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August Events 2015

August 9, 2015 By Eleanor Hoh Leave a Comment

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MIAMI SPICE
August 1 – September 30
Miami-Spice

Miami Spice is here! It’s a great way to get introduced to restaurants you normally would find a bit pricey. Lunches run $23 and dinner $39 for 3 courses.  Be sure you reserve and mention Miami Spice menu and notice the list on their site is divided for lunch and dinner! Not all restaurants are doing both.
We were invited to a tasting at Quality Meats and it was off the charts! This restaurant would be my top pick if you are an carnivore!  Here’s what I thought about it!
Also check New Times and Miami Herald for their take on Miami Spice!
Another of my favs is Hakkasan not so much for their dim sum since they already do a super weekend dim sum lunch for about the same price but for dinner, it’s a steal!  Take a look at my last HOH WOK CLUB gathering at Hakkasan for Chinese New Year Yum Cha and everyone adored it, what a deal.
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It’s a gathering at restaurants for folks who enjoy Asian culture and cuisine. I work with the chef and come up with a tasting sampler that reflects their cooking style and at a great value.
 
Feast Miami: Vegan Flavors of India
Sat. August 15, 6-9pm
$60 pp
Locust Projects
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FEAST Miami is a series of vegan pop-up events at art venues to financially support new & emerging creative projects. Artists & small arts organizations are invited to present a simple proposal for an art project. A group of panelists will select FIVE (5) finalists to present their project at FEAST. The eventgoers will vote for the project to be funded.
Projects are innovative, feasible and impact the community. The meals will be healthfully prepared with organic and locally sourced foods by Chef Loren Pulitzer of Meals That Heal.
PechaKucha-Obscura-flyerPecha Kucha: Obscura
Wednesday, August 26, 6:30-10pm
Deauville Beach Resort
FREE EVENT
PechaKucha Nights are informal and fun gatherings where creative people get together and share their ideas, works, thoughts, holiday snaps — just about anything, really — in the PechaKucha format of 20 seconds talk to 20 slides.
PechaKucha Miami in collaboration with Fordistas will feature six local luminaries who will bring to life some of the city’s lesser known stories in short presentations less than six minutes each. Won’t you join us for a night of Miami Obscura?

Filed Under: blog, Miami Events Tagged With: 'Miami Spice', "Feast Miami", "miami events", Pecha Kucha Miami, restaurant

Wok Town, South Beach

July 12, 2013 By Eleanor Hoh Leave a Comment

I am not a fan of Chinese food in Miami, it’s full of MSG, way too salty and every dish arrives swimming in brown goopy sauce.  And tonight proved to be the same old repertoire at Wok Town in South Beach!  Too bad, because they actually do a nice job with their concept which is pick your protein and choose your sauce. I prefer the downtown location with very zen white and orange decor and wonderful large scale photos.  The South Beach location has dark wood and black chairs which are not very cheerful and it’s dark in there!

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They’ve expanded the menu and added a few more salads. I saw Chicken Satay Appetizer $5.95 with crispy noodles. Sounds good but not sure about the portion or flavor. All the satays I’ve had outside of Asia usually uses chicken breast! It’s dry, rubbery and tasteless because they don’t marinade it properly and leave in one slab stabbed on a skewer.

With the Groupon deal, we had to purchase two entrees, so we opted for Mongolian Pork $10.95 and Bulgogi Steak Salad $12.95. My hubby loves Crispy Brussel Sprouts, so we ordered that as well. Major disappointment, small plate for $5.95 again swimming in way too much sickly sweet sauce. There was nothing Mongolian about the Mongolian Pork, no hint of spiciness or Szechuan flavors, just more brown goopy sauce. I guess it was accentuated because we didn’t have rice to sop it up. The pork tasted like it was Chinese Char Siu (roast/BBQ pork), we just had a nibble because we decided to take this home.
The Bulgogi Steak Salad ended up being the best dish! It was a good portion enough to share.  The skirt steak was nicely grilled and very tasty, not chewy.  Good presentation in a large orange rectagular bowl, salad was simple field greens with chopped scallion, shredded carrots and sliced cucumbers with side of kimchi and bulgogi dressing.  Definitely would recommend this dish.
Other dishes I’ve had downtown was Singapore noodles and pan fried pork Gyozas, both were pleasantly yummy. This was quite a few years’ ago though, so don’t hold your breath. The minute they change chefs, you just never know what to expect.  I think the South Beach chefs need to back off on their salt, sauce and sweet, the three ‘s’!
My hubby always says, when you go to a Chinese restaurant, you have to have the Fortune Cookie.  I liked that fortune: “You are an exciting and inspiring person”!
Wok Town on Urbanspoon

Wok Town
south beach
1570 Alton Road,
Miami Beach, FL 33139
and
downtown
119 SE 1st Ave,
Miami, FL 33131

 
 
 

Filed Under: Asian themed restaurants, blog, Chinese food, restaurant review Tagged With: 'restaurant review', "Chinese food", restaurant

Joe's Tiki Grill & Sushi Bar

July 7, 2013 By Eleanor Hoh Leave a Comment

When there’s a nice breeze and not too humid, it’s good to take advantage of it! So we headed to Joe’s Tiki Bar & Sushi Grill in Hollywood. It’s a funky Tiki hut on the water, my hubby said it reminds him of the Keys. There were huge catfish, obviously getting too well fed. So enjoyable watching boats going by.
We always order cheese burger & salad to share. It’s adequate, nothing special. Their menu is not cheap (above $20 entrees for lunch) for a funky place but burger is under $10, comes with slaw and pickles. We swapped fries with sweet potato fries for $1, so worth it, yum!
Live music started kicking in, two vocalists with sultry voices provide entertainment from 2-8 Sundays.
I much prefer this place to the over rated Le Tub next door!
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Filed Under: blog, lunch, restaurants Tagged With: burger, grill, lunch, restaurant, waterway

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