Miami Meals - Fast Foods

Having a car when on vacation gives you the opportunity to accomplish so much and gives you the convenience of not having to depend on public transportation or a spending upwards of $10US one way!

The Taurus and the Garmin GPS gave us the confidence to roam anywhere at anytime as home was just a click and a couple turn by turn signal away.

We bought dozens of Krispy Kreme donuts and for anyone who has not had this taste experience I can declare you dont know donuts until you tries these bad boys. The first time I had them were a couple years ago when a good friend's aunt brought her a couple and she shared two with me. My God! 10-15 secs in the microwave and you are in Pastry Heaven. Forget what you have ever ate this is the Best Donut you will ever have! Its is my understanding that only thing that beats this is the experience of a Krispy Kreme donut directly from one of there bakeries. Until then .......

I am tired of being blitzed by KFC cable ads for Grilled Chicken as its not offered in Trinidad. Man! its like Original recipe on steroids!. It is high addictive and can be regarded as the methamphetamine of fried chicken. Wow that is some good smokey seasoned stuff. The Colonel should be promoted to commander and chief after creating this taste. Unlike Buckleys it tastes fantastic and its good for you or at least better than fried chicken.

If I did a questionaire to determine what people do at 2:30am, the # 1 response would be sleep except for Nymphos and teenagers with volcanic hormones eruptions. Well this guy was in Mc Donalds at a local Super Walmart picking up a Mc Rib sandwich (think I'm lying check the time on the watch next to the Taurus keys). To start I though this was going to be real ribs and not a patty. Can I say I was disappointed...yep a little but all in all the sandwich was okay at best. It was my least favorite experience but being able to cop one that hour of the morning with nuggets fries and APPLE PIES was AWESOMMMMEEE!

Did I mention how much I love Apple Anything?

Miami Meals - Red Lobster

On Sunday afternoon we had dinner at Red Lobster and this was an experience I have been yearning for since my very first visit to Miami.

Let me just say that all the hype displayed in their cable ads are absolutely accurate. The food was incredible starting with the cesar salad with croutons and cheddar cheese biscuits and that's just the appetizers which are in apparent endless supply. I have already replicated the biscuits a couple times since I have returned much to the delight of my fam and a few food fans at the office.

We ordered two platters as shown the pictures in this post and ended it all off with an Apple crumble cake with vanilla ice cream. The lobster and shrimps were wood grilled to perfection. The scampi and oh yes how could I forget. As an appetizer they served this kind a Shrimp Rocafeller all I can say is like Usher.....Oh My Gosh!

Miami Meals - Chili's

Wow! Its been a long time since I have updated the site. Time flies so quickly when your are having fun. Actually that's not the reason I have been away for so long..

As promised in my previous post I wanted to share all the food experiences I had while in Miami in November 2010. The trip was great and the seminar was quite beneficial and enlightening but the absoulute highlights of the trip were

1. The Food Experiences
2. Renting the 2010 Ford Taurus.

I would save the Taurus for another post and focus on the enchanting food experiences which I have separated into seven magnificient posts which starts and ends with Chili's.

For every trip that I have ever had to the US, one of the first meals I have is at Chili's. I make a bee line from immigrations directly to the restaurant on the second level. The mood is lively and the food is to die for.

I immediately got busy with a Country Smokehouse burger and some Burger Bites!

Magazines and Miami

I never thought of my dishes ever gracing the front page of a fancy food magazine until I saw a recent Barefoot Contessa episode and saw how much effort is put into making that perfect shot for the cookbook or the magazine that captures the attention of the reader.

Today I stumbled upon a very useful app that makes the dream possible with my simple 5 megapixel shots.

Take a look see ....Not bad huh!

This weekend I am flying to Miami with my family where we'll spend a couple days in Doral and then another few days in the heart of Downtown Miami in the swaggy spanking new JW Marriott Marquis.

I hope to cop tons of shots of all the food I always wanted to consume that are signature Americana. I hope to hit all the who is who if American Family Dining and capture all these shots for future reference when I attempt to Pseudo those mouth watering recipes for this site.

Look out for updates by the weekend of the 12th November.

This will truly be a Foodie November to Remember!

Peanut Butter Mini Cheesecakes....Butterfingers inside!!

Japanese Texan Chicken...let the powers combine!

I am usually confused by the chefs of Food Network when they make the statement that chicken is boring. I am like all my life I have had this meat in stews, baked, fried, sandwiches, pastries during the week, as Sunday meals and even as a substitute for the traditional bird at Christmas. So what's with all this no flavor?

To me the flavor is all in the seasoning - which goes way beyond boring salt and pepper.

For this oven fried chicken I seasoned the pieces generously with a Cajun rub, salt and crushed black pepper. They were then marinated in salad dressing before being coated by the secret ingredient in the yellow package in the background. Baked for 1.5 hrs at 180C. If you want the chicken to be a more moist go for 1 hour instead. But these were really really good.

Mixed Fruit Pseudo Cheesecake

Sometimes I am completely stunned by some of the desserts I create. In many instances the ingredients, colors, plating and especially the response from those who had the opportunity to share makes it all worthwhile.

This particular dessert is a spin on the traditional cheesecake recipe as it uses basically the same ingredients but in different proportions. As you can see the the fruit and crust are exaggerated as compared to the cheesecake centre.

The next time this is prepared I have to remember to add all fruits colors except red after the gel sets so that their vibrant colors are not thus adding more beauty to the dessert's presentation.