Change is, it's just not always good. That's why it's daunting. When Sab-E-Lee, one of San Diego's most revered Thai eateries, left its cramped original digs at the northeast corner of Linda Vista Road and Ulric Street there was a tangible sense of concern among its devotees. How … [Read more...]
SAN DIEGO CITYBEAT FOOD ISSUE: Best-kept-secret ethnic eateries
The types of places featured on Guy Fieri’s Food Network show, Diners, Drive Ins and Dives, are generally not the restaurants I want to frequent. As I’ve observed in the past, “What makes [the show] work is the sense it highlights examples of a mythical ‘authentic American … [Read more...]
TRAVEL: In Search of the Vortex, Beauty and a Good Meal in Sedona
It was only 10:30 in the morning and I already had proof there really is such a thing as a stupid question. He was white, middle class and pasty—I could pretty much peg him as a Trump voter—and, pointing at a gorgeous red standstone butte formation, he asked a fellow white, … [Read more...]
BADASS KOSHER: Fear Not the Thai Curry
I like to think of myself as fearless in the kitchen. It’s not true though. Not, at least, when it comes to Thai curries. Oh, I’d made them before. I’d gone to the Thai aisle in the Asian markets and picked out a pre-made rainbow (red, yellow, green, etc.) curry paste. … [Read more...]
WORLD FARE: Avoiding the Thai two-step
If you’ve eaten Thai food in America you know the Thai two-step: Pick one from Column A (a menu of Top 10 Thai dishes) and one from Column B (protein options like beef, chicken, shrimp, tofu, duck and “mock duck”). You can have your color of the rainbow (red, yellow, green) … [Read more...]