Sunday, July 7, 2013

Best Places for Dessert in Orlando

Best Places for Dessert in Orlando

Yalaha - Cranberry walnut Creamcheese Cookie, Chocolate Chip Chai Cookie, Stollen with marzipan, Apple Normandy, Bear Claws, chocolate delight Cheescake, Fat Man's Misery

Dessert Lady - Carrot Cake, Key Lime Cake, 6 Layer Chocolate Cake, Chocolate Zucotto Cake, Red Velvet Cake, Cannoli Cake

Sister Honey's - Pecan pie, Vanilla bean pound cake, Coconut cupcakes, Chocolate chunk cookies, Snickerdoodles, Raspberry Cheese Pie

4delights - Shakes, Gelato & Smoothies

Peterbrooke - Chocolate Covered Popcorn, Chocolate Covered Bacon, Gelatos

Circosta's - Chocolate Seduction Cake, Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake, White Chocolate Earthquake, Chocolate Mousse Tart, Cannoli,Chocolate Eclairs

Briarpatch - Huge Slices of Cake and Peanut Butter Mousse Pie, Key Lime Pie, Homemade Ice Creams, Maple Bourbon Pecan Pie

Cask & Larder - Dessert menu varies but are usually very great, examples: Cronuts, Peach Cobbler, Meyer lemon tart, strawberry & cream parfait

Circosta's Italian Ristorante on Urbanspoon

Cask & Larder’s Southern Brewery & Kitchen on Urbanspoon

Saturday, June 29, 2013

Gringo's Locos coming to the Milk District

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=582249731798338&set=a.147428215280494.20985.110651085624874&type=1

Downtown Taco staple Gringo's Locos, famous for their awesome Double D Tacos, is coming to the Milk District according to their Facebook. No word on how this will affect The Food Truck Event Tasty Tuesdays in the Milk District.

Sunday, June 16, 2013

The Festival of Bacon October 5th 2013 Festival Park Orlando Florida

The Festival of Bacon will be October 5th 2013 Festival Park Orlando Florida 11am - 7pm

Music by Ben Prestage

Official Website:
http://festivalofbacon.com/

Twitter:
@festivalofbacon

Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Festival-of-Bacon/648924871789277

This one-of-a-kind event will boast over 30,000 samples of bacon wrapped treats for event goers to sink their teeth into. Bacon sampling will be made available from 11 AM to 7 PM, and the event will also include live music from various local artists, beers, and bacon-inspired cocktails.

Discounted, pre-sale tickets will be available at 6:00 PM on August 2, 2013. General admission for the event will be $25 for pre-sale tickets, and $35 during the day of the event. For more information, please email contact@festivalofbacon.com

The presale ticket site is here
http://festivalofbacon.eventbrite.com/

Monday, June 10, 2013

Orlando Restaurant News

Garibaldi Mexican Restaurant moves into larger space on 436/ Semoran http://goo.gl/fb/x5Au3 via ‏@OS_TheDish

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Beefy King will be celebrating it's 45th anniversary on June 15th by serving only the original "beefys" "hammys" "beefy spuds" at the original prices, drive thru will be closed. Open 11am-3pm or until supplies run out. More Details

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Yellow Dog Eats is a 2013 Tripadvisor Certificate of Excellence WINNER! Tripadvisor

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The city of Orlando has changed how the food trucks can operate within city limits, severely limiting the frequency and locations they can serve food. WFTV article

Show your support for the trucks here by liking their Facebook page Food Trucks for Fairness FoodTrucksForFairness

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Bumby Elevator Co, Eternal Tap's underground bar on Church St, will be changing to “Bumby Arcade” with vintage arcade games, craft beers
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Victoria & Albert's Gains its 14th Consecutive AAA Five Diamond Rating http://ow.ly/2xoAts via ‏@TheDailyCity
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Emma’s Sweets has a new storefront opening this summer at 1015 SR 436 (Summit Plaza) in Casselberry. honey caramels! Via @EdibleOrlando
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Orlando Weekly is having their 2013 Best of Orlando Poll right now, vote here: http://orlandoweekly.com/boo/vote

The Dessert Lady

The Dessert Lady has been around town in different locations for many years now(downtown and also on Kirkman). Not long ago she relocated her establishment to the Dr. Philips area. Recently she invited a group of local restaurant and food bloggers to an event at her new place so we could try her many delicious desserts.

The Dessert Lady herself, Patti, was there and she was quite charming and it was great to spend time chatting with her about her desserts and her business. Below are the pictures.

The Dessert Lady's one and only location is now at:
7600 Dr.Philips Blvd #78
Orlando, FL 32819
(407) 999-5696

Next to Chamberlins and Pinkberry.

Chocolate Zuccotto

Bourbon Pecan Pie

Tuesday, June 4, 2013

New restaurants in the Orlando area June 2013

Here are some new restaurants in the Orlando area.

Carmel Cafe Winter Park

Italio Kitchen

Avenue Gastrobar - bar & Gastro Pub in downtown Orlando

le gourmet break - Bakery Pastries and French Specialties in downtown Orlando

The Hyppo Artisian Ice Pops - Downtown Orlando gourmet popsicles

Chuan Lu Yuan - Sichuan in the Mills/50 district

Tartini Pizzeria & Spaghetteria - Belle Isle area

Sunday, March 3, 2013

Scott Joseph Pop-Up Dinner #2 at Quantum Leap Winery with East End Market

Saturday March 2nd, 2013, I attended the Scott Joseph Pop-Up Dinner #2 at Quantum Leap Winery with East End Market. "East End Market is a new up & coming public market opening in spring 2013 in the Audubon Park Garden District of Orlando. The market will showcase some of Central Florida’s top food entrepreneurs, tradespeople, artists, and chefs." Since East End Market isn't open yet they teamed up with Food Writer Scott Joseph and had a pop-up dinner at Quantum Leap Winery to showcase some of the chefs that will be serving food at the Market.

The featured chefs were Rhys & Alexia Gawlak of Cuts & Craft(appetizer & main course), Henry Salgado of Txokos Basque Kitchen and Spanish River Grill(Main Course), Elisa Scarpa of Fatto in Casa(Dessert) & Jamie McFadden of Cuisiners Catering(appetizers)

Learn More about the market Merchants:
http://eastendmkt.com/
http://cutsandcraft.com/
http://fattoincasa.us/
http://www.thespanishrivergrill.com/

I didn't get any photos of the appetizers but they were all really great, my favorite was the Smoked Duck "Ham Salad Sandwich" with roasted beet horseradish cream, Canadian bacon dust & house made pickles on a rye crostini. Another interesting appetizer was served in a tuna can.

The Winery was a great space to have the event in, the aroma of the wooden wine barrels was noticeable from the dinner tables.

It was a bit dark

First course from @CutsandCraft. Duck & carrots. Ham Scrapple, sabayon, carrot confit

Florida snowy grouper, smoked sausage, braised escarole, gigante beans, pancetta broth, tomato jam

Wood-grilled Wagyu ribeye, porcini mushrooms, Cabrales, porcini-salted frites

Fourth Course by Elisa Scarpa of Fatto in Casa
Flourless Chocolate Torte - Hazelnuts, chocolate ganache, raspberry coulis.

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Food events at the 2013 Florida Film Festival

The Florida Film Festival always has great food events during their annual weeklong film fest. This year is no exception. We attended many of the food events at the film festival last year including a dinner at Luma. You can read about it and see pics here: Luma Chef Feast

Here is a summary of this years food events:

http://www.floridafilmfestival.com/

Opening Night Film and Party

Friday, April 5
Opening Night Film: TBA
Eye Opening Night Party
8PM–2AM
Enzian & Eden Bar
1300 South Orlando Ave Maitland, FL 32751
Early Purchase Party ONLY tickets are $85
Local culinary geniuses prepare “Eye Opening” bites to delight your appetite and intrigue your mind. Hang out while Eden Bar serves up tasty handmade cocktails all night long!
Participating restaurants include Eden Bar, K Restaurant & Wine Bar, Ethos Vegan Kitchen, Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress, and more!
Food will be served 8:30–11:30PM. Drinks will be available all night.

Saturday Night Whole Cookery Feast at Cask and Larder

A foodie’s dreams come true! Enjoy an evening at Central Florida’s newest “Southern Public House,” Cask and Larder, sister restaurant of The Ravenous Pig. Savor an evening fit for royalty at this new Winter Park treasure! Brewmaster Ron Raike will brew custom beer as well as present some extraordinary hand-crafted cocktails and specialty wines. Chef/Owners James and Julie Petrakis promise to cook up an unforgettable four-course Whole Cookery Feast, featuring items such as whole suckling pigs, whole smoked duck, whole roasted fish, and their Butcher’s Feast of lamb.* Celebrity chefs from around the nation join in to create their own take on “Southern” dishes that are sure to delight your taste buds. Don’t miss this eye-opening evening filled with delectable food and great friends!
Event Details: April 6, 2013 7PM Cask and Larder 565 West Fairbanks Avenue, Winter Park, Florida, 32789
Single ticket price: $150** Couple ticket price: $250**

A Taste of Movie Magic with Francine Segan

TV personality, film buff, food historian, and cookbook author Francine Segan dishes out a taste of sweet and savory movie magic with history lessons from her book Movie Menus and film clips of favorite food scenes, all part of a lively discussion at Enzian. Get a peek at foodie film moments in classics such as Big Night, Babette’s Feast, Animal House, and Five Easy Pieces. During the presentation, you can order from a special menu inspired by movie quotes as well as partake in some complimentary tastings. Win prizes in a movie trivia contest that tests your foodie film knowledge! Top it all off with a special book signing at Enzian’s Eden Bar.
Event Details:
Saturday, April 6, 2013
4:30-6PM
General admission is $10 and includes complimentary tastings.
Book signing to follow the presentation.
Books will be available for purchase.

Friday, February 1, 2013

ClandesDine Dinner

This past Saturday night I was able to attend a pop-up dinner presented by The Daily City and Chef Bryce Balluff, I've been anticipating this for dinner for a while.

Chef Bryce runs the Fork in the Road food truck and has an impressive resume.

The event was held during the cardboard art festival at Say It Loud, 1121 N. Mills Ave. The big orange building on the corner near BART.

It made for some really unique and interesting decor during the meal. Cardboard robots, cats, menacing fish and submarines decorated the space.

Music was provided by the Florida Youth Symphony Orchestra string quartet, playing a nice mix of classical songs along with Beatles and some movie theme songs.

The menu for ClandesDine was described by the chef as being inspired by being a kid. It included, Molecular PB&J with port wine jelly, Turducken Sausage, wild boar sausage meatballs, port wine pears & more. It was a wonderful evening with great company.