Eat Local Orlando: January 2020

Tuesday, January 28, 2020

Osphere Restaurant Coming to Thornton Park

read more at The Daily City
https://www.thedailycity.com/post/osphere-orlando

Saturday, January 25, 2020

Taste Of Chengdu - Chinese New Year

Recently I was able to attend an Event to Celebrate Chinese New Year at Taste Of Chengdu. The event was organized by Tasty Chomps and a member of the Orlando Foodie Forum.

We got to eat a lot of items that are not on the regular menu. Most of them we didn't even know the names of. Pork, Chicken, Fried Rice, Soups, many were spicy.

My favorite was the Hot Pot with Swai fish and crispy pork crumbles on top, below is a video of it.

I suggest you go try this restaurant out.

https://www.facebook.com/tasteofchengdu/

2030 West Colonial Drive Orlando, Florida 32804

Bread & Co Shaved Ice

Bread and Co in the Lotte Market on John Young and West Colonial, has some interesting ice cream type desserts. The one below is the shaved ice with Red Bean paste. It's unique and it was tasty.

Check out their facebook,

https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Bakery/Bread-Co-248453526075569/

Orlando Sentinel Foodie Awards

Nominations for the Orlando Sentinel Foodie Awards are now open make your picks here

Tuesday, January 21, 2020

Taglish

Pork #Sisig from @taglishfl in Lotte Market. John Young parkway and colonial drive.

Salmon Escabeche

https://www.taglishfl.com/
HOURS OF OPERATION

M-F 11-8

Sat & Sun 10-8

3191 W Colonial Dr, Orlando, FL 32808

Norman Van Aken Announces NEW Restaurant Row Location

Chef Norman Van Aken and partners Tom and Kim Wood announce that they are re-opening their flagship restaurant on Sand Lake’s famed Restaurant Row in the iconic Dellagio Town Center. Plans for a unique renovation of the 7,500 square foot space, revealed in first quarter 2020, will show a complete reimagining of the anchor space at the corner of Sand Lake Road and Della. Including a bold new look for 1,750 square feet of outdoor event space.

The grand opening for NORMAN’S is targeted for late summer 2020. NORMAN’S will feature a contemporary menu that will be announced in late Spring but is reported to include some of Chef Van Aken’s signature dishes as well as some of the legendary Chef’s newest inspirations. The company is continuing to employ Yusuf Yildiz as general manager of the new restaurant and Laura Fletcher as private event manager.

In August of 2019 Chef Norman Van Aken, Florida’s sole chef recipient of The James Beard “Who’s Who in America” Award, celebrated the 16th anniversary of the flagship restaurant, NORMAN’S at The Ritz-Carlton Orlando, Grande Lakes. He said this about the decision to move to Dellagio:

“As we enter the next part of our journey - we are activating a space that is almost twice as large as our old space. This is in alignment with our goal of creating more world-class events in Orlando. Restaurant Row’s proximity to the Orange County Convention center allows us to better serve the estimated 1.4 million expected convention-goers in 2020. Dellagio is the perfect fit for our expanding vision of food and service to the community and to travelers.”

NORMAN’S features Chef and decorated Cookbook Author Norman Van Aken and his culinary team. Chef Van Aken’s internationally acclaimed “New World Cuisine” is an exciting, healthful and delicious fusion of Florida with the power of Latin, Caribbean and Asian roots.

“NORMAN’S will be an anchoring presence for Dellagio. We are working closely with the team at Norman’s on the stunning, genre-defining renovation taking place. We are excited about the prestige that this award-winning brand and iconic personality bring to the Dellagio collective footprint and to Restaurant Row.” Joe LeBas, President, Managing Director and Founder, Concorde Group Holdings, LLC