Shishito peppers have been a staple on many restaurant menus for several years, especially up-scale Japanese and Asian fusion restaurants (most notably Nobu). There are appearing more and more at main stream restaurants – so we want to provide some background,...
For the purists, great sushi needs very little sauce or flavor – the fish and the rice need to be the central, focal point of each morsel. Soy sauce, a bit of wasabi, and some pickled ginger afterwards is the limit for many sushi foodies. The mold was broken by...
Norman’s in Orlando is one of the most highly touted restaurants in this land of mouse ears and roller coaster rides. Norman Van Aken is a self-trained, world renowned, James Beard Award winning chef – and we were wondering, during a recent trip, if all...
One of the busiest days at any good restaurant is Valehttp://theseriousfoodie.net/wp-admin/post.php?post=25&action=edit#ntine’s Day – which we always avoid. But the day after is my wife’s birthday, which we can’t avoid. The Maritana Grille...
