Blue Ribbon PIzza to open next week! (Encinitas)

Love Wade Hagemann, have been waiting:

http://www.blueribbonpizzeria.com/index.html

June 8 is the date!

Chef change at Jai

Am already looking forward to Jai's reopening in a few weeks, with LJ Playhouse season starting again. Looks like there is a new chef: Ben Hong, who is coming from one of Wolfgang Puck's other restaurants.

Chef K, sorry to see you go! Am hoping the food will have similar genius and deliciousness, but I'm a little worried about the fate of what has been my favorite restaurant in the last 2 years!

Tao!!!! (Normal Heights)

Foodgirl must blog about the meal she just had at Tao with Museumgirl. We made up for the disaster that was Station Tavern by meeting just the two of us.

YUM, YUM AND SUPER-YUM!!

That place is ridiculous. We had:
--garlic "chicken"
--mango "chicken"
--their free salad
--their free ice cream

They make their own tofu. It was RIDICULOUSLY good. The vegetables were super-fresh and yummy, much better than in standard Asian restaurants