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1 week ago | theinfatuation.com | Ryan Pfeffer |Mariana Trabanino |Virginia Otazo |Carlos C Olaechea

On the shelves of B&M Market, you’ll find a row of mason jars filled with a crimson liquid dotted with pepper seeds. The unnamed Caribbean pepper sauce is made and bottled in-house by B&M’s chef. It is her own proprietary blend and it is an addictively painful masterpiece. It’s just as flavorful as it is spicy (and it is very spicy). There’s a quick slap of heat up front followed by a savory burn that lingers for a few moments before you inevitably spoon more of it over whatever you’re eating.

Jan 16, 2024 | theinfatuation.com | Carlos C Olaechea

Georgian food does not come up a lot in conversations about eating in Miami. But it should be—especially when you’re around the northeasternmost part of Dade County. Georgian food includes some wonderful things like kebabs, herbaceous stews and soups, garlicky walnut dip, enormous dumplings, cheese-stuffed bread, and incredible wine. Here are some good Georgian restaurants in Miami (featuring one Broward spot just over the county line).

Sep 27, 2023 | theinfatuation.com | Carlos C Olaechea

Carlos C OlaecheaAntojitos Mexicanos Tenorio is a casual Mexican restaurant in a Kendall strip mall. They have an actual vertical spit to make tacos al pastor the right way, and they are excellent: a deep sunset red in color from achiote, just a little smokey, and with a good balance of crunchy charred bits and rich juicy pieces. The carnitas tacos aren’t far behind and feature confit pork that pulls apart with zero resistance.

Sep 25, 2023 | theinfatuation.com | Carlos C Olaechea

Carlos C OlaecheaNoor is a bakery in Fort Lauderdale specializing in mana’eesh—thin flatbreads with topping combinations like zaatar, cheese, vegetables, and sausage. They have a handful of tables inside and a few outside, but this is mostly a takeout spot. While you wait for your order, you can watch them stretch the delicate discs of dough and add toppings before passing them through a conveyor belt pizza oven. You could easily inhale a couple of these for lunch or a late breakfast.

Sep 5, 2023 | theinfatuation.com | Carlos C Olaechea

Carlos C OlaecheaWhen the sun sets, Lima’s streets start to fill with the spicy aroma of grilled beef heart skewers called anticuchos. This Afro-Peruvian specialty is perhaps the definitive late-night snack of Lima, and while there are many restaurants that feature anticuchos on their menu, few of them have gone to the effort of bringing over a traditional anticucho grill from Lima like this place has.