Makers Heart Contributed by Ryan Goodspeed • 3 Blackberries • 1 oz POM 100% Pomegranate Juice • ¼ oz Lemon Juice • 2 oz Bulleit Rye • ¾ oz Sweet Vermouth (preferably Carpano Antica) • 1 oz Simple Syrup • Dash of Orange Bitters In a mixing glass, combine first 3 ingredients. Muddle the ingredients, then fill mixing glass with ice. Add next three ingredients. Shake vigorously and strain into a sugar rimmed cocktail glass. Garnish with dash of orange bitters, orange peel and a blackberry....
Sep 26, 2013
Located inside the EPIC Hotel in the heart of Downtown Miami, Zuma is one of the most celebrated restaurants in the city. Known for its innovative Japanese cuisine, the restaurant also has one of the best bar programs in town. In this week’s episode, Chat Chow TV sat down with the man behind the bar, Beverage Manager Theo Von Ungern-Sternberg. The bar program at Zuma, notes Von Ungern-Sternberg, not only utilizes authentic Japanese equipment to prepare the drinks, but also uses influences from t...
Sep 19, 2013
Vieux Carre Contributed by Robert Ferrara • 1 oz Bulleit Rye • 1 oz Sweet Vermouth • 1 oz VSOP Cognac • 1/4 oz Benedictine • Dash of Angostura Bitters • Dash of Peychaud Bitters Add all ingredients to a mixing glass and stir for 20-25 seconds. Strain it into a glass and top with ice. Garnish with a lemon twist to make it pop.
Sep 17, 2013
Honey Ryder Contributed by Thomas Merolla • 2 oz Bulliet Rye • 3/4 oz Lemon Juice • 3/4 oz Cinnamon Honey Syrup • 1 Rosemary Sprig • 3 Blackberries • 3 dashes of Angostura Bitters Muddle blackberries in the bottom of a mixing glass, add remaining ingredients, add ice and shake for 10-seconds, double strain into a double rocks glass over one large 2X2 inch ice cube. Garnish with 1 skewered blackberry and rest a few small pieces of rosemary on top of the ice cube....
Sep 12, 2013
AdVise Contributed by Isaac Grillo • 1.25 oz Bulliet Bourbon • 3/4 oz Lemon Juice • 3/4 oz Simple Syrup • 1.25 oz Fresh Apricot Purée Add all ingredients, shake, strain over crushed ice and garnish with pink peppercorns.
Sep 08, 2013
From the creative minds that brought us Haven Lounge, comes South Beach’s new must-go-to taco restaurant, Huahua’s Taqueria. Located a few doors down from Haven, the taqueria boasts a menu filled with traditional and contemporary tacos, unique sides and enough hot sauce choices to make your head spin. Chat Chow TV sat down with Huahua’s Executive Chef Todd Erickson to learn more about the new concept and some of the exciting dishes guests can find on the menu. The idea for a taqueria was inspire...
Aug 15, 2013
Aug 01, 2013
Located in the heart of Los Angeles' Westwood Village, Napa Valley Grille offers local, seasonal ingredients, artisan products, and a vast array of regional wine in a rustic yet refined setting. Taylor Boudreaux's culinary career has been defined not only by his talent and passion for what he does, but also its trajectory. To wit, when he was fresh out of culinary school in 2001, he took a job at Mastro's Steakhouse in Arizona before being moved out to Los Angeles to open the Beverly Hills locat...
Jul 25, 2013
Located in the hip new South Beach neighborhood, Sunset Harbor, the Brooklyn import Lucali is serving up delicious, classic, paper-thin-crust pizzas that have quickly gained a cult following throughout the city. Sitting down with owner Marc Iacono, Chat Chow TV learned the some of the secrets to his famous pies, why he started in the pizza making business, and some of the challenges he faced bringing the popular restaurant to South Florida. “Everybody was talking the water, the water, the water,...
Jul 18, 2013
Michael Schwartz is at it again with his latest culinary destination, The Cypress Room. Part of his ever-growing Genuine Hospitality Group empire, The Cypress Room is an upscale American dining room located in Miami’s Design District serving sophisticated food that channels a 1920s-like elegance. Chat Chow TV sat down with The Cypress Room’s Chef de Cuisine Roel Alcudia to learn more about the restaurant over a pot of the restaurant’s “Spring Fling Tea” (yes, tea) a delicious, boozy concoction, ...
Jul 03, 2013
Antonio Bachour grew up in Puerto Rico and was hooked on pastry from a young age, thanks to a childhood spent in his family’s bakery. He went on to graduate from Johnson & Wales, and then spent his first few years honing his trade in Puerto Rico as a pastry cook at Sand Hotel and Casino and Westin Rio Mar before moving on to the Ritz-Carlton in San Juan, where he was pastry sous chef for two years. 2001 found Bachour States-bound, in Miami Beach, as pastry chef at Talula. And soon he was try...
