A couple weeks ago, we had one of those moments you feel in your chest.✨💖
@alamaroakland had the honor of welcoming
@officialmrtendernism during his Bay Area tour, and he chose to pull up to alaMar Dominican Kitchen 🇩🇴
@alamaroakland and show real love. ❤️ Not the polite kind… the clean-the-bone, run-it-back kind.
He tapped into Chef Nelson’s oxtails — a dish that means everything. A recipe rooted in family, in memory, in his mother’s hands. And you could see it… that moment when food hits deeper than flavor. When it tells a story.
And then he said it…
“Yeah… this is officially Tendernism.”
Followed by: “SUAVECITO.”
And you already know… “I ain’t going to lie, BOOYAH.” — once he said that, it was over.
At that point, we had no choice — we made him an honorary Dominican for the night 🇩🇴
But what made it even more powerful… Chef Nelson
@chefnel4 got to present him with his first book, Caribbean Cocktails — a piece of his journey, his culture, his story. A full-circle moment. From the stoops of Washington Heights to moments like this.
This is what it’s about.
Food. Culture. Community. Energy.
Love always to those who pull up and feel it with us.
Caribbean Cocktails 🍹drops June 2nd — don’t sleep, preorder your copy. 📚
#bravotopchef #dominicanfood #Caribbeancocktailsbook #tenspeedpress #Townbiz
