Orlando Food Critic

Family Recipes –  Much More Than Just Food. I can think of no greater excitement for a food lover than discovering in some long forgotten closet, a book that contains recipes from your Mother, Grandmother or even Great Grandmother. As you leaf through the age stained pages and read with difficulty the handwritten notes, you will be transported back to …

The Cheesecake Factory. Just like admitting you had a poster of some random band on your bedroom wall as a teenager or owning up to that dubious item of clothing still hanging in your wardrobe, saying you like the Cheesecake Factory can be just as socially awkward. That is until you meet a fellow Cheesecake fan. Be the first to …

  Here at OFC we are all about the hospitality business, through our experience, we know that businesses who are better informed about customers, staff, trends and service outperform their competitors. We would be delighted to tell you more, perhaps over a cup of coffee. Please get in touch and find out how we can work together. We would love …

Hugz from Bugz There have been a lot of fantastic charitable works going on, in and around Orlando but I can think of no better or deserving local example than the Childhood Cancer Awareness Month being supported by Peterbrooke Chocolatiers in Winter Park, by the sale of Chocolate Ribbon Pops or Butterfly Pops. Peterbrooke Chocolatiers are donating $1 from the …

Toasted – 1945 Aloma Avenue Winter Park. Here at OFC we are always on the lookout for interesting food options that won’t break the bank, so today popped into Toasted for a takeout lunch, very much on the spur of the moment. Toasted is located in the Aloma Avenue strip mall and describes itself as an experience based, fast casual …

“Mad” about the Old Fashioned. What’s Old is New again. Teetering in and out of popularity, “The Old Fashioned” has been the traditional way to make a cocktail for over 130 years, its current resurgence in popularity could be attributed to the character Don Draper in the AMC series Mad Men, who adopted it as his cocktail of choice and …

  Magical Dining Month. Orlando’s Magical Dining Month is celebrating its 11th year of operation and is now well and truly under way. Magical Dining is a special month-long program where participating restaurants feature prix fixe dinners at the exceptional value of $33 per person. The special menus offer a three-course meal which includes the choice of an appetizer, entrée …

Argentinian Malbec – A Triumph of Peoples choice. The success story of Malbec is a compelling example of consumer power. Malbec started to become popular well over ten years ago, and the Argentinian variety (my favorite) was mainly consumed inside that country. It was only around the year 2000 when the cost of European wines increased that the USA wine …

We are all about the hospitality business, through our experience, we know that businesses who are better informed about customers, staff, trends and service outperform their competitors. We would be delighted to tell you more, perhaps over a cup of coffee. Please get in touch and find out how we can work together. We would love to help Telephone: 786 202 …

I told you I would be back, but even I did not think so soon ! Met up with friends at Slate for Brunch on Saturday, I could not be dissuaded from my usual, and now it seems habit forming, Chili and Brown Sugar rubbed Smoked Brisket, but added some Fried Green Tomatoes as a dubious attempt to appear more …