favorite herb Basil grew up to 4 feet from a measly 7 inches. That miracle grow worked wonders. I can't say I used it a lot this summer but my mom and a few family members did. I mean two 4 feet plants is more than enough for a lot of people to crank out their home made pizza or pasta dish. 


Eggplants are another awesome plant I grew this year, and which was one of my moms Favorite. She wasn't the most patient person when she saw them growing up to 10OZ each. She would invent an eggplant dish every day!! One minuet there would be none then then very next minuet I was able to harvest 4 or 5 of them from this one plant. Felt like a real live Farmville in my back yard!


Tomatoes was the big winner of them all. I had one plant that grew 7 feet tall and about 6 feet wide in less than a month. Once my mom saw how quickly the tomatoes grew she stopped shopping for them and made her own tomato paste, puree, and sauce. Not so sure how this plant will last during the fall but it was good while it lasted. 

Here is a bag full of what she collects in a weeks time. The cucumber was store bought not part of my garden. Althought I might end up planting that too next year. 

And lastly we have Green peppers. I bought a rainbow of peppers that all grew to store bought sizes. It was also another plant that grew up to 2 1/2 fee from a small pot. There was no reason to shop for produce this summer with my green thumb going hay wire. And the best thing about planting was the outcome. My mom was extremely happy with the amount of produce that produced out there!!!


Other items that I planted were:
Carrots :(Never grew)
Starberries (grew but never stood a chance with my neighbors)
Pears ( the tree grew up to 5 feet but only produced baby pears) 
Thyme ( still there and loving it)
Oregano ( didn't last with the tomato monster growing lol)
Rosemary ( great plant and wonderful in most of my chicken or steak dishes)
Watermelon ( started to grow then kids got to it)

I will do this again next year with more experience and a greener thumb. But till then I have to figure out what to do for the fall!!


Monday, September 10, 2012

Talk about a great night!!! 

We found this Bar in one of the shopping centers in Miami that was making $4 mojitos and Good Lord were they good. I had 2 and free samples which added up to 3 and 1/2. They freshly make the mojito in front of you with the sugar, mint and lime. There was an awesome dance that the bartenders did that captivated you and made you want to dance...








Wednesday, September 5, 2012


When I say favorite I mean Favorite. I ate this dish 4 times that day!!!




Just to give you a feel for what this dish actually contains:
Rice made with fried scallions and olive oil.
The beef stew had has string beans, coyote(vegetable) carrots, onions, spinach, tomato sauce and paste, and a few more veggies I an't remember
The white sauce you see is actually white bean sauce puree
in the Bean sauce there are a few seasonings, fried scallions, and home made potato dumplings (similar to Gnocchi) 

Holy cow I am craving this again. Takes about 3 hours or so for everything to come together but it's worth the wait!!!




Monday, September 3, 2012

Last night out on the town. It was a pleasure spending it with great people. But of course the food was even better!!!


Here we toasted our last free shot before we dug into out appetizer. It seemed like sex on the beach was the only free shot all the restaurants were willing to give...

Here we have an excellent spinach dip "creamy spinach dip
House made tortilla chips". It did not last more than 5 seconds before we all devoured. It was not your typical spinach and artichoke dip. It was fresh and light and that salsa was excellent as well. We all fought for the last bit of dip which I rose as victorious till the real food came along!!




Here we have one of my friends dish which was the linguine with shrimp. The fresh tomatoes and the shrimp went really well with the pasta. I wanted another bite but it I left him alone unlike with the plantain soup!!


Here was a dish I debated on trying and glad I didn't. It was the "Gnocchi Verdi ai Quattro for MaGGi Spinach & ricotta dumplings with four cheese sauce & roasted Parmesan tomato" The description sounds good but my friend wasn't pleased. I didn't get a chance to try it but she quickly traded her meal for something else. She was pleased with it and I didn't get a chance to get a snap shot of it. Sad that there was a Gnocchi in the world that failed! :(




Here was a dish my last friends had which was chicken and mushroom stuffed pasta. I didn't try it but she was in club paradise after the first bite. I was fully submerged in my dish that I didn't care to have a bite. Maybe next time i'll try it. 



Here we have my dish. When I say this was the bomb I mean it!!!.It was linguine pesto. My whole entire stay in Miami has lead to this awesome meal. I was more than pleased with this dish and all dishes I tried. Nothing made more more happy the whole trip than to just eat and enjoy what Miami had to offer! I'd love to go back again soon!










The Theme in Miami is mainly South American cuisine. Most of the dishes we had were of Hispanic decent and boy were we happy with this one. 




Here We have Empanadas.. it's like a patty but Spanish styled. The crust was made with corn meal and you could taste the freshness.. this was not stored in the freezer people!!. The chicken was perfectly seasons and that green sauce will knock your socks off. Literally I can't stand heat so I skimmed the surface to avoid my tongue getting burnt off. But all in all it was decedent. 




