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Strawberry Festival in Plant City-No Pits, But the “BOMB.”

AmericanPresstravelNews-March 3rd-Plant City, FL- Bob & Barb this time “Stopping to Smell and Taste the Strawberries”-Strawberry Festival WOW’s untold thousands and here are some of the images we made of some fun things we saw: Show is on through March 12th. Check out their website to order tickets on-line. We just missed Willie Nelson, but every day there are great shows, singers, bands, old fashioned fiddling, you name it! Website: www.flstrawberryfestival.com We Loved It!!!!!!!!!

Barb meets Mr. Strawberry at the Festival
Strawberry ice cream-its 83-degrees, umm good!
A strawberry harvesting setup! My favorite color rig, got one at the farm in TN.
Taste buds! Prepare for a blast of good eating! Funnel cakes a “go-go” anything including “Death by Chocolate.”
Funnel Cakes all great flavors! Fruits, chocolate, you name it!
Auto Boy fun and drew a crowd-electric motor-see next image of it driving!
Driving Mr Daisy!
Everyone got into the act. Even Coney Island Nathan’s Hot Dogs!
Hand Crafts, no country agri-event should be without them and their crafts folk!
Loved this wood sign craftsman. Gave us plenty of ideas for our workshop in TN.
Seriously giant display of candy’s we all went to the dentist over growing up!
We once had this car, sold it for way too little! Sound familiar?

Kaiyogrill & Sushi in Islamorada-A Step Up & Outta Sight for Japanese Cold and Hot Grill Specialties

Avacado stuffed with tuna tartar, and cream cheese, Executive Sous Chef Adrian Quesada, topped this with spicy mayo and tobiko then lightly torched this melange and served it with wonton chips. We were hooked!
Executive Sous Chef Adrian Quesada for the past 4-years, putting the finishing touches on our Avocado Suchi dish-some fire to meld it all together.

AmericanPressTravelNews-January 1st, Bob & Barb “On the Road Again” stopping at the Kaiyogrill & Sushi Dining Establishment-Islamorada, FL Keys. When we visited this upscale, yet laid- back restaurant decorated in a distinctly Asian motif, totally reminiscent of some of the fanciest sushi bars and restaurants found in larger cities such as Miami, Orlando, New York,  we felt right at home. But here it is, gourmet sushi and delightful grill right in the middle of Islamorada, between the Atlantic and a thousand feet to the Gulf of Mexico too! Just about any type of sushi, sashimi, rolls, and a wide variety of hot dishes such as steaks, scallops, stuffed shrimps and lobster tails can be had here, grilled and sumptuous. Executive Sous Chef Adrian Quesada introduced us to their Asian Fusion themed food emporium and we were very impressed. There is a hot and cold kitchen, open six days per week. He described their Udon Noodles (we’re going back to slither some down the pipeline, their “Drunken Scallops” in a beer sauce, and a variety of offerings (see their online menu) that had the juices steadily flowing. Kaiyogrill & Sushi will have their own page in our “Florida Keys Best Restaurants” book coming out in late February. go: www.kaiyoGrill.com (305)-664-5556

Barb getting ready to put on her gourmet face at Kaiyogrill!
How about bread pudding stuffed with banana? We left no one standing for this dessert! Fresh made is how we roll!

Harriette’s Restaurant mm-95.7 Voted Best Breakfast in the Upper Florida Keys

 

AmericanPressTravelNews-December 26th, Key largo-heading for Tavernier, Key– Barb and I stopped at Harriett’s for a bit of breakfast and a lunch favorite as well.  Frankly, I am a Key Lime connoisseur after having eaten in just about every restaurant along and in the many islands in the stream, and Harriett’s is also the home of the world famous Key Lime Muffins! With 25-different and incredible muffins listed in their menu, a stop here could very well be quite addictive! For close to 40-years, we have visited for breakfast and lunch, at least once or more times per week. There were many places we could have switched off to, but at Harriett’s, she and her staff are like family to so many, for so many years, that Harriett’s has become an iconic food spot on the southern side of US 1, Overseas Hywy. at MM 95.7, just outside of the main business section of Key Largo. All manner of breakfast dishes, omelettes your way, pancakes, eggs over the rainbow spectrum of just how you like em, burgers and chicken dishes, coffee that tastes like coffee and always a friendly smile and chit chat the way you’d like ti too!  So after having a Key Lime Muffin and coffee, it was already lunch time, so we brought a half of chicken and the fixings to our table. We tasted it and boxed it and the several cold veggies salads that we tasted as well, for the next day.  Breakfast bagels, French toast, liver and onions, tuna salads, among so many other cold salad dishes, the whole seafood brigade the way you like it, and on and on (I counted about 100-different offerings. To sum up what Harriett’s is all about I have to add its Harriett, when you or anyone meets this wonderful lady, she is “real” and honestly friendly and happy to meet you in her wonderful business and comfort zone in life! Come join her “Muffin Club” The more you purchase the more you get free ones too! Barb and I love Harriett’s place and will always go out of our way to dine here. Give a call to 305-852-8689 open 6 AM to 3 PM Daily. MM 95.7 Bayside.