Top 50 Bites: Miami 2024

Serious Miami Foodporn Ahead

The tradition continues. Now entering its ninth edition, this annual list is solely based on MY dining experience. You may have seen these bites posted on the blog, X, Instagram, Facebook, or TikTok at some point this year. Some bites remain on my list year after year, and others have made a return appearance. Many are captivating new entries I could not stop thinking about all year.

Narrowing the dishes down always seems impossible. I ended up with a solid 50 favorites (instead of the usual 30), wanting to avoid parting with a single one.

Listed alphabetically by restaurant name (and NOT ranked), here are my…Top 50 Bites of 2024.

1 Amano by Oka at La Mar Los Fideos (blue crystal noodles, cured magret, mentaiko, sesame butter, pickled garlic, kuiri)

2 Amano by Oka at La Mar Pachamanca (quinoa tamal, steam duroc pork belly, adobo/Peruvian redux)

3 Amano by Oka at La Mar Picante (charcoal eel, picante nikkei, green boutuqt, aji panca ssamjang), kimchi lotus silk stems)

4 Ariete FOIE TORCHON (Homestead guava, caramelized, white chocolate, tarragon)

5 Ariete Pastrami Style Short Rib (red pepper-beef jus, gem, and fennel caesar, oyster & short rib croquette)

6 Brasserie Laurel Boeuf En Croute (Napa cabbage, lardons, truffle jus)

7 Brasserie Laurel Escargot (voul-au-vent, herb butter, horseradish cream)

8 Brasserie Laurel Foie Gras and Canelé (berry gastrique, cacao nibs)

9 Brasserie Laurel French Onion Soup (crouton, gruyère)

10 Casa Mariano Balcarce

11 Chateau ZZ’s FLAN con Coco

12 Chug’s Goat Cheese FLAN

13 EFFE Cafe Turkey BLT (turkey, bacon, lettuce, tomato, extra mayo, on homemade focaccia)

14 Elastika Slow Smoked Green Circle Chicken (local okra, ginger jus, sesame-farro “miso”)

15 Fiola Lobster Ravioli (ginger, chives, lobster roe)

16 Fiola Mezze Rigatoni alla Vodka (Grey Goose Vodka, pomodoro, calabrian chili, basil)

17 Grand Central Crab Cake (Jumbo lump crab, Calabrian chili coulis, cream corn, baby arugula, heirloom cherry tomatoes)

18 Green Turtle Inn In-House Pastrami Sandwich (Five-day marinated pastrami smoked and sliced thin piled on grilled rye with Dijon mustard and Swiss cheese)

19 Itamae Lùcuma Shiitake mushroom, soy caramel

20 J&C Oyster Steak Tartare (truffle mayo, Oori’s milk bread, parmesan)

21 Klaw Norwegian King Crab

22 Kojin Squab (Seared breast, tempura leg, black garlic jus)

23 Konro Golden Egg (duck fat poached yolk, crispy amaranth grain, duck fat powder, pearl barley “risotto” toasted with olive oil and cooked with morel mushroom and smoked eggplant puree, roasted enoki mushroom, three-hour fried onion)

24 Konro Wagyu Katsuobushi (Japanese milk bread French toast with smoked salmon roe)

25 L’Atelier de Joël Robuchon Beef & Foie Gras Burger

26 L’Atelier de Joël Robuchon La Volaille “Heritage” (Heritage chicken with spring vegetables, green chili velouté and leeks)

27 L’Atelier de Joël Robuchon Le Foie Gras (Seared foie gras, braised cherries, whisky “bread custard,” black peppercorn sauce)

28 La Fresa Francesa Salted Butter Crepes

29 Leku Fondant Calabaza (Pumpkin fondant, orange reduction, foie gras…We miss you, Leku!)

30 MAASS Foie Gras Macaron (strawberry & peanut)