Review Digest: From Burgers To Kimchi
• The Village Chalet Restaurant is a "charming, rustic venue" that is "absolutely worth a stop if you're heading to Homestead or the Keys." The burger sounds amazing: Angus beef, melted mozzarella di bufala, fresh basil, and buns made at a fresh local bakery. YUM. [Miami Herald]
• Lee Klein says that Michael's Kitchen "shares the same cuisine-as-circus-act sensibility" as The Cheesecake Factory. Yikes. The rest of the review has us craving the mac and cheese ("an earthy, smoky mash of mascarpone, Parmesan, and smoked Gouda cheeses, with a finishing dash of black truffle oil"), but not much else. [Miami New Times]
• Did you know that boniato is the only tropical tuber that can be profitably grown in South Florida because of an import ban thanks to a weevil that attaches itself to the vegetable? Hopefully the ban, and an increased demand for tropical fruits, will keep the rampant development at bay. [Miami Herald]
• Latitude Zero Restaurant features a pan-Latin menu except for Fridays and Saturdays, when the Ecuadoran menu comes out, which means that's probably the best time to visit. [Miami Herald]
• Rochelle Koff checks out Pazzo's Cucina Italiana, the new Fort Lauderdale branch of the upscale Italian restaurant from Chicago, and gives it three stars. It sounds like there aren't too many misses on the menu. [Miami Herald]
• Sushi Club rivals Hiro's Sushi Express in almost every way. [Miami New Times]
• The food is fantastic at Pa De Gennaro's, but the wait for a wine refill can be long. [Broward-Palm Beach New Times]
• The Beer Guy visits Bru's Room Sports Grill and finds the beer list merely OK, while the wings and burgers are great. [Palm Beach Post]
• The folks at New Seoul Korean Restaurant in Lake Worth couldn't believe Charles Passy wanted actual, authentic Korean food instead of the dumbed-down fare they usually serve. [Palm Beach Post]
