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Frommer's Exceptional

This area's most extraordinary restaurant, the romantically lit Euphemia Haye is best known for Chef Raymond Arpke's crispy roast duckling filled with bread stuffing and accompanied by a tangy fruit sauce. His prime strip steak rolled in cracked peppercorns and served with an orange, brandy, and butter sauce is another winner, as is his shrimp in a delightful curry and coconut-cream sauce. If all this sounds sweet, wait until you go upstairs to the Haye Loft, his casual dessert bar and lounge with live entertainment. Up here, you can take your pick from fabulous pies topped with thick whipped cream or Ben & Jerry's ice cream. You can also sample the kitchen's offerings because the loft has its own light-fare menu, including soups, appetizers, small pizzas, and sandwiches. If you're lucky, the night's special sandwich will be steak topped with Raymond's peppercorn sauce, available for sale by the bottle if you like it.

Copyright: Excerpted from Frommer's Florida 2009, (c) 2008, Wiley Publishing, Inc.

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