Faiyaz Kara
Restaurant Critic at Orlando Weekly
Restaurant critic @OrlandoWeekly; Contributor @Eater @EaterMiami You're even more beautiful in person than you are in real life. IG: https://t.co/pAK4mZgvsX
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1 week ago |
orlandoweekly.com | Faiyaz Kara
Orlando food news: 88 Donuts now open, Luminescent coffee and cocktails soft-opens, Orlando Saigon Night Market this weekend Plus more tasty food news and events By Faiyaz Kara on Fri, Jun 6, 2025 at 1:00 am That looks like about 88 doughnuts, right?
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1 week ago |
orlandoweekly.com | Faiyaz Kara
It's been a year of firsts for restaurants in this city — our first Kyrgyz restaurant (Chayhana), our first wagyu shabu-shabu restaurant (Nabe), our first two-Michelin star restaurant (Sorekara) and, now, our first Iraqi restaurant. Yes, one of these may not seem like the others, but, unlike the tire manufacturer, I can wholly endorse them all.
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3 weeks ago |
orlandoweekly.com | Faiyaz Kara
click to enlarge photo by Matt Keller Lehman After my last visit to Sorekara, the two-Michelin star, four-hour excursion into conceptual culinary antics and Japanese esoterica, I placed a self-imposed moratorium on tasting menu and omakase houses. I know, how very 1-percenter of me. For what it's worth, the privilege of patronizing places where hushed, performative finickry is elevated to an art form isn't something I take lightly.
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3 weeks ago |
orlandoweekly.com | Faiyaz Kara
Orlando food news: Hikiniku to Sumi, Agave Bandido, Fritterbox, Bojangles and more Restaurant openings and reopenings plus a brand-new night market By Faiyaz Kara on Wed, May 21, 2025 at 1:00 am Hikiniku to Sumi launches in June at the kappo bar inside Juju. courtesy photo Hikiniku to Sumi, Lewis Lin's lunchtime hambugu concept, launches in June at the counter inside Juju.
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orlandoweekly.com | Faiyaz Kara
Tamale Co.’s approachable ‘modern Mexican’ menu resonates with College Park Second location for the beloved tamale purveyors By Faiyaz Kara on Wed, May 21, 2025 at 1:00 am Photo by Matt Keller Lehman Their tamales were chingón, whether served from a food truck, a takeout stall next to an Altamonte gas station or their colorful space inside the Hourglass Market.
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