Thai restaurants are abundant in Orlando, but when it comes to upscale Thai eateries, that hasn’t really penetrated the Orlando food market. The exception is Talay, which offers the most date night friendly Thai environment in the city. But this restaurant isn’t just all looks, the food here is solid and offers a nice coastal…
I enjoy fine dining but don’t do it as much as I used to since it’s an expensive hobby, and life just happened where we don’t have as much time to sit around for hours waiting dish by dish through a prix fixe. But I was browsing for anything new in the Orlando food scene…
Kaya is like a pillar of the Filipino food community here in Orlando. I see them host a lot of different pop-up events and it seems great to have a local business support other small local businesses and help each other out. I have been to Kaya a few times back when they were focused…
Q Sushi appeared on my most anticipated restaurants list of 2026 and now that it has finally opened I knew I had to secure an early reservation during soft opening. It is only the second week of this place being open and it is a lean operation with only the chef and a waitress, so…
For most restaurants, I usually hear some buzz around them or come across them on social media before they even open, but Mugendai completely slipped my radar. Maybe because it is out of the way in Oviedo, away from the center of the foodie boom in Orlando. But as a sushi fanatic this place showed…
This is a pop-up that’s been on my radar for a while but I just never got the chance to go since it only runs from Friday to Monday night. Tuun is a separate menu operating inside Sea Thai Orlando, and it focuses on upscale Thai dishes that I’m honestly not too familiar with. Orlando’s…
Usually on Valentine’s Day, my wife and I will choose to go to a fine dining establishment, but we waited too long this year and every single place was booked out like a month in advance. So we went to the old reliable Kabooki, but this time it was the Sand Lake location because the…
Back with another sushi review because that’s been pretty much all I eat when we have a date night it seems. With the temporary closure of Natsu Omakase, which is my go to spot for an omakase experience, we decided to retry Sushi Izuki again now that it’s been over half a year since their…
A lot of my recent reviews have been centered around sushi, but in my defense, when I go out to eat I gravitate towards things I cannot make at home. Sushi tops the list of something I frequently crave but also something I cannot do well at home. Hell, you cannot even get half the…
The idea of elevating temaki to become a legitimate restaurant concept was birthed in America. Originally, hand rolls were meant to be easy DIY sushi made in the Japanese household for gatherings. But in America, the concept of the humble handroll has evolved to be an upscale restaurant concept. With crisp high quality seaweed, great…
