An interviewer asks Executive Chef David Sim of Kingfisher a series of rapid-fire questions about his favorite San Diego spots for various food categories, including restaurants, pho, burgers, pizza, sandwiches, tacos, bakeries, coffee, sushi, and more. As the chef provides his recommendations, graphic overlays displaying the Instagram profiles of the mentioned establishments appear on screen to provide viewers with direct references.
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Chef’s Choice w/ David Sim, Executive Chef of Kingfisher
🧑🍳 Chef’s Favorites
Restaurant | mabelsgonefishing
Pho | Pho Hoa
Pho | @phogago.sd
Burger | @innout
Burger | @fortoaksd
Ramen | @menyaultra
Ramen | @santouka_restaurant.usa
Pizza | @tributepizza
Pizza | @princestreetpizza
Sandwich | @parisbakerysd
Sandwich | @monalisalittleitalysd
Sandwich | @bfdsandiego
Pasta | @cataniasd
Tacos | @fishguts_sd
Bakery | @izolabakery
Bakery | @wayfarer_bread
Coffee | @bica_sd
Coffee | @littlewhilesd
Sushi | @azukisushisd
Sushi | @soichisushi
Wings | @kingfisher.sd
Vietnamese | Da Nang
Chef | @ericbost
🍲 Chef’s Restaurant:
@kingfisher.sd
Transcript
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 bull Head pho in City Heights. Our sister restaurant, Pho Gago, 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? TributePizza. Better Pizza restaurant San Diego. The best pizza slice is Prince Tier Pizza. I better knotty tier, well done. What's your favorite sandwich? My favorite food of all time. If I want a banh mi, I'm going to Paris bakery. If I want an Italian sub, I'm going to Mona Lisa. And then if I want something a little more special, I'm gonna Big Front Door and better the cinaron 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? Zola 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 matchas 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 going to 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 Worse 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
