Comments on: When a Taste Isn’t http://www.foodbuzzsd.com/blog/2008/03/14/when-a-taste-isnt/ It's got bite! The Good, the Bad and The Ugly About San Diego's Food Scene Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:23:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: www.mySanDiegoAgent.com http://www.foodbuzzsd.com/blog/2008/03/14/when-a-taste-isnt/comment-page-1/#comment-1725 www.mySanDiegoAgent.com Sat, 04 Oct 2008 22:59:47 +0000 http://www.foodbuzzsd.com/blog/2008/03/14/when-a-taste-isnt/#comment-1725 Generally I enjoy tasting menus provided that that restaurant does not skip on the food. If it is a true meal - YES - I would be happy to try the suggested wines too. Interestingly enough SeaWorld offers beer pairing advice. Sign up for their free hospitality bar the next time you are there. It is fun. They give you a lot of ideas for mixing more with beer than just pretezels and peanuts. Generally I enjoy tasting menus provided that that restaurant does not skip on the food. If it is a true meal – YES – I would be happy to try the suggested wines too.

Interestingly enough SeaWorld offers beer pairing advice. Sign up for their free hospitality bar the next time you are there. It is fun. They give you a lot of ideas for mixing more with beer than just pretezels and peanuts.

]]> By: Bookdiva http://www.foodbuzzsd.com/blog/2008/03/14/when-a-taste-isnt/comment-page-1/#comment-784 Bookdiva Mon, 31 Mar 2008 21:05:51 +0000 http://www.foodbuzzsd.com/blog/2008/03/14/when-a-taste-isnt/#comment-784 When Gavin Kaysen was still at El Bizcocho, my husband and I had the chef's tasting menu w/wine there for our tenth wedding anniversary. It was the most expensive meal we've ever had, but we both felt it was well worth the experience. It was a complete performance, more than a meal -- the setting, the service, the food (Kaysen was in the kitchen that night) and the care taken by the sommelier to introduce each pairing and "narrate" the meal. Plus we got to meet Kaysen at the end and he was quite charming to us. We've also had the tasting menu at George's and also loved it. I think you must really choose carefully, but it can be worth it. When Gavin Kaysen was still at El Bizcocho, my husband and I had the chef’s tasting menu w/wine there for our tenth wedding anniversary. It was the most expensive meal we’ve ever had, but we both felt it was well worth the experience. It was a complete performance, more than a meal — the setting, the service, the food (Kaysen was in the kitchen that night) and the care taken by the sommelier to introduce each pairing and “narrate” the meal. Plus we got to meet Kaysen at the end and he was quite charming to us. We’ve also had the tasting menu at George’s and also loved it. I think you must really choose carefully, but it can be worth it.

]]> By: Carl in Carlsbad http://www.foodbuzzsd.com/blog/2008/03/14/when-a-taste-isnt/comment-page-1/#comment-760 Carl in Carlsbad Mon, 17 Mar 2008 17:32:29 +0000 http://www.foodbuzzsd.com/blog/2008/03/14/when-a-taste-isnt/#comment-760 Tasting menu's are only as good as the person choosing the matches. Some can be as described, items the restaurant needs to move. Other tasting menu's can actually be interesting and exciting. The key for me is that they are tastes and not full wines by the glass. This way if they do not work you can move on into something that does. Also the food portions need to be realitively simple so you can understand the flavor profile the match is trying to catch. Tasting menu’s are only as good as the person choosing the matches. Some can be as described, items the restaurant needs to move. Other tasting menu’s can actually be interesting and exciting. The key for me is that they are tastes and not full wines by the glass. This way if they do not work you can move on into something that does. Also the food portions need to be realitively simple so you can understand the flavor profile the match is trying to catch.

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