I was excited when I got word that a place describing itself as a “Chinese tapas bar” would be opening in Point Loma. I love tapas, I love dim sum and I loved the idea of the intersection of the two. Then, unfortunately, I actually ate at Shanghai Bun Chinese Tapas Bar (1029 … [Read more...]
ALL FORKED UP: The Pop-Up Push Down Syndrome (S1E6)
Mercy and Michael interview former James Beard Award nominee Daniel Barron and Stevan Novoa and Travis Randoll on the allure and realities of Pop-Up restaurants. It all culminates in an "outing" of sorts...one we could "barely" stand. Check it out on iTunes at: … [Read more...]
WORLD FARE: Bar Bodega shows the benefit of keeping it short
If there’s a more certain sign a restaurant won’t be great than a long menu, I haven’t found it. The opposite may not be equally true—a short menu doesn’t assure greatness—but it increases the odds that back-of-house staff will execute all menu items well and the ingredients will … [Read more...]
WORLD FARE: Character and perfection at Nine-Ten
Increasingly, it seems, top restaurants in Los Angeles and London, New York and New Dehli, San Sebastian and São Paulo look the same, feel the same and have even begun to taste the same. The internet brought ease of access to information and images but also a convergence among … [Read more...]
WORLD FARE: Drowning in torta goodness at El Gallito
Just about anything taken to its logical extreme falls apart. The torta ahogadas (“drowned tortas”) of Guadalajara are an example of that. They take the Mexican torta to its logical extreme, and they certainly fall apart. However, there is definitely nothing wrong with that. In … [Read more...]
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