Ribeyes and riding home at 3 am

ribeye | cauliflower puree | andouile & roasted beet hash | andouile oil

piñones en orlando

Monfungo Relleno con Camerones al ajillo y Monfungo Relleon con Carnes Fritas / Vasitos al King Crab

hands down the best latin food in town (excluding El Cocqui Mexicano cuz they're never fucking open).

i think one of my favorite parts of the PeO experience is the disbelief/appreciation that someone non-puerto rican is eating there, let alone that stoked on the food. and it gives me an oppourtunity to cautiously try out the spanish that i am slowly learning (apparently my pronunciation is good, but i need to work on my accent).

either way, the food coming out of a little trailer parked behind a gas station on Conway/Curry Ford is putting out better latin food than anywhere else i've been in orlando...and possibly even dallas.

chipping away

diver scallops | handmade gnocchi | asparagus | soy-caper brown butter | red pepper relish | roasted red pepper emulsion

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making a dent in the archive

pan roasted grouper | cinnamon & clove spiced couscous | grilled asparagus | citrus fried chickpeas | cilantro chermoula

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elvis drives a Scion XB

today was a pretty sweet day off. no cooking (sometimes its good to get out of the kitchen), but definitely a culinary adventure nonetheless. actually, it was just an adventure in general.

a small group of us went to the sanford flea world, to go exploring and see elvis. yes. elvis. i'll spare you a full recap, but the highlight was elvis getting visibly pissed that a group of mentally handicapped were stealing the show with their dancing.



first thing on the agenda before elvis though; was food....A word to the wise: carnival/fair food is great at the carnival/fair. at flea world - not so much. couldashouldawoulda gone with the gi-normous (and kinda phallic) hand dipped corndogs. oh well.



after a full day of getting lost in the labryinthine complex someone suggested Uncle Jones' BBQ. Their slogan is "None Mo' Bettah", and maybe my texan roots make me a bit of a bbq snob - but i've had way better. their pulled pork was weakweakweak. although the braised pork in white gravy was pretty intense, i still think even places like Sonny's do it better.





tommorow will conclude my weekend. i'm craving mofungo. i think a trip to my favourite box truck Piñones en Orlando is in order.

one more before bed.


pan roasted grouper | smoked paprika | saffron whipped potatoes | sauted spinach/apples/raisins | romesco

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and it can run straight from the start

part of what i'll be using this blog for is a space to post pictures of the dishes i create on a daily basis at my restaurant.

for the most part, all of the pictures are taken with my phone, on the line; usually during service, right before i put the plate in the pass. i realize that none of those elements add up to a great photo, so i'll try to clean them up a little bit before i post them here.

i have a bit of a backlog of pictures and a short attention span when it comes to editing and photoshop, but here are a couple from last month when i was working the saute station (i just moved to grill a couple of weeks ago - and we rotate every time the menu changes - which is roughly every 6 weeks). They're both grouper dishes. actually the next few will all be grouper - we had a lot of grouper to burn through during the holidays.


Bacon wrapped grouper | wild mushroom cigar | sweet corn puree | red onion marmalade


thanksgiving: fried shallot crusted grouper | wild mushroom risotto | grilled asparagus | warm bacon vinaigrette | cranberry gastrique