Kansas City has seen more snow and cold temperature than it has in a very long time. Needless to say, Barb and I were ready for our trip to Florida to visit our friends Shelley and John. Fortunately the cold snap that had turned the Florida oranges into popsicles had passed by the time we arrived on the scene. The primary focus of the trip was golf, but of course we had some great eats as well.
John and I started the weekend off right with some pizza and cold Labatt’s from
Pizza Di Casa. It’s great to have a little slice of Buffalo right there in Florida.
Grouper, grouper, grouper! I love grouper. I had it two nights in a row. My first grouper dish was at the
Riverhouse Reef & Grill. It was grilled with their Lemon Dill Aioli sauce on the side.
Next up was Grouper Oscar at the
Beachhouse Restaurant. It’s grouper stuffed with jumbo lump crab & baked, and topped with béarnaise sauce & asparagus. Besides watching the sunset as we dined outside, the highlight of the meal was watching John take a stone crab shower. Perhaps he should have requested a bib! Sorry John, it was hysterical!
Custard, custard, custard! I love custard. The one stop we had to make (okay twice) was to
Sweet Berries. All four us agree that our favorite flavor is the Black MacBerry, vanilla custard with blackberries and macadamia nuts. On our second visit, I branched out and tried the Caramel Crunch, vanilla custard, caramel, and heath bar. It was tasty but not in the same league as Black MacBerry. As a bonus a barbershop vocal harmony group gave us an impromptu song on their way out the door, making Sweet Berries all the more sweeter.