Page 11 - Boca Exposure - July '23

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Dining Out:

Hungry Al’s Roadmap To His All-Time Favs!

By Alan Serinsky of Bocaire Second Stop – Italian: Over the course of 10 years very sharable for even three. This huge whole red snapper
Country Club. Hungry Al’s love many Italian restaurants have come and gone. This is masterfully flash-fried and served with a spicy sweet-sour
for food started very young. cuisine is probably my favorite, and choosing the best glaze. We also enjoyed the popular (and for good reasons)
Never satisfied with his Mom’s is a monumental task. Back in the early years it was Ca Chim ($36) comprised of a Halibut filet that is first cured
dishes, he started to cook his Giovanni’s (Pompano), Casa De Angelo’s (Boca Raton), with Galangal (a Thai or Siamese-like ginger).
way through her “Betty Crocker Trattoria Romano (Boca) and the list goes on. So, to If you have been longing for Asian food that’s not very
Cookbook.” During the years keep as current as my last review, I can’t stop raving prevalent here in South Florida, then I highly recommend
to follow he spent many hours about Elisabetta on Atlantic Avenue, Delray Beach. Go you listen to this hungry Buddha and drive, boat or Uber
working in restaurants, both as server and cook, attending for the veal chop or any pasta/pizza dish. to Le Colonial.
cooking classes and traveling the world in an effort to expand Third Stop – Seafood: This has always been a hook- Closing The Garage Door:
his palette. As a professional writer, Hungry Al offers his in-my-side in determining what the best of the net is in Well now you have it – Hungry Al
perspective on current food trends and guides you through the seafood category. As ironic as it sounds, there are has delivered his all-time favorites.
your local restaurant options. not many great seafood restaurants in any of our coastal So, the next time you stop me in
Pull out the GPS! Fill the tank! Start your engines! shorelines. That was until I discovered Covina. Located the streets and request my best, I’m
Hungry Al (that’s me) has decided to spill the beans on what in downtown Boca Raton, you’ll have a hard time casting going to hand you this review. I
he considers his all-time favorite dining spots. your line for all the various local and distant fish species guarantee that these four or more golden spatula winners
Leaving The Guard Gate: It seems wherever I go there is on their menu. Yes, you can have a great filet of Corvina will also become your drive-to-dine favorites too!
always someone who’s going to ask me the $64,000 question: or branch out to another fishing spot and try the fresh
“What are your favorite restaurants?” As a food writer, I find Striped Bass or Black Grouper.
that inquiry hard to answer. I have lots of preferred dining Fourth Stop – Japanese: When it comes to sushi, or
stops, but this job keeps me changing gears all the time. To any Japanese dishes, it’s a very individual tasting palate.
satisfy all my Hungry Al fans, I’m going to let you in on my But if I had to revisit any restaurant it’s hands down the
Top Six List! Many of these selections are not in walking Alley Cat (Boca Raton) for some of the best Japanese
distance, but I’ll promise you it’s worth the drive. plates I’ve seen in this area in a long time. I recommend
To make our journey more interesting, let us drop the you give the King Salmon Sushi or the Miso Sea Bass
convertible top, put on the shades, and cruise the best eating a try. They are both winners in the forever Sumo sushi
spots in South Florida! competition of Boca Japanese restaurants.
First Stop – Happy Hour: This is a tough category Fifth Stop – Steaks: Where’s the beef? There never
to choose my favorite. Hungry Al sets the bar high to seems to be enough steakhouses for Boca’s carnivorous
reach all the variables to make Hungry Al happy! I have appetite. As the years keep slowly passing me by, I get less
to consider: special drinks list, food quality, length of interested in beef. So, I’m not the best barometer for a steak
happy hour, service and, of course, price. But every time eating contest. But, if I have to utilize the taste buds of those
I make my journey back to Deerfield Beach I have a hard who join us on our Hungry Squad outings, I would have
time resisting Luigi Di Roma. Every drink is half price, to register high marks for both the Capitol Grill and New
every appetizer is only $7, the food is amazingly good York Prime as winning the cattle auction in Boca Raton.
(ridiculous portion sizes) and you have two hours to make Sixth Stop – Asian: To me, dining is an experience and
yourself happy before the music starts. I might regret in some cases a form of escapism. Here at Le Colonial it
giving this secret away because it will make it harder for seems as though you are transported onto the set of the
Hungry D and me to find a barstool. Try their Calamari, award-winning film, Inochine. The signature entree here
Eggplant Stack or Chicken Parmigiana Panni. at Le Colonial is the Chien Saigon ($95 for two), which is

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