DIVING

Sea Urchin Soup

Posted on May 26, 2015 by ERIK

sea urchin soup. rock shrimp, lobster stock foam, local sea urchin (Palos Verdes)

Sea urchin / UNI arancini

Posted on May 24, 2015 by ERIK

sea urchin risotto fried balls…topped with sea urchin. The creaminess needs to be tasted and felt. With UNI, you can’t skimp, otherwise you are wasting your time.

Octopus

Posted on March 10, 2015 by ERIK

Octopus Selfie. caught this guy. he only had 6 full legs and 2 stubs, caught and released… but not before he sprayed ink all over the ocean and the boat.

Lobster

Posted on October 18, 2014 by ERIK

did a suicide run over to catalina island, with fog so thick you could barely see twenty feet in front along the whole LA–> Catalina crossing. Needless to say it took a while to get over (9pm launch, 1am arrival). We hit the first spot where I grabbed 5 lobster and moved to the[…]

Uni

Posted on July 5, 2014 by ERIK

Get some!

Rudeness

Posted on April 28, 2014 by ERIK

A bitter lady walked by as I was waiting for my charcoal to light and said, pointing at the sky, “The Police Helicopter is coming after you.” ORLY? LOL. Seriously? She just be jealous of fresh spiny lobster, split, grilled simply over Binchotan Charcoal grill, overlooking the ocean. The colors of NomNom When people are[…]

Abalone

Posted on September 5, 2013 by ERIK

ABALONE SASHIMI in a few steps. After driving a million miles and diving with the great white sharks… assuming you were successful and your limbs are somewhat in tact… take it out of the shell with a rice spoon or similar… […]

Sept 7 Meals on Wheels LA Picnic

Posted on August 26, 2013 by ERIK

I’m pretty blessed to be part of this crew, (read part 1 here) and to be helping this amazing organization St. Vincent Meals on Wheels. http://stvincentmow.org/ Voltaggio won top chef season 6. Ray Garcia won the Cochon competition for pig. Neal Fraser is an LA Standout chef. All the others are legit with some of the top restaurants in the city (God forbid…not NYC but…) #LA #westsiiiiiiide

ME? I’m just a neanderthal m-fer. Come join. The format is: each chefs gets a table. Each of the chefs will be donating all the food and their time to make a picnic for the 30-35 guests who join in their table. The ticket sales go to help feed the seniors/meals on wheels :). So it’s a great cause and we’re all in this together. […]

Sea urchin screencaps

Posted on May 9, 2013 by ERIK

a few screencaps from a Sea urchin/Uni video. low res since they’re screengrabs… crevice with urchins in them got the big one on the very left 🙂

Sea Urchin Part 1 (on the water)

Posted on May 4, 2013 by ERIK

Totally missed the SoCAL weather and nice beaches on my trip to Northern California for Wild Turkeys and Dungeness Crab. Palos Verdes has a nice number of sea urchins and for more information on which ones are good….click HERE for a conversation with Urchin Diver Rene Rojas. the trail is not so slippery as others but,[…]

Rock Scallops

Posted on January 23, 2013 by ERIK

The way to catch rock scallops is to find them and pry them off a rock, quite simply. The depths range from 5 feet deep to sometimes we pry them off of some good spots freediving at 75 + feet, which makes for a very good workout. These areas have little pressure and large scallops.[…]