Let’s start 2019 out right with a Supper Club at Big Fin Seafood Kitchen. We’ll convene at the Dellagio Plaza restaurant on Friday, Jan. 18, at 6:30 p.m.

Executive chef James Slattery and chef de cuisine Darlene Christeleit along with sous chefs Brie Austin and Paulo Santos have put together a menu of food with a story, paying homage to regional events of 2018 with a look ahead to the exciting possibilities of the New Year. 

And each course will be paired with wines that have been aged in bourbon or tequila barrels, which will be an interesting component on its own.

Cost of the dinner is $95, which includes tax and gratuity. Seating is limited and tickets can be purchased at this Eventbrite page.

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The concept of the permanent food truck rally that is À La Cart brings with it one great advantage over other food truck gatherings. Yes, there is available seating, something that is often nonexistent unless you haul your own lawn chairs. And much of that seating is inside a pavilion, which not only offers said seating — at tables! — and shelter from the elements but also has a bar serving an impressive array of craft beers.

Nice things all. But the nicest advantage is something I didn’t realize at first. Something was missing here from other food truck rallies, and its absence makes À La Cart all the more enjoyable. The mostly permanent location allows the participating trucks to operate on electric power and leave their loud, smelly, gasoline chugging generators off.

I don’t supposed it’s absolutely necessary to know who the four guys of Four Guys Pho in Casselberry are but it does beg the question. Though as far as I know, no one loses any sleep over not knowing who the five guys of Five Guys Burgers are. (They are the Murrell brothers from Washington, D.C., though the fifth one wasn’t born yet when his older brothers started the business, posing another question that will go begging for now.)

The website for Four Guys Pho says that the Vietnamese restaurant is also the project of brothers, though no names are offered. And when I called the restaurant to ask, the gentleman who answered the phone said that if I wanted to know their names I would have to come to the restaurant because he wasn’t authorized to give that information out over the phone.

Maybe it should be called the Soup of the Secretive Siblings.

Whatever. The food, especially the pho, was quite good when I visited recently.