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...]
SAN DIEGO CITYBEAT: Just the tip
It's a ritual restaurant diners experience regularly: The bill arrives and it's time to calculate the tip. But how? Should it be 10, 15 or 20 percent? And a percentage on what: Before or after tax? What about wine? Yet restaurant diners could soon experience this conundrum … [Read more...]
WORLD FARE: With a name like Wrench and Rodent, it’s gotta be good
The importance of first impressions is the stuff of advertising slogans and books about business motivation and self-improvement. Wrench and Rodent Seabasstropub is the exception that proves that rule. "Rodents" hardly sound appetizing and "wrenches" play no meaningful role in … [Read more...]