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...]
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...]
MEDIA: Part II of our Interview of Davin Waite on FOOD FOR THOUGHT (KNSJ)
In Part II of our interview with Chef Davin Waite of the Wrench & Rodent Seabasstropub and The Whet Noodle in Oceanside, Keith Langhorn, Mercy Baron and I cover the history of sushi in San Diego, the Cafe Japengo family tree, the Wrench & Rodent name and the importance of … [Read more...]
MEDIA: Interview of Davin Waite on FOOD FOR THOUGHT (KNSJ)
From interviewee to co-interviewer. Keith Langhorn, Mercy Baron and I interview Chef Davin Waite of the Wrench & Rodent Seabasstropub and The Whet Noodle in Oceanside. This is the first of our two part interview with topics ranging Davin's beginnings as a sushi chef, the … [Read more...]
FOODIE FEST ENCINITAS: How to Build a Whet Noodle.
The idea of a high-end organic, sustainable farm playing the roll of “muse” to a high-end Chef is hardly anything new or newsworthy. But it is not for those perfect vegetables or gorgeous fruits that Chef Davin Waite of The Whet Noodle and Wrench and Rodent Seabasstropub (1813 … [Read more...]