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Norman's Review
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Norman's
$$$$, Eclectic, International Drive Area
Fodor's Review:
Chef-entrepreneur Norman Van Aken brings impressive credentials to the restaurant that bears his name, as one might expect from the headline eatery in the first and only Ritz-Carlton in Orlando. Van Aken's culinary roots go back to the Florida Keys, where he's credited with creating "Floribbean" cuisine, a blend that is part Key West, part Havana, part Kingston, Jamaica. In the '90s, Van Aken became a star in Miami with his Coral Gables restaurant. The Orlando operation is a formal restaurant with marble floors, starched tablecloths, waiters in black-tie, and a creative, if expensive, prix-fixe menu. The offerings change frequently, but typical dishes include mango-glazed barbecue duck stuffed into a green chili-studded pancake; beef ribs with creamed corn, grilled chayote, and fried onion rings; and Mongolian-style veal chops with grilled Chinese eggplant and Thai fried rice. For dessert, try the "New World banana split," with macadamia nut-brittle ice cream and rum-flambéed banana. The least expensive dinner option is a three-course, prix-fixe meal for $65 per person.
INFO
- Address: Ritz-Carlton Grande Lakes, 4000 Central Florida Pkwy., Orlando, FL
- Phone: 407/393-4333
- Credit Cards: AE, D, DC, MC, V
- Closed: No lunch
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