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...]
NEWS: SDF&T’s Michael Gardiner to do Ceviche Wednesday
For a year and a half Chef Flor Franco has been hosting Ceviche's Wednesdays. For the first year they were held at the late-lamented Sirena Cocina in Little Italy. For the first part of this second season they were held at Isabel's Cantina in Pacific Beach. As of next week … [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...]
WORLD FARE: A hole in the wall that’s not all it’s cracked up to be
Here’s a great way to get me to go check out a restaurant: Tell me it’s a little ethnic hole in the wall run by an immigrant family making the stuff they ate at home. I’m a sucker for that sort of thing. If one person says this, I’m intrigued. Two say so, and I want to go. If a … [Read more...]
WORLD FARE: Passion boils over at Boiling Passion
The idea of the boiling communal cauldron as cooking vessel is only as new as humans. It is also international. From Chinese "hotpot," to Japanese nabemono dishes and Singapore "steamboat" all the way to Swiss fondue, the idea of cooking meat in a boiling cauldron is ancient and … [Read more...]
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