Portland is many things. It is beautiful in summer and it is rainy when not. It is one of America’s – if not the world’s – microbrew capitals. It has made an art form of political correctness in all its glory and much of that which is not glorious. It is … [Read more...]
WORLD FARE: Fast food transformed to art at Sushi Tadokoro
Sushi is often treated as either high art or commoditized fast food. Aficionados celebrate the uber-expensive omakase tasting menus of places like Urasawa in Beverly Hills even as a businesswoman grabs uber-cheap supermarket sushi on her way home from the office. No doubt high … [Read more...]
CITYBEAT RESTAURANT GUIDE 2017: Off the Strip (San Diego’s best Asian food outside the Convoy District)
When most people think about Asian food in San Diego they think about the Convoy District. They’re certainly not all wrong to do so. San Diego doesn’t have a “Chinatown” or a “Little Tokyo” (though it does, supposedly, have a “Little Saigon”). In a sense, though, the Convoy is … [Read more...]
EATER SAN DIEGO YEAR END WRAP-UP, Part 5: Dining Experts Name Their Best Restaurant Meals of 2016
Part 5 of Eater San Diego’s year end restaurant wrap-up asks local food writers to name their best restaurant meals of 2016: http://sandiego.eater.com/2016/12/29/14120416/dining-experts-name-their-best-restaurant-meals-of-2016 My answer: "I had a number of very, very … [Read more...]
WORLD FARE: The benefits of Facing East in the Convoy District (or, how I remembered “Asian Fusion” wasn’t a curse)
There may be no words that strike fear into the hearts of food writers of a particular vintage quite like "Asian Fusion." Ming Tsai rocks and Jean-George Vongerichten is rightly a legend, but the crimes of a couple thousand copiers just cannot be forgotten. So when … [Read more...]
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