Sprout & Pea

Over the Thanks­giv­ing hol­i­day, I went home to visit my fam­ily in Miami.  After my sec­ond Thanks­giv­ing din­ner, I didn’t think I had any room left for food, but my par­ents insisted on tak­ing me to brunch at their new favorite spot, Michael’s Gen­uine, and I’m cer­tainly glad they did! Not only is the food here incred­i­ble and the menu unique, they source all of their ingre­di­ents from local, sus­tain­able farm­ers, fish­er­man and arti­sans and their menu changes daily, depend­ing upon what is in sea­son.

All of their dishes are small, well priced and served as they’re ready, cater­ing to family-​​style shar­ing. Pic­tured above is the first dish that came out: Bour­bon Bacon Bread Pud­ding. It was per­fectly sweet­ened with lit­tle crunches of bacon in each bite — in other words, com­pletely mouth­wa­ter­ing.  After pon­der­ing over the com­pletely unusual drink options, I decided on the Cherry Rose­mary Soda which was by far one of the best drinks I’ve ever tasted — just the right amount of sweet.

With so many restau­rants in New York that sup­port local food pro­duc­tion, I was so happy to see Miami finally catch­ing on with this gem of a restau­rant. They’ve also part­nered with the Whole­some Wave Foun­da­tion to help make fresh, local pro­duce avail­able to every­one through Roots In The City Farm­ers Mar­ket.  Through the pro­gram, Fed­eral Food Stamps are dou­bled in value when used at par­tic­i­pat­ing farm­ers mar­kets. These guys were recently awarded Slow Food USA’s first Snail of Approval in Miami and boy do they deserve it! Below are a few more of the incred­i­bly tasty dishes that we enjoyed at Michael’s Genuine…

Pump­kin Cream Cheese French Toast

Duck Con­fit Hash With Creamy Pars­ley Sauce and Poached Lake Meadow Farms Duck Egg

Wood Oven Baked 9 Grain Pan­cakes With Organic Maple Syrup

Pick­led Rye Cab­bage Slaw That Accom­pa­nied The Reuben Omelette (Yum!)

Wood Over Roasted Dou­ble Yolk Egg With Cave Aged Gruyere, Roasted Tomato, Chives & Sour­dough Crostini