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WORLD FARE: The benefits of Facing East in the Convoy District (or, how I remembered “Asian Fusion” wasn’t a curse)

December 28, 2016 mgardiner

  There may be no words that strike fear into the hearts of food writers of a particular vintage quite like "Asian Fusion." Ming Tsai rocks and Jean-George Vongerichten is rightly a legend, but the crimes of a couple thousand copiers just cannot be forgotten. So when … [Read more...]

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WORLD FARE: Bugsy’s BBQ proves you can’t barbecue on a Gaslamp

April 27, 2016 mgardiner

Barbecue joints tend to be located on the wrong side of the tracks. Whether that's down to the cheap rent, tradition or that folk in those communities are less likely to complain about the smoke is unclear. But great barbecue in high-rent neighborhoods is the exception, not the … [Read more...]

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WORLD FARE: Supannee offers farm-to-table Thai in Point Loma

November 5, 2014 MAG Leave a Comment

The toasted ground rice in the pork larb was the first hint that there was something different about Shelter Island's Supannee House of Thai. Too often, that ground rice is a perfunctory presence in larb (ground meat in lime juice, fish sauce, herbs and spices), more an … [Read more...]

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