Love is Blind, Chef Morisi Brings Perspective

Being the food lover that I am and not caring about the 10 extra pounds that I'm packing these days, when I recently got invited by the fabulous Liza Santana (Creativas Group) to a social tasting at Love is Blind in Coral Gables, the answer was clear. Being a fan of the Passion Group (having previously dined at LIB's sister restaurant Dolores, But You Can Call Me Lolita) and already having Crazy About You and Love Is Blind on my radar, I was excited to see what the romantically named restaurant was all about.When I walked inside, I was floored. Every detail within the restaurant had me completely enamored.

Lamps & Quotes Light Up The Entrance

Nautical Wall Art

Romantic Details, Half-Burned Candle

As they walked us to the back of the house, I was curious about what wow factor they would have in store for us as most restaurants try to take it up a notch when hosting "foodies" (Cringes at word). Well, they did have one (well, many) and all I could say is touché LIB, touché.

Casual Family Style Table, Back of The House

Chicharrones (Fried Pork Chunks) Centerpieces

As we were introduced to the owners of the restaurant and man of the hour Chef Morisi, who recently came from Italy to change things up at LIB (I'm making the acronym happen, don't judge me), we were also served up with some serious medicine. Ladies and gentlemen, may I present: Dr. Mojito.

Dr. Mojito (shot of Midori in the seringe)

Dr. Mojito was accompanied by some very tasty appetizers. Two of which, blew my mind. Guess which ones?

Prosciutto Pesto Focaccia Zeppelin

Flash Fried Asparagus and Popcorn

Pringle Calamari with Aoili

After finishing our appetizers and respective instagram posts, Chef Fabio Morisi brought out some more delicious food and intriguing stories to go along with it. Feed your hunger below.

Grilled artichokes, tomatoes, rosemary, garlic and shrimp were delivered straight from the oven... on the same paper it was grilled on! Talk about authentic.

Truffle Ravioli with Ricotta in a Madeira Sauce

As if the above wasn't enough, we were served more pasta and a theatrical tale told by Chef Morisi himself.

Strozzapreti an enlongated form of Cavatelli

Strozzapreti: or "Priest Chokers" got its name from Glutton Priests eating too fast and choking.. sometimes to death

And Lastly, dessert! A combinaiton of chocolate, gummy bears, sourpatches, fudge, etc.

Wait for the ultimate smash:

And a little bit of goodness straight from the mixing bowl!

Our time at Love is Blind was absolutely wonderful and yes, I will speak for all. Chef Morisi's persona and culinary delights are worth my drive to Coral Gables. For all of you that live there, you're welcome.

Oh! Almost forgot, shots of me and some cool, food driven people:

Photo by LIB Staff/  Monika Zdziebkowska's Phone?

Liza Santana, Romina Nabhen and I

I hear brunch is coming up. So look out for that too... and the blog to follow ;)

Xoxo, 

Jomary Jimenez

Social Media Girl (Blinded by Love)

#ExpRunway a fashion soirée done right

Spring has sprung in South Beach which means my inbox is filling up with more and more events to attend and I couldn't be happier. My favorite superwoman +D'ana Nunez , invited me to attend an +EXPRESS fashion show being held at the Raleigh Hotel which I attended yesterday after work in a leather Express black leather skirt and an old H&M mustard shirt. Fashionable.That's the only bad news, swear.

I gave my name to the "guy" at the door and he quickly provided me with a backstage access pass. Nice. I met up with D'ana and other fashion bloggers in a cabana set up with Express branded swag bag items and Voli Vodka next to its respective mixers. Touche Express, touche. Walking around, there were key factors to the event that as a social media freak, I would like to give extreme kudos for:

The Sand Sculpture, how many times do you think this was instagramed?

Sweet backstage access

Express and Voli= Perfect Combo

+D'ana Nunez, Fiercely pouring me a drink

A cabana next to Kate Upton

Free Manis from Candy Coat Nail Boutique

And then there was the holy grail of a call to action. The Express Runway live feed wall stood elegantly by itself encouraging you to hashtag, follow, tweet all while trying to find yourself on the incoming posts on the screen. It was all so overwhelming and absolutely perfect. This is how you throw an event. This is how you blow the mind of the girl that may not be that into fashion, but that shops your brand and that will more than likely blog about you later.

Oh yeah, this was about a fashion show. Click HERE to see a nice front row clip.

Where to next Miami? 

Xoxo, 

Jomary Jimenez

Social Media Girl