High

A friend of a friend I hadn’t seen in 3 years came over as I watched basketball and as we exchanged the usual pleasantries – how you been? What you been up to? And as we began to talk more he said Wow, this is the most relaxed I’ve seen you. Are you High? Rofl. …

My Profile from LA Weekly

A few weeks ago I had an interview with LA Weekly’s Clarissa Wei. See it Here Yep that about sums up my life   http://www.laweekly.com/squidink/2014/04/18/meet-erik-sun-chef-spearfisher-entrepreneur

Bleeding fish

Steps: catch fish.  Brain fish to stop stress hormones from releasing into the meat.  Clip the gills and make a slight cut to the tail to make sure the flesh is as clean as possible.  Blood in the flesh will diminish the flavor of the meat.  Knowing this will help you bring the fish to …

Diver scallops

limit of fresh California diver scallops.  they’re unbelievably sweet.  Interesting, they don’t take well to searing unlike east coast divers.sea urchin ravioli, except there’s no dough…just slices of diver scallop.

From time to time I look at restaurants and menus from around the world.  This particular restaurant did not have an english site. So I translated it from Google Translate http://www.wakkoqu.com/food.html “We confirmed in the eyes of your own, including the meat material of the dish  will be cooked in all on your doorstep.  Characteristics …

Dried Goods

I am in love with Asia’s dried goods.  From sausages stuffed with foie gras to seafood perfectly salted and dried. here: two types of cuttlefish, one smoked octopus.beautiful salted and dried fish (repost from City Super post) Not to mention the unbelievable braised duck tongues (crisp them in a pan) from Taiwan. Thinking to Grab …

Eating Wild Game

“Eating wild game and hunting last year with you before we opened the restaurant made me a better chef.  It did.  I realized how good it can taste.  How good it should taste.” – Ori Menashe, Bestia raw almonds from the farm the wild boars tear up at night