Here we have My Juice again freshly made Passion Fruit with milk. OMG was it good. Not as great as the one I had at Goyo but Any shake made with fresh fruit is a win to me. 


This was a Colombian beer that was good. It reminded me of Malta for those of you who know what that taste like with an extra fizz to it. 



This Soup was smack your mother good. So good that even though It wasn't mines or my other friends we kept stealing spoonfuls and topping it off onto our rice mountains. It was a plantain based soup with everything but the kitchen sink in it. It was extremely savory and I was almost about to order a bowl for my self!!


This dish came with the soup listed above. Both those dishes didn't stand a chance with one of my friends in front of it. I had a piece of that steak and it was melt in your mouth good. The stew was prepared really well. 



Me and my one of my friends had this (Pollo a la Plancha) OMG the onions made the dish!. They were sauteed and caramelized and beneath was the huge slap of chicken breast. to go along we dipped our Yucca sticks into the soup just because there was no chance it wasn't getting attacked a few more times. This dish was enough to feed two people and have them both full. I can still taste those awesome onions in there!




I highly recommend going here. It was by luck we stopped into here and we couldn't have been more satisfied!!


http://www.laventanarestaurant.com/

Sunday, September 2, 2012

This place was a nice and cozy spot that won the coin toss against another place. And we were happy with the decision!!!


We ordered a pitcher of white Sangria. It was light and refreshing. If I didn't know any better I'd say it was more of a Fresca than a Sangria but it was good. 



Here is one of my friends dish. She said it was good. I didn't try it but she got a sauce for it that was excellent on my dish below. 

Here we have a savory yet flaky Tilapia dish. OMG I love Fish and Tilapia is up there on my top 5 Seafood items. They really put their food in this dish. The lime wasn't needed but i did use a bit on the fish. I used the sauce that my friend had and it was like fairies dancing on my taste buds. I was extremely happy. The rice had a nice savory feel to it. Of course the Maduros was banging.. I don't think I ever had bad sweet plantains but with my luck someone will prove me wrong... 



I highly suggest going here if your in Miami. The staff is wonderful. The food is excellent and the atmosphere is homey!. Enjoy!!

Hello peeps!!! I'm back from a well deserved vacation from Miami and I have food upon food to bring you! 


We stumbled upon Goyo South Beach  after doing the tourist thing. Shopping looking at the locals and tourist as well as eating!!


We struck Gold when we heard they made natural juices. Boy did We fall in Love. With the taste buds running wild I was only able to capture my juice while the others devoured theirs. My juice was Passion Fruit. Freshly squeezed and boy did We want seconds. Among the other drinks that didn't make the photo shoot were Pine Apple and Mango and they were all GREAT!



Just Like the Drinks the food were hard to capture with our stomachs growling. I was able to capture my dish though. It was a Peruvian dish. The sauce was an egg curry sauce and boy was it delish!!! I wanted more between the juice and the sauce dear lord!. 



Here we are before I dug in and they all started digging into their meals. It was a great experience while doing the tourist thing


Can't forget the perk that lead us to this place. Although my liver couldn't stand another drink. If  you check into Yelp you get a specialty shot. This was a creamy yet liquidy shot that had both cinnamon and some type of pepper in it. It went down smoothly that I forgot it was alcohol My liver wasn't too upset with this :)


If your in the South beach area I honestly believe you need to check this place out. there are no If, Ands, or Buts about it!



Let's talk about food.
My favorite thing in the world!!! 
This place made me more than happy my entire stay of the trip. So happy that the I wanted to pack the dish i had to go home for a week!.

Below we all had the lunch special. Here my friend had the Salmon with the mash potato. Judging by the size he wasn't too pleased with the portion but the salmon was really flavorful at most. 

The STAR OF the SHOW was my Salmon Penne AL Vodka!!!!! HOLY batman I kid you not. The marriage of the two was the best thing since Bradjolina!!! The sauce was savory and a sweet after taste. There were real chunks of salmon in every bite. It it weren't for the swim suite season I would have ordered another plate. I had to fight off my friends from eating my plate!. 
On the very corner of the picture is the fries my friend ordered and he used the rest of the vodka sauce for dipping of the fries!! DELISH 

Here was a Ravioli stuffed dish. She wasn't to happy with the portion either but the bite that I had screamed flavor. Fresh tomato sauce, cheese which I believe was either cream cheese or rocotta, not really sure but it was good. Only complaint was the size and price but it was good!.

I don't really recall the exact name of the place but it was along the busy strip of South beach. When I go out there the first place i will find will be this one. With pictures in hand to relive that awesome moment once again.
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