An interviewer asks Chef Aidan Owens, Culinary Director of Herb & Wood and Herb & Sea, a series of rapid-fire questions about his favorite food spots in San Diego. The chef provides his top picks for various categories including best overall restaurant, seafood, sandwich, burger, pizza, steakhouse, late-night eats, sushi, and his favorite local chef, with graphic overlays appearing to showcase the Instagram profile of each recommendation.
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(PART 1) Chef’s Choice w/ Aidan Owens, Culinary Director of Herb & Wood and Herb & Sea
🧑🍳 Chef’s Favorites
Restaurant | @mabelsgonefishing
Restaurant | @callierestaurant
Seafood | @bluewaterseafoodsd
Seafood | @sdthefishery
Sandwich | @pomasdeli
Sandwich | @thewiseoxbutcher
Burger | @thefriendlysd
Burger | @rockyscrownpub
Pizza | @tributepizza
Steakhouse | @animae.sandiego
Steakhouse | @misterasrestaurant
Steakhouse | @raresocietysteakhouse
Late Night Eats | La Fachada
Late Night Eats | @sdminsokchon
Sushi | In Liberty Station
Sushi | @wrenchandrodent
Chef | @davinwaite
🍝 Chef’s Restaurants
@herbandwood
@herbandsea
#sandiegoliving #streetinterview #sandiegorestaurants
Transcript
What's your favorite restaurant in San Diego, and what's your order? We're here with My name is chef Aiden Owens. I'm the culinary director for Urban Good and Urban Sea. What's your favorite restaurant in San Diego, and what's your order? Favorite restaurant would be Mabel's Gone Fishing. I like to just sit at the bad. I like to grab a couple snacks at G and T. Cali's a big one for me. Again, just sit at the bar by myself, read a good, and, like, eat some really, really good food. What's your favorite seafood in San Diego? Blue Better Seafood. It's in Ocean Beach. It's right on the water. I just get the fish plate with rice and greens. It's local San Diego seafood, done really well. I also like the fishery. Mike Reedy over in Pacific Beach is doing really good work. What's your favorite sandwich in San Diego? I really like Poma's over in Ocean Beach. They do like a meatball sub. It's great. I like the Worse Ox. Their turkey sandwich is fucking killer. What's your favorite burger? My favorite burger is still the friendly burger or Rocky's burger over in Pacific Beach. Rocky's is just classic. It's dirty. It's fun. The vibes are cool. And if you go for happy hour, the burger tier, like, fry special is killer. And then the friendly's is just a hangover dirty burger shotgun a beer with Rob. You're gonna have a good time. What's your favorite pizza? Tribute. Yeah. By By far. Not even a question. Chefs are always doing a really good job over there. And my buddy Ryan, he's the front of the house manager. He's hilarious. Go give him a chat. What's your favorite steakhouse? Anime. In my mind, it's not really a steakhouse, but their steaks are killer. The pork No is super good. If you're, like, looking for, like, a really nice night, I think better Ace kills it. Rank Society also does a great job. What's your favorite late night tier? La Fraggata and Minsuk Chung. It's no, like, the best food, but you're gonna have a good time. What's your favorite sushi? There's a place over in Liberty Station. I'm not gonna throw it out. And then Wrench and Rodan up in Oceanside. David Waite's always doing the best job. Who's your favorite chef? I guess, like, if I wanted to be like any chef in San Diego, I would wanna be like David Waite. He's a good dude with, like, great principles and great philosophies, and he's just nice. He cares about everyone, whether you're, like, just meeting him for the first time or you've known him for ten years.
