Here is the second part of my Miami food impressions. Better late than never! This is everything but complete because we had the best dishes outside in the evening hours and I did not bring my flashlight (well, that won’t happen again).

Below is a picture of our welcome bag with regional surprises from Julian. The perfect gift for a Foodie! Miami Spice: The New Florida Cuisine was written by Steven Raichlen. He is the author of the best Barbecue books I know of (recommenation from our BBQ master YaFoodie).

On our first evening we had authentic Cuban cuisine at Versailles Restaurant: Mahi-Mahi dolphin fish (not Flipper!) served with yellow rice …

… and Crema Catalan:

These were some of our excellent choices for lunch at the hotel pool in Key Largo:

The only evening food picture that turned out well was my coconut drink with lime…

This is what we had at “Islamorada Fish Company” on our way to Key West.

Very fresh oysters…

… I think this was deep-fried alligator (definitely my first one) ….

… and some grilled scallops:

Key Lime Pie (Limonenkuchen) is the local speciality and we tried it in all variations. Some of them were like a dessert – some like a cake, some with meringue (Baizer) on its top – some without.

I have already mentioned the one at Joe’s, which was more like a cake. Here is the “Islamorada Fish Company” version:

The clear winner on our “Key Lime Pie Index” was the Key West version below. Delicious!

Watch out for my first Key Lime Pie from my new Miami Spice book.

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YaFoodie sagt:

April 1st, 2007 at 6:36 pm

Great pictures. In Florida are 2 musts, a Cuba restaurant and Key Lime pie.

Do you remember the modificated Key Lime pie I made? It was a recipe from Emeril Lagasse, a Margarita Key Lime Pie, with salted pretzels and Tequila. This was the awful “backed” pie I ever made.

kochblogger sagt:

April 1st, 2007 at 7:33 pm

@YaFoodie: Now that you mention it I do remember that version. It was very salty. The recipe would probably not score too high on our Key Lime Pie Index. I am looking forward to trying out the recipe in the Miami Spice book. 😉

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