We give their STEAK AND EGG combo dishes ★★★★★  

For more info: Las Vacas Gordas 933 Normandy Dr Miami Beach, FL 33141  Phone: (305) 867-1717

Brunch Menu is available Saturdays and Sundays from 12 noon – 4pm.

BRUNCH MENU HERE
1600 LENOX AVE. MIAMI BEACH, FL. 33139
PHONE: 305.538.5220

SUN 10:00 AM – 11:00 PM
MON – THURS 11:30 AM – 11:00 PM
FRI 11:30 AM – 12:00 AM
SAT 10:00 AM – 12:00 AM

COCHON 555 – five chefs, five pigs, five winemakers, five years!

This one-of-a-kind traveling culinary competition and tasting event came home and marked a culinary milestone with its 5th Anniversary Tour.  Created to promote a national conversation around the sustainable farming of heritage-breed pigs, each event challenges five local chefs to prepare a menu from the entirety of one 200 pound family-raised heritage breed of pig, nose-to-tail. Twenty judges (culinary luminaries) and 400 guests helped decide the winning chef by voting on the “best bite of the day”.  

Five Competing Chefs:
Aaron Brooks – Edge Steak House / Four Seasons Hotel Miami
Timon Balloo – Sugarcane
Jeffrey McInnis – Yardbird
David Thomas – The Bazaar
Cesar Zapata – The Federal

Rounding out the night, Miyabi/Zwilling USA presented a butcher demonstration featuring Sara Bigelow of The Meat Hook.  Also included in the evening was a preview of the new Heritage BBQ event in which Conor Hanlon of The Dutch rolled out a family meal.  See images below.

COCHON 555 – MIAMI - SUNDAY APRIL 21st 2013
Four Seasons Hotel – 1435 Brickell Ave. Miami Fl. 33131
VIP 4 pm. General Admission 5 pm.
COCHON 555 WEBSITE  / VIDEO

COCHON 555 – five chefs, five pigs, five winemakers, five years!
Do not miss it when this one-of-a-kind traveling culinary competition and tasting event comes home and marks a culinary milestone with its 5th Anniversary Tour. Created to promote a national conversation around the sustainable farming of heritage-breed pigs, each event challenges five local chefs to prepare a menu from the entirety of one 200 pound family-raised heritage breed of pig, nose-to-tail. Twenty judges (culinary luminaries) and 400 guests help decide the winning chef by voting on the “best bite of the day”. The winner will be crowned the “Prince of Porc” and will compete at Grand Cochon event at the FOOD & WINE Classic in Aspen on Sunday, June 16.

Five Competing Chefs:
Aaron Brooks – Four Seasons Hotel Miami
Timon Balloo – Sugarcane
Jeffrey McInnis – Yardbird
David Thomas – The Bazaar
Cesar Zapata – The Federal

Rounding out the night, Miyabi/Zwilling USA presents a butcher demonstration featuring Sara Bigelow of The Meat Hook. Also included in the evening is a preview of the new Heritage BBQ event in which Conor Hanlon of The Dutch will roll out a family meal – an additional whole pig cooked barbecue-style immediately preceding the awards.

Tickets start at $125 and includes local wines, mezcal and bourbon tastings, pork-spiked desserts and more.

FOR INFORMATION AND PURCHASE TICKETS, LINK HERE

MEDIA – For more information and interviews, please contact WAG STAFF WORLDWIDE AT 212.227.7575  or Jessica Rodriguez, jessica@wagstaffworldwide.com.

Hope to see you at COCHON 555.

Sincerely,

Tony Guerra@citrusmiami.com

During Miami Food and Wine I visited MC Kitchen in Design District as a guest of some prominent leaders in the culinary industry that were invited by Chef Dena Marino.  WoW! Was I happy?  Extremely and for many reasons.  First, I was in great company .  Second, I had the opportunity of meeting the ever so warm and gracious Chef Dena Marino.  Then the food came out and I was more than pleased.  I ordered a fat juicy Harris Ranch Angus Burger along with Aspens famous truffle fries.  It was perfect and the thickly cut  bacon on top was more than I expected with the truffle fries that rocked my pallet.

Now there was one downside to my meal.  One of the guests on the table ordered the oven baked eggs and I succeeded in containing myself when they offered me a bite after they saw me gazing at there food.  I should had been me and tried a bite of everyone’s food.   The upside? I came back to MC Kitchen nice and early this past weekend and ordered that same dish and a few others for my routine Sunday Brunch excursion.

