Restaurants

In Great Miami apart from a great number of high cuisine restaurants, nourishing establishments of almost all popular networks are present. If possible, you should try to visit popular places with fine cuisine. At peak season and on Friday-Saturday night it’s almost impossible to find a vacant table in a good place, so you should take care in advance. The specialists of the Golden Timed Company will reserve a table for you in a restaurant that appeals to you.
Gourmets will definitely like Coral Gables region, which appeared during the boom 20s, it is a residential and commercial part of town, famous for its Mediterranean-style architecture, fountains and Venetian Pool. Or Coconut Grove area with typical bohemian cafes, galleries, pubs, red brick sidewalks and picturesque streets with houses built of local limestone. Here, in Coconut Grove restaurants you can see posh public in gorgeous evening dresses, and the most democratic young people. There you can have a very inexpensive meal in a welcoming pub or dine in the most luxurious surroundings. The best restaurants, hotels and fashionable shops of Great Miami are located in Coconut Grove.
Those who want to plunge into the traditions of old Cuba should go to the best Cuban restaurants in the "free world" (as a side dish ask waiters to bring you fried "plantains" – small, unripe bananas produced generally for cooking, in contrast to the soft, sweet banana which is sometimes referred to as the dessert banana). Here you can see the architecture of the Caribbean Islands.
One of the most popular cuisines in Miami is the Caribbean.
Caribbean cuisine is based on the abundance of fruits, vegetables, fresh fish and seafood. Meals are generally prepared according to recipes that are passed down from generation to generation. Most of them include special secret ingredients that make the dish unique. Soups and stews with a large number of vegetables, cooked and served in a pan, often with dumplings, are favorite food. Meat and fish are marinated in a spicy sauce, usually prepared on open fire. Rice is an important part of the diet and is served with almost every dish of meat, fish and vegetables. Goat, pork and chicken are the most commonly used types of meat, though these days beef becomes important as well. Pork is widely used, and nothing of the pig carcass is thrown away: pork heads, tails and heels usually marinate. This method of meat preparing was widely used, when there were no refrigerators, but these days you can see marinated meat in the markets of the islands. Stuffed pig is a succulent dish that is served on special occasions. The traditional side dish for it is sweet potato boiled or roasted.
Variety of vegetables includes root crops such as yam, cassava, sweet potatoes, which are the most loved. Vegetables are often stuffed or make part of the stew or curry. Pumpkin is very popular and is part of both vegetable and sweet dishes. Beans are served as a side dish, added to soups, stews, and mix with rice, which is a traditional dish. West India fruits are becoming increasingly popular in many countries, mangos, coconuts, vegetables and bananas can be found in supermarkets all round the world.
Aromatic herbs and spices are used in practically every dish. Before cooking, chicken meat and fish is often marinated in a spicy sauce. Besides giving dishes a special flavor, marinating also makes it soft and tender. Chili is widely used, sometimes the whole pod of chili is added to the dish, but before serving it is removed. The most popular spices are allspice, cloves and cinnamon, and the most widely used herbs are thyme and coriander.
Different cocktails and punches of rum and tropical fruit juices should be tried. They are very refreshing and generally suit the tropical environment.