Where to eat: Tampa Bay Brewing Company, Ybor City

Do you watch cooking shows, I do. The Nigellas, Steins, Jamies and Blancs make regular appearances in my living room and both me and Captain ogle at the food cooked to perfection on screen. But one of my favourite show is the Diners, Drive-ins and Dives hosted by Guy Fieri. I love American food in all its excess, lots of flavour, no delicate knife-fork handling and huge portion servings. So while we were in Florida, we made a trip to Ybor. Actually what we had was a sort of comfortable road trip crisscrossing Florida. And while we were in Ybor, we made a trip to the Tampa Bay Brewing Company for a long and lazy brunch.

As the name suggests, Tampa Bay Brewing Company is actually a microbrewery. I remain loyal to my Desperadoes, so for me, more than the beer it was the food. Oh the food. To be honest, we ordered more than we could eat, but no complaints. In the DDD show, Tampa Bay's chef Ryan Kelly spoke of his cooking as "comfort food with a gourmet touch" and really there is no better way to describe it. For starters, we ordered the Cider Wings with blue cheese sauce. The chicken is tangy because of the cider but the sauce balances it out with its creamy sweetness.

 For my mains I went in for the Wild Warthog Thai Style Spicy Curry Mussels served over udon noodles. And boy was it good. Till date, its been the best mussels dish ever.

I forgot what the hubby order, either the Onion Porter Pork Chop or the New York Strip Steak, my guess is that its the steak.

My only meh was the dessert, I ordered the Cherry bread pudding which I had to get packed. the pudding was nice but I have had better desserts so that's not making it into my list.

If you are visiting that part of the world, haul yourself to Tampa Bay Brewing Company and order the mussels. And yes, you are welcome.