They look like dinosaur toes but taste like the sweetest clams you’ve ever had with just a hint of lobster tossed into the mix. At worldwide prices around $80 per pound they can be the most expensive form of seafood in the world. They’re percebes, aka gooseneck barnacles. And, … [Read more...]
CITY BEAT FOOD ISSUE: Sushi Stop (All Sushi, All the Time)
You’ve heard of the pescatarian diet (covered elsewhere in this issue), as well as the raw food diet (vegan, with no foodstuffs raised over 118 degrees Fahrenheit). Me? I thought a cross between those was a far better approach. The best of both worlds: I call it the All-Sushi … [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...]
THRILLIST: San Diego’s 10 Best Neighborhoods for Dining Out, Ranked
San Diego’s city fathers and mothers (not to mention planners) are keen on telling us that ours is a “City of Neighborhoods.” They lied when they said it, and they lie now. San Diego is not a city of neighborhoods, never was, and cannot be for many reasons: Southern California … [Read more...]