What can I say.  I had to take out the camera to share my Sunday with you.  I recommend MC Kitchen for Brunch where I find the eggs to be golden. Definitely ★★★★★

MC Kitchen is located at 4141 NE 2nd Avenue Miami Fl. 33137  Tel. 305456.9948

Photos below by Tony Guerra / Miami Food Lovers

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Brunch Saturday & Sunday ( 11:30 am-4 pm )  Address.  3252 NE First Avenue, Miami, FL 33137    Tel. 786.369.0430

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huevos ahogados –  poached eggs, crispy corn bread, chipotle-hollandaise sauce

enchiladas – shredded chicken, chile-guajillo sauce, avocado, crema fresca, red onions, chihuahua & oaxaca cheesessopa

carnitas hash - crispy potato, braised pork, fried egg, sautéed onion

side of bacon

chilaquiles – corn tortilla chips, chihuahua & oaxaca cheeses, crema fresca or chile-guajillo sauce

pancakes – manchego cheese, strawberries, cinnamon butter, maple syrup

More item will be added to this post after our next visit.  Stay Tuned.

The two-hour food and wine-pairing event is organized and hosted by Casa Vinicola Zonin USA in partnership with Miami Culinary Institute, Italy-America Chamber of Commerce and Tomson Hospitality.

This year, the Italian Culinary Experience will feature trending restaurants in Miami and wine tastings from Casa Vinicola Zonin’s exclusive Estate wines.  For the 2013 series, the focus is pairing non-Italian restaurants and Italian wines to showcase how well Italian wines transcend into any cuisine.

Here below is Eating House Chef Giorgio Rapicavoli featuring a delectable menu that will complement wines from Casa Vinicola Zonin’s rising star Rocca di Montemassi Estate in Tuscany.

Giorgio Rapicavoli, a 27-year-old Miami native who has an impressive list of accomplishments– winner of Food Network’s Chopped competition, James Beard Foundation Award Rising Star Chef of The Year, winner of Eater National’s Hottest Chef in Miami 2013, and he recently made it on Forbes’ 30 Under 30.

Menu, Photos and Links below.

About Casa Vinicola Zonin USA, Inc.

Casa Vinicola Zonin S.p.A. in Italy wholly owns Casa Vinicola Zonin USA; a company of seven generations of winemakers with eleven estates located in the seven most prestigious wine growing areas in Italy. The flagship winery, Castello D’Albola located in Tuscany’s Chianti Classico District, Rocca di Montemassi located in Maremma, Tuscany, Principi di Butera located in Sicily, Ca’Bolani located in Friuli, Castello del Poggio located in Piemonte/Asti, Tenuta IL Bosco located in Lombardia, Podere IL Giangio located in Veneto, Abbazia Monte Oliveto located in Toscana and Masseria Altemura located in Puglia. Each winery is dedicated to its own traditional wines and styles. http://www.zoninusa.com  http://www.zoninprosecco.com

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Miami Food Lovers would like to thank all of you in this photo for producing such a dynamic event!!!!!!

What makes this dining area unique is that most of these new eateries are nestled in smaller quaint spaces within historical buildings with little to no storefront signage.  Don’t expect to see much action from the street.  Many have there parking and main entrances through the rear of the buildings as how Biscayne’s landscape was built back in 50′s and 60′s.  

You will find all kinds of eateries with a variety menu’s with a current new wave of Americana influenced restaurants sprouting.  We encourage you to take a drive and visit some of the neighborhood restaurants because there is always some kind of surprise hidden with these unique spaces.

In the next few weeks, we will cover the different restaurants on  MIMO.  Today we will go Asian with Moonchine Bistro and Garden.

On the corner of 71st and Biscayne (from the street view) you have what appears to be a small Asian Bistro known as Moonchine on the ground floor of an old historical hotel and now home to an office building for nearly seven years.  Don’t drive by.  Dare to enter through the back of the lot and you will discover not only a parking lot but the main entrance to Moonchine’s Garden and lounge dimly lit for any cocktail gathering or romantic dinner.

If you want home-style Thai, Sushi or Vietnamese in the area, here you go! ★★★★

Click for links:  Moonchine Asian Bistro  / Take Out here  /  Facebook / 7100 Biscayne Boulevard Miami Fl. 33138 / 305.759.3999

Moonchine is open Monday – Sunday.  Daily Happy Hour from 4-8pm.   Saturday Breakfast and Sunday Brunch

photo’s by Tony Guerra / Miami food Lovers 

Do not expect your traditional hotel styled hostess greeting you at the front door on open table.  You may even have to pull out your own chair and possibly flag down a waiter or two.  But truly, it is OK.   Every minute is worth the wait.  I am happy to just get a table.  At the very end, I go to Las Vacas Gordas for one reason only and that is for my steak.  This Argentine Grill is for the real steak aficionado with an exquisite taste for the traditional South American grilled meat and a passionate kitchen.  Las Vacas Gordas delivers size, taste and a great experience straight up.   Best family style neighborhood steak house in Miami Beach.  ★★★★★

by Tony Guerra
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LAS VACAS GORDAS - 933 NORMANDY DRIVE MIAMI BEACH 305.867.1717

Located: 7100 Biscayne Boulevard.  See images below.