Art Deco Tour

We stayed in South Beach for three days during our trip and I didn't realize until we arrived that South Beach has a huge district of preserved art deco buildings. The Miami Design Preservation League had the entire area designated as historic in the 70s to preserve the architecture. On Christmas, we went on a really interesting art deco walking tour and learned more about the area and the architecture. It's really fun and I'd highly recommend it. If anything, it'll provide a baseline understanding of what art deco architecture looks like so you can avoid running commentary of, "why isn't that art deco" or "I think that looks a little art deco to me." Of course, not from recent experience and totally hypothetical.

Sushi Samba

We celebrated Adam's dad's birthday at Sushi Samba while we were on vacation in Miami and it was one of the best meals we had this trip. It's a Japanese/Brazilian/Peruvian fusion restaurant which sounds a little schizophrenic, but it totally works. The food is really flavorful and the textures are different since they use a lot of Peruvian ingredients like peruvian corn. Here's what we shared and my awesomeness ratings, it goes good, awesome, super awesome and freakin' awesome:

Rock Shrimp Tempura tobanjan alioli, black truffle vinaigrette SUPER AWESOME

Chicarron de Calamar cornmeal crusted calamari with tomato, mint, plaintain, tamarind AWESOME

Beef Tenderloin and Aji Panca GOOD

Sea Bass and Miso SUPER AWESOME

Sake-Soy Braised Short Rib burdock purée, shimeji fricassee, brussels sprout AWESOME

Peruvian Fried Rice with pork belly FREAKIN' AWESOME

coco duo dark & white chocolate custard with praline AWESOME

warm chocolate banana cake maple butter, banana chip & vanilla rum ice cream SUPER AWESOME

P.S. I know I forgot a bunch of other dishes we tried because I couldn't find the description on the website, but it was all really yummy.