Jun 19, 2013
Thanks to everyone that came out to celebrate with us! Shout-outs to Gramps Bar, Burger Beast, Ms. Cheezious, HipPOPs, 42º Below Vodka, Mandarine Napoleon and Domaine De Canton for make it extra special…
Jun 18, 2013
South Beach just got even cheekier. Over in the South of Fifth neighborhood, collaborators Jamie DeRosa and Michael Reginbogin are reconstructing our notions of what constitutes a contemporary American dish. “Tongue & Cheek to me is whimsical, it’s fun,” explains DeRosa. “We have a play on words on a lot of things. We have a pudding pop on the menu that’s a popsicle. It started out as a chocolate popsicle and someone said, ‘This is better than a Bill Cosby pudding pop.’ And that became the n...
Jun 04, 2013
In order of appearance: • Isaac Grillo of Haven • George Motz of Burger Land • Jamie De Rosa of Tongue & Cheek • Jose Mendin of Pubbelly • Carlos Larcada of Pao Town • Anthony Fellows of HipPOPs • Alejandro Ortiz of ACME Bakery • Carlos Centurion of Bulla • Andrew Carmellini of The Dutch • Alberto Cabrera of Bread and Butter • Chef Bee of Khong River House • Richard Hales of Sakaya Kitchen • Sef Gonzalez of Burger Beast • Thomas Connell of Fontainebleau • Yannis Janssens of Lee & Marie’s...
May 15, 2013
Approximately 2 years, Burger Beast wrote a story for edible South Florida (Pages 1-2 and 3) about the Frita Cubana. BB interviewed Mercy Gonzalez and her husband Gino about El Rey de las Fritas for over 2 hours. They talked a bunch about the history of the Frita Cubana in Miami and how her late Dad had started cooking them originally in Cuba. It really was very fascinating. What really caught our attention was her passion for the business that her father started almost 40 years. She cares about...
May 09, 2013
At Trenchermen, good things come in pairs. With award-winning brothers Patrick and Michael Sheerin behind the unconventional menu, it’s easy to see why two heads are better than one at this venture. Chat Chow TV spoke with this spritely duo about how they’ve elevated comfort food to a new standard. “A lot of things that we do with our food has kind of taken stuff from what we’ve always found comforting and then trying to elevate it to a definitely creative and definitely a somewhat inventive way...
May 03, 2013
Here in Miami, we get a lot of spillover from New York. Catch Miami, a new addition to Collins Avenue located in The James Royal Palm, can be included in that category—the restaurant’s flagship is in Manhattan. One meal, however, and it’s hard not to get a taste for this location’s noticeably distinct South Floridian flair. Chat Chow TV sat down with Hung Huynh, Top Chef Season Three winner and executive chef of Catch Miami, to discuss what, exactly, makes this version uniquely Miami. “Catch Mia...
Apr 16, 2013
After several years running a successful catering business, Chef Whitney Flood decided to open a brick-and-mortar restaurant for their locally-sourced cuisine. Flood's approach to food is anything goes - as long as its in season, affordable and delicious. As in the kitchen, the cocktail program also follows the seasons. Chat Chow caught up with Whitney to talk about what he's been up to in their new Culver City eatery.
Apr 11, 2013
Don’t confuse low-country cuisine with anything subpar. Chef Mark Steuer is serving up a comforting, modern Southern menu in his Carriage House in Wicker Park. Chat Chow TV pulled up a stool next to the chef to talk updated Southern cooking, white wine pairings and ham. “I grew up in Charleston, South Carolina, so it’s called the low country,” explains Steuer. “It’s kind of what we based this restaurant off of. It’s called the low country because it’s actually below sea level. So the thing I thi...
Apr 04, 2013
As owner Carlos Centurion puts it, the Spanish word “bulla” carries with it connotations of fun, excitement, emotion, and liveliness, and that’s just what you’ll find at his Coral Gables gastrobar. Chat Chow TV sat down with the owner at his new, bustling Spanish eatery for a very proper gin and tonic (watch the video above to see why it’s so proper). Bulla (appropriately pronounced “boo-ya”) stands in what many will remember was Por Fin’s old spot, but Centurion wanted to spice things up a bit....
Apr 02, 2013
Pair a famous building with a longstanding culinary history and you’ll get Yamashiro, perched at the height of both Los Angeles’s hillside and restaurant celebrity. Chat Chow TV pulled up next to Executive Chef Brock Kleweno (and the koi fish) to discuss what makes Yamashiro’s innovative fusion fare a mainstay in Los Angeles’s globally renowned cuisine. “Well, what we’re really trying to do here is make the food very much LA and California-driven with an Asian inspiration, not specifically Japan...
Mar 28, 2013
It seems 50 Eggs Restaurant Group can do no wrong. The gustatory geniuses behind South Beach successes Yardbird and Khong River House have taken their winning recipe to Coral Gables. Enter Swine Southern Table & Bar, your next downhome dining favorite. Chat Chow TV talked bacon and bourbon with Swine bar manager, Robert Ferrera. Swine’s cocktail program focuses heavily on its own on-site barrel-aged rums and ryes. “We’re actually creating our own original cocktails here,” explains Ferrera. “...
Mar 26, 2013
A step inside Takashi, the brainchild of world-renowned Chef Takashi Yagihashi, and you’ll quickly realize that you’re not in Tokyo anymore, Toto. Chat Chow TV sat down with the long-standing favorite (and a Bravo TV Top Chef Masters contender) at his eponymous restaurant in Chicago’s popular Bucktown. Chef Takashi has come full circle in his career, the culmination of which has led to the creation of this untraditional Japanese eatery. The chef’s foray into cooking started as a tale of necessit...
Mar 20, 2013
Newest to sprout in South Beach is the Regent Cocktail Club, a classic cocktail bar located at the back of the revamped Gale Hotel. Interested to hear about this new concept, Chat Chow TV schmoozed with Joshua Wagner, Miami’s after-hours aficionado and managing partner of Regent Cocktail Club, over Manhattans and Mint Juleps. “Everyone is jazzed up about new trends, food and beverage, everything along those lines,” Wagner observes. “But I think we also need to make the standards of what our basi...
Mar 14, 2013
Chicagoans are no strangers to a juicy piece of meat. But with so many steak joints lining the city streets, it can be hard to choose which meaty morsel to chomp down on. Lucky for you, Chat Chow TV has zeroed in on your top contender, Chicago Cut Steakhouse in River North. Chicago Cut Managing Partner David Flom sat down with Chat Chow TV to explain how his labor of love came about. “I have always wanted to be in the restaurant business since I was about ten years old,” he told Chat Chow TV. “I...
Mar 07, 2013
Yes, South Florida does need another Cuban joint. That is, if it’s delivered by chef and owner Albert Cabrera. Luckily, Cabrera is cooking up a new twist on Miami’s most ubiquitous recipes at Bread & Butter in Coral Gables. Chat Chow TV saddled up to Bread & Butter’s counter with the culinary genius for a second time (because he’s just that good) to discuss what he’s up to. Having coined the phrase “gastro counter” (a homey hybrid of a gastro pub and a Cuban cafeteria), Cabrera thinks Mi...
Mar 06, 2013
Each year come February, the food and beverage industry’s best and brightest convene in Miami Beach for The Food Network’s South Beach Wine & Food Festival. Foodies from every corner flock to join them for four days of guzzling, gastronomy and pants-loosening. One of the weekend’s, well, best event, is the SOBEWFF’s Best of the Best held at the iconic Fontainebleau hotel, where 47 of the nation’s best restaurants serve up samples of their signature dishes. Fontainebleau Executive Chef Thomas...
Feb 23, 2013
Looking to satisfy a sweet tooth? Warm up at Mindy’s Hot Chocolate, the Wicker Park winner named not just for its selection of the comforting drink, but also for the experience of enjoying it. Although Hot Chocolate’s well-rounded menu also features non-dessert items like juicy burgers, we’re unabashedly drawn to the saccharine side. Like, say, the variations of marshmallow-y hot chocolate goodness, and the baker’s-dozen cookie platter (there’s a chocolate chip and bacon one, you guys. Chocolate...
Feb 07, 2013
America’s foremost hamburger expert. Since the release of his documentary film Hamburger America (on the Sundance Channel in 2005), and now the book of the same name (Running Press, 2008/2011), he has been asked daily of his opinion of where to find some of the best burgers in the country. He has taught a course on hamburgers at NYU, and has consulted for many hamburger restaurants. In 2006, Hamburger America (the Film) became required viewing in a food course at Princeton University and was nom...
Feb 06, 2013
Carlos Larcada of Pao Town, an increasingly popular Asian fusion joint in Coral Gables, has some solid suggestions about how to scrumptiously wok-toss Brussels sprouts and why dry chicken wings are just better. And who doesn’t take the advice of a gentleman in a bowtie? Chat Chow TV pulled up a seat next to Larcada to discuss. “Pao Town really came out of food that everyone loves to eat,” Larcada explains. “We like to joke here that it’s the kind of food that you need to take into a corner, take...
Jan 29, 2013
