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agree with most of this.
For Lebanese/Med if you ever make it this way, try Maroosh in Coral Gables and Amal in the Grove (same restaurant group out of Toronto that owns Byblos on the beach)....aside from that Abba Telavivian is solid Israeli cuisine on the beach; Greek and Turkish is good here (Mandolin Aegean, Estiatorio Milos, Doya, Tur and Sea Grill). Not including Nusr-et here; rather placing it in the steakhouse category.
Agree with fine dining (including NYC imports from Major Food Group, CA’s Thomas Keller and Philly’s Stephen Starr) and I would elaborate on "European"--Miami is very solid with Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and French. Caviar Russe is a very good Russian restaurant.
Agree Houston has more Asian and more diversity--not to say Miami does not have any good Asian. Hutong is excellent authentic Chinese; Miami has some of the best Peking Duck I have had in the States, many excellent sushi restaurants, Korean BBQ (Cote and KYU very solid) and even Vietnamese (Phuc Yea)--if not as wide a selection as Houston
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I can get on board with most of this except for the Lebanese. I am Lebanese myself and I think that is about equal with both being very good. Neither city is Detroit (which is the uncontested King of Lebanese food outside of Lebanon) but both are very solid here. Houston also has a few great Greek places but not nearly as many as Miami.
To further clarify, where Miami has the biggest lead would be with fine dining and food from the Caribbean. Both Miami and Houston are top notch when it comes to food from Central America. Miami has a lot more Nicaraguan and Houston a lot more Salvadoran. Guatemalan and Honduran are extremely plentiful in both. In terms of quality, there isn't a big difference between Colombian and Venezuelan, however Miami just has a much bigger breadth of options. Miami of course is way ahead of Houston when it comes to the other nations in South America. Houston has Argentine, Peruvian, Brazilian, etc. restaurants just not nearly in the numbers Miami does.
I think the actual area where Houston outshines Miami the hardest (besides Asian and African food) is innovation in regional cuisine like Viet-Cajun.
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For me, I have a pretty strong emphasis on East Asian, Southeast Asian, and Mexican cuisines and those squarely go to Houston. I also really like Italian, Central Asian and Eastern European, and I don't think either of them are all that strong in those categories.
I did vote for Houston. It's hard to beat in quality, diversity and depth. However, ANY of the top 30 cities will have more food than we can shake a stick at.
Location: Miami (prev. NY, Atlanta, SF, OC and San Diego)
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Miami has very good Italian restaurants.
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For me, I have a pretty strong emphasis on East Asian, Southeast Asian, and Mexican cuisines and those squarely go to Houston. I also really like Italian, Central Asian and Eastern European, and I don't think either of them are all that strong in those categories.
Maybe I need to take another trip to Miami specifically but I was not impressed at all. I actually thought Fort Lauderdale had better restaurants than Miami.
Yea, I can see that. I guess I just didn't go for them while I was there, but it demographically makes sense in regards to Italian American from the northeastern states as well as a pretty international and well-heeled crowd that more authentic and higher end Italian cuisine might attract.
Overall, I personally prefer Miami over Houston, but that is largely because my palate enjoys Caribbean and Latin dishes more than anything else.
Yeah. That also makes it closer for me. But Houston’s Asian food ties it up for my liking
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