or fail and they wish at their own expense. Both plan on being here quite a lot. In fact, Van Akens son is on the staf at a fairly low end spot – line cook or in the bakery, I think. Melissa kelly is in town next wek —...

Nut Brittle Ice Cream Chef Norman Van Aken’s 5 Course Menu is $80.00 Please inquire if you would like a Signature Wine Pairing to complement your Experience. http://www.normans.com

of the “Mango Gang” with Norman Van Aken, Alan Susser, Douglas Rodriguez, Mark Militello, Johnny Vincenz et al. Some genuinely great – and innovative – restaurants came out of that (Norman's, Mark’s...

. 2. Norman's — I always swallow hard on this one, because the restaurant’s marketing philosophy ignores local customers. Thus, many people who live here have no idea how good Norman Van Aken and his staff are at what...

I remember when this was a very small event held on the schools campus (I think), lol. Norman Van Aken was the big chef there to do book signings, lol.

'll eventually try it. The mall where it will be opening is beautiful but it will occupy a spot where one restaurant already closed (Pescado) and will be neighboring a casual place that Norman Van Aken opened called Mundo, which...

as most of the restaurants on Giralda Ave between Ponce de Leon and Douglas Rd. If you want to travel a little further south of Coral Gables there is a shopping mall which houses Mundo, a restaurant owned by Norman van Aken, who...

involvement with their host restaurant’s kitchen, but I have enjoyed some outrageously good meals in the hands of restaurants and their guest chefs. Any dinner involving Norman Van Aken, Bruce Aidells, William Woys Weaver,...

are a cut above the norm (I’ve intentionally stayed away from offering’s like The French Laundry Cookbook given the thrust of your comments): Since you like Caribbean-style food, try out any of Norman Van Aken's books...

First, don’t overlook two of the city’s finest restaurants in your own hotel. At the Ritz is Norman's of Orlando, a satellite operation of Norman Van Aken's Coral Gables restaurant. The other, Primo, is in the JW...

http://www.chowhound.com/topics/479904 please note that Norman Van Aken is no longer at Tavern n Town

, or Alton, or their posse/mafia. Not that they aren’t great chef. That’s why the Iron Chefs play the game, Mario wants to see if his buddy can kick Bobby Flay’s ass or vice-versa. Norman Van Aken and Charlie...

-citrus vinegrette. Lydia Shire, Norman Van Aken, Todd English, Jimmy Schmidt and Sam Choy had dishes which tasted great at the time but which escape me now. All of this chow was washed down with Chandon sparkling, Jordan 2000...

and Norman Van Aken first hit the area. The poster said that was 10 years ago. Actually – it was more like 25 years ago – when Militello opened his first place and Van Aken was in Key West. It was a promising start...

's pricey, and feels slightly less South Beach-y than other places because it’s in a sort of odd (but classy) below-ground space, but I like it a lot. Norman's is in the Gables, not the Beach, and it seems that Norman Van...