Carican Flavors 2701 N. Martin Luther King Ave. caricanflavors.com 424-0456 Liven yourself up with the bold jerk chicken platter ($8.10) or the sumptuous curried goat ($11.15), both served with a generous selection of sides, including black-eyed peas, sweet potatoes, steamed okra and plantains. But even those can’t beat the hot and hearty stewed oxtails ($11.72) […]
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A taste for tagine
Photo: Shannon Cornman In this conical-lidded cookware, the meat or fish is placed first on the cooking dish and is topped with vegetables and spices, causing everything to be braised and steamed. This dizzyingly fragrant stew is commonly served with rice, bread or couscous. Cooking tagine vessels are usually (but not always) reddish-orange glazed terra-cotta, […]
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Fancy feast
What works: The blackened salmon eggs Benedict was sumptuous, eggy goodness. What doesn’t: Usually, service is fine, but we counsel patience, as the staff is small. The tip: Fancy That is known for its lunches, but don’t skip the brunch and dinner, too. One recent Saturday morning, I was supposed to meet a journalist friend […]
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Slab slingers
Like many of the best barbecue joints, it’s not a fancy restaurant. You can walk from the gasoline station next door that it’s attached to without going outside. There are only a few tables, but the place is spotless. The staff is friendly and efficient. “God bless Tinker,” Scott Pearce, general manager, said one recent […]
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OMG
O Asian Fusion is housed in a freestanding building in a strip mall parking lot on one of Norman’s busiest corners. Even with extensive and tasteful exterior renovation, it’s still unmistakably a former Pizza Hut. But inside O, the dining room transformation is complete. Hardwood floors, stone walls and a central flowing water sculpture grace […]