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DINING REVIEW: PINE COURT CHINESE BISTRO

Pine Court Chinese Bistro is an authentic Chinese dim sum restaurant located at 10101 Sunset Strip, Sunrise, Florida 33322. It is open daily until 10:00 PM, from 11:00 AM Monday – Friday, and 10:00 AM on weekends. Pine Court serves dim sum in push carts daily until 3:00 PM,...

DINING REVIEW: SILVER POND (LAUDERDALE LAKES)

Silver Pond is a Chinese restaurant located at 4285 North State Road 7 in Lauderdale Lakes, Florida. It is open Monday – Friday 11:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m., and Saturday – Sunday 10:30 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. It is locally very well known as one of the best local...

POLISH CHICKEN SOUP (ROSÓŁ)

Polish chicken soup, or rosół, is a traditional Polish soup made of meat (most commonly just chicken, although other meats are added as well), slowly cooked with vegetables and spices. Although many variations and recipes have existed for centuries, it has always consisted of a rich and nutritious one-pot broth served...

EASY CHILLED GAZPACHO RECIPE

Gazpacho is a chilled and refreshing tomato soup that originated in Andalucia, Spain. It consists of entirely raw ingredients, and requires no heat up or cooking. You simply chop the ingredients and run them through a blender or food processor. The best part about it, aside from the fairly...

POLISH MUSHROOM SOUP RECIPE

The following recipe is for a Polish mushroom soup with 2PhatPhucs‘ spin on it. A perfect Christmas Eve (or Christmas Day) dish that is meat-free, it can be easily prepared for any occasion. Pretty straightforward to make, this delicious soup tastes very rich and silky, with a deep mushroom...

MISO SOUP RECIPE WITH VEGETABLES

Earlier this month, we shared a recipe for a basic miso soup using only a miso paste and scallions, which you can view here. As we have mentioned, the basic recipe was a good go-to for a quick miso, but also served as a base for more elaborate variations...

DINING REVIEW: HONG KONG CITY (TAMARAC)

Hong Kong City, located at 5301 North State Road 7 in Tamarac, Florida, is a genuine New York Chinatown cuisine restaurant (view their website here). It is open daily until 11 p.m., and is known for its excellent dim sum. We have been coming here for about twenty years...

VEGETA: AWESOME EUROPEAN FOOD SEASONING

Vegeta is an awesome European all-purpose food seasoning for savory dishes. It has been used for many years by most Eastern/Central Europeans in almost all of their cooking: in appetizers, soups, sauces, vegetables, rice, pasta, potatoes, and just about all meat and fish. Vegeta adds a perfect and well-balanced...

DINING REVIEW: NINO’S OF BOCA RATON

Open daily until 10:00 p.m., Nino’s of Boca Raton is located in Central Boca’s Del Mar Shopping Center, at 7120 Beracasa Way, Boca Raton. 2PhatPhucs come here for our favorite veal marsala, which Nino’s makes so delicious that we always come back for more. The restaurant has a very...

RECIPE FOR MUSHROOM SHALLOT GRAVY

This mushroom shallot recipe makes an amazing gravy using merlot and creamy sherry that goes perfect with our perfect filet mignon and white rice cooked firm. A shallot is a type of small onion that also resembles garlic. For this recipe, we use canned mushrooms instead of fresh ones....