An interviewer asks David Sim, the Executive Chef of Kingfisher, a series of rapid-fire questions about his favorite food spots in San Diego. For each category—including best overall restaurant, pho, burger, ramen, pizza, sandwich, pasta, tacos, bakery, coffee, sushi, steakhouse, wings, and Vietnamese food—the chef provides his top recommendations, and a graphic overlay with the establishment's Instagram profile appears on screen for each one.
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Chef’s Choice w/ David Sim, Executive Chef of Kingfisher
🧑🍳 Chef’s Favorites
Restaurant | Mabel’s Gone Fishing
Pho | Phở Hoa
Pho | Phở Gà Go
Burger | In-N-Out Burger
Burger | Fort Oak
Ramen | Menya Ultra
Ramen | Hokkaido
Ramen | Santouka
Pizza | Tribute Pizza
Pizza | Prince Street Pizza
Sandwich | Paris Bakery
Sandwich | Mona Lisa
Sandwich | Big Front Door
Pasta | Catania
Tacos | Fish Guts
Bakery | IZOLA Bakery
Bakery | Wayfarer
Coffee | Bica
Coffee | Little While
Sushi | Azuki Sushi
Sushi | Soichi Sushi
Wings | Kingfisher
Vietnamese | Da Nang
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Transcript
What's your favorite restaurant in San Diego and what's your order? We're here with Executive chef David Sim of Kingfisher. What's your favorite restaurant in San Diego and what's your order? Definitely Mabel's Gone Fishing, North Rank. Tier small plates are really killer. What's your favorite pho? So if I want beef pho, I'm going to pho hua or like the Bullhead Pho in Tier Heights. Our sister restaurant Pho Gao Good is also really, really great. What's your favorite burger? Being in San Diego, probably In N Out Better. But if I want something a little nicer, Port Oak has a really, really good burger you can get at the bar. What's your favorite ramen? Minha Ultra. The one I frequent the most because I'm always in the neighborhood is, the one inside of Mitsuwa Market. I don't really know the name. What's your favorite pizza? Tribute Pizza. Better Pizza Restaurant in San Diego. The best pizza slice is Prince Tier Pizza. I get the Nutty Pie well done. What's your favorite sandwich? My favorite food of all time. If I want a banh mi, I'm going to Paris Better. If I want an Italian sub, I'm going to Mona Lisa. And then if I want something a little more special, I'm going to Big Rank Doren better the Sonoran chicken. What's your favorite pasta? If I do want some really good pasta, I'm going to Catania in La Jolla. What's your favorite tacos? Not traditional, but my favorite tacos in San Diego is definitely dish cuts and Barrio Logan from chef Pablo. What's your favorite bakery? Isola is really good, and then you have to say Wayfair Bakery is probably the standard here. What's your favorite coffee shop? The best vibes is at Bica on Adams Avenue. And then if you go down a little further, there's Little while. And they have, like, really interesting creative kind of coffee and matches there. What's your favorite sushi? My everyday sushi is the one in Liberty Station that we won't name the name of. Medium tier, I'll go to Azuki Sushi. If I want something really nice for a birthday or something celebratory, definitely go no Suichi. What's your favorite steakhouse? Oh, Cowboy Star. They have this 14 ounce dry dry dry dry dry dry dry, French onion soup if they have it, and definitely the Parker House rolls. What's your favorite wings? I'm a little biased, but Kingfisher, I think, has the best wings in San Diego. It's Vietnamese inspired. It's tamarind glaze. Super, super crispy, and it's flavored all the way through. What's your favorite Vietnamese food? There's this little hidden gem in Tier Heights called Da Nang. They do everything to order. It's gonna be some of the best Vietnamese food you can
