Shrimp Fajita, with all the fixings-beans, guacamole, pico de galo,
AmericanPressTravelNews – December 6th, Islamorada, Florida Keys–Puerto Vallarta Mexican Bar & Grill.- Barb and I are sitting at the Puerto Vallarta Mexican Bar & Grill. We are enjoying an spacious, clean, brightly decorated food place. A huge, yet comfortably intimate bar-scape where patrons have plenty of elbow room to dine and imbibe a variety of drinks both hard, soft ,and fountain beers.
We ordered off the menu shrimp Fajita, shrimp ceviche, seafood soup with crab, shrimp, calamari, fish and mussels, rices, delicious guacamole, tortillas, beans and pico de gallo also home made at P.V. A winner of a place to dine, drink and socialize! Located at 86701 Overseas Hwy. Islamorada 33036 mm 86.7 305-451-4083 www.pvmexican.com
Shrimp Ceviche, best ever marinated seafood in a very long time!
Seafood soup a gourmet meal in a bowl! Shrimp, squid, fish, mussels, simply great!
Pina Colada at Puerto Vallarta Mexican Bar & Grill.
Appetizers were above the pale!Wonderful cheeses! Exotic fruits, meats, and nuts made up terrific appetizers!Lamb Chops from Colorado, Risotto, goats cheese. Unreal tastes!Chef Jim was a hero to us! His presentations of Yellowtail Snapper and Lampchops entree’ were extremely excellent!Chocotini: a Martini that is most memorable. So delicioso!
APtravelnews-November 24th—The Hyatt Regency Orlando-Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, FL.—We visited the Hyatt’s Fiorenzo Italian Steakhouseafter our day at a Manufacturers Fishing Show, for dinner. It turned out to be a highlight of our visit to Orlando! Hopefully, you’ve been reading APtravelnews, so you would have seen that we travel by auto, air, foot, but also on our stomachs. No adventure away from home can be successfully wonderful if the cuisine isn’t. No problem here! Fiorenzo’s Chef James O. Stafford (Jim) is an artist with meats, produce, dairy and sweets! We started out with a Chocotini (Martini with a lace of chocolate) and an appetizer matched to home baked Crostini and delicious Condiments. We chose a selection of smoked Scamorza, Truffled Pecorino and Jamon Iberica( Iberian Ham). Cheeses were “off the grid” terrific and the Wild Boar Salami has a new fan! A tasting cup of Fagiole Soup created with Cannellini Beans, Sweet Italian Sausage, Escarole and Basil Pesto, plus a cup we shared of Spicy Tomato Soup with roasted eggplant, Fregola and Olive oil capped off our appetizer list. At this point It might have been enough for anyone with a smaller appetite, but oh no, not us! Next on our hit list was Yellowtail snapper, one of President G.W. Bush’s favorite fish (recipe in my Calypso Café book) it was a special this night, so we tried their fish entrée and another entrée; Colorado Lamb Chops, complimented by a spread of incredible Risotto. This combo, really brought home Chef Jims expertise. Good, really great Risotto takes a balance of great products and excellent understanding of cooking times and blends, needed for perfection. Jim has it down! From the cheese rolls, to the final assault on our wastes; the desserts, we swooned (probably a bit from the exotic flavored Martini’s too) over the hot chocolate Volcano Bomb (they don’t call it that, but WOWser- oozing chocolate, Filbert nuts, red raspberries, and, and I do mean: “and” Cinnamon Gelato! Promise; this was incredibly tasty and memorable. Barb went for her favorite: Tiramisu. I tasted it and found out once again why it’s a heavenly Italian treat. If it’s done correctly, almost nothing can beat it for an end-of dinner delight! Guess we have to go back again for Barbara’s Birthday and again for our Anniversary, and for my Birthday, the kids, the family, the extended family! We loved everything about Fiorenzo. Our waitress Laura Ardron was so attentive and informative about all of the menu items, we felt she was a great asset to Fiorenzo, probably one of the very best wait staff people we ever came across. Get in touch with Fiorenzo Steak House just inside the front door at the Hyatt Regency Orlando across from the Convention Center, at 407-345-4555
Dessert? Oh yes! This hot chocolate and cold Gelato Cinnamon treat was the best!
Paella, full of rice and seafood! A very good rendition of this Cuban dish!Gorgeous wall decor at the Fishery Restaurant!A snapper specialty! Fab tasting dish!Shrimp over a bed of crab cakes! So good, but I had to stop and take home a doggy bag for next days lunch too!From boat to pan at the Fishery!Back yard of the Fishery Restaurant. Come by boat or vehicle!
Entrance to the waterfront Fishery Restaurant! Dog- friendly outdoor area. Meals were quite good and Terry got his water and crackers.Outdoor patio of the Fishery Restaurant that is also dog friendly!
Koi greet you with open mouths as you enter the Ming Dynasty!
APtravelnews-January 27th,-Bob and Barb “Stopping To Smell the Roses” in Orlando! We’ve eaten at the Ming Dynasty just down from the Orange Country Convention Center. It is a favorite of ours. 5-years ago we ate at Ming Dynasty and I remembered on this, our recent trip for the ASI Show about the really great eggplant dish they served at that time. So on this recent trip, I was hoping that their consistency was as it should be-spot on! It was! We had duck and that aforementioned eggplant dish, and I promise if I give them a 10 out of 10 (almost never get that lucky to be able to do this) you can take it to the bank! Check them out on web Ming Dynasty Orlando!
Ming Dynasty Oriental Chinese Restaurant decorated as if you are in China-gorgeous!
AmericanPressTravelNews – December 6th, Islamorada, Florida Keys–Puerto Vallarta Mexican Bar & Grill.- Barb and I are sitting at the Puerto Vallarta Mexican Bar & Grill. We are enjoying an spacious, clean, brightly decorated food place. A huge, yet comfortably intimate bar-scape where patrons have plenty of elbow room to dine and imbibe a variety of drinks both hard, soft ,and fountain beers.
