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The restaurant also serves up a fragrant curried chicken or goat , house-made patties and cracked conch . On weekends , Clive ’ s offers mannish water , a goat soup that ’ s believed to be an aphrodisiac
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Colourful street in Miami Beach
Above : Grilled chicken and beef rice in Little Haiti music , Clive ’ s is neither fancy nor trendy . Yet people in the know ( including regular Lenny Kravitz ) come here for plentiful plates of home cooking . The jerk chicken brings a pleasant heat , and is served with two sides — the mac and cheese — a thick slice of solid cheese and noodle casserole — and the rice and peas , which are both excellent . The restaurant also serves up a fragrant curried chicken or goat , house-made patties and cracked conch . On weekends , Clive ’ s also offers mannish water , a goat soup that ’ s believed to be an aphrodisiac .
If you want to take advantage of Miami ’ s warm climate by dining al fresco , there ’ s no better spot than Naomi ’ s Garden , also in Little Haiti . Three decades ago , Yaron Yemini and his wife Shula opened this tiny restaurant that looked more like a shack than a dining establishment . The couple started out by serving Israeli food , but little by little , the local Haitian ladies who worked in the kitchen started making the food they grew up with . Today , Naomi ’ s offers some of the best Haitian food in the area in a lush garden setting . The one-page menu asks you to choose one main dish ( oxtail , fried chicken , fried snapper , goat stew , jerk jackfruit and spinach stew are just a few of the options ), then add sides such as rice and peas , collard greens , plantain , steamed vegetables and macaroni . You can further customise your meal with pickled vegetables and spicy Haitian
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