Tour a Tasty Trio of Asian-American Restaurants in Orlando May. 17, 2021
Get TastyChomps.com founder Ricky Ly’s take on three of the tastiest Asian American-owned restaurants in Orlando (Char Kway Teow at Hawkers Asian Street Food pictured).
Growing up, I recall fondly our family road trips to Orlando. After a day in the theme parks, my dad would take us all in the minivan and make our way up I-4 to downtown Orlando’s Mills 50 district, home to the largest concentration of Asian-American businesses, restaurants and markets in Florida. I remembered my dad pointing out the hanging roast duck and crispy roast pork in the windows at the local markets, ordering a few pounds to go, as well as bags of Thai basil, mint and other produce you couldn’t get at the local Publix at the time.
Toro Toro, 1300 Lamar, will open at the Four Seasons Hotel Houston in fall 2021. This will be the sixth location for the concept. The hotel has partnered with Richard Sandoval Hospitality to bring his award-winning global Pan-Latin Steakhouse to Houston. It will open in the hotel’s revamped third floor restaurant space, replacing Quattro, the now-closed Italian restaurant known for its spectacular brunches..
Toro Toro is a combination of the Japanese word for tuna and the Spanish word for bull, representing a menu that will feature seafood and steaks. With vibrant Pan-Latin flavors from Rodizio-style Churrasco and creative shareable small plates, the new restaurant will also take inspiration from the convivial dining culture of Central and South America. The restaurant will feature an open kitchen with a wood-burning grill with meats presented and carved tableside. There will be family-style ceviche,
Andrea E. McHugh
Newport Life
Executive Chef Jennifer Backman resembles an orchestra conductor as she oversees her culinary colleagues at the Mooring Seafood Kitchen & Bar in Newport. Most weekend days, her team harmoniously executes each component of the more than 1,000 dishes that leave her kitchen. Backman’s unrelenting drive and self-confessed type A perfectionism has pushed her to the top spot in the kitchen a position that is statistically dominated by men both nationwide and here in Newport County. But is the pendulum swinging in a different direction?
Chef Valeria Molinelli, the Culinary Department Chair at Johnson & Wales’ College of Food Innovation & Technology in Providence, says yes. When she first came to the university as a student in 1999, she remembers being one of very few women in the culinary program. “I don’t remember, for that matter, seeing a lot of Latin American students, either,” adds the chef, who was born and raised in Lima, Peru. “Now I
Chef Matthew Kenney, PlantX Partner To Expand New Deli - Venice-Mar Vista, CA - A plant-based deli in Venice is now part of a special partnership and acquisition with Chef Matthew Kenney and PlantX.
Episode 286 Gavin Kaysen, Soigne Hospitality Group; Today s Special
Aired: Wednesday, April 14th 2021
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HOSTED BY Shari Bayer
On today s episode of All in the Industry®, Shari Bayer s guest is Gavin Kaysen, an award-winning chef and founder of Soigne Hospitality Group in Minneapolis, known for his nationally recognized group of restaurants as well as his leadership in the culinary profession. His restaurants include Spoon and Stable, a 2015 James Beard Award Finalist for Best New Restaurant; Demi, an intimate 20-seat tasting menu experience; and Bellecour Bakery at Cooks of Crocus Hill. Gavin is also the co-founder of Heart of the House Foundation, President of the ment’or BKB Foundation Team USA; and a featured chef in a new book from Phaidon, Today s Special: 20 Leading Chefs Choose 100 Emerging Chefs. Gavin is also a proud recipient of two James Beard Awards Rising Star Chef of the Year in 2008, and Best Chef: Midwest in 2018