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• SOUTH BEACH GRILL •
Although many restaurants reserve their mahi for dinner dishes, chef James
Rivenbark Jr. of South Beach Grill creates a daily burrito special around his fresh,
locally caught mahi that can be enjoyed any time of day.
“Normally a dinner entrée would have a more complex dish,” Rivenbark explains. “But
we wanted something more versatile for the menu, and it’s a homerun for what it is.”
With his mahi burrito, Rivenbark caters to lunch diners and patrons who simply
want a quick bite to eat before or after a day at the beach.
Although the mahi burrito changes weekly, the most popular is the Bang Dang
Mahi-Mahi Burrito, which features fresh-grilled mahi on a 12-inch flour tortilla
covered in bacon, rice, tomatoes and lettuce. It is flavored with South Beach Grill’s
signature sweet and creamy bang pow sauce that also provides a nice kick. It’s rolled
and topped with sour cream and freshly diced green onions.
“The beauty of mahi,” Rivenbark explains, “is that it doesn’t need to be the star
of the show. The fish is versatile and delicate at the same time, which allows you to
pair it with almost anything. As for the seasoning on the fish itself it never needs
more than a little salt and pepper and a dash of lemon juice to truly shine. It’s what
you pair it with that makes or breaks the dish.”
By pairing the fish with simple, yet fresh and delicious ingredients, Rivenbark
creates a following for his weekly mahi burritos.
“I dare you to come try it,” he says. “I guarantee you won’t be disappointed, and
you’ll walk away wanting the recipe for our bang pow sauce.”
Chef James Rivenbark Jr.’s secret ingredient in his South Beach Grill Bang Dang Mahi-
Mahi Burrito is his pungent bang pow sauce.
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WBM august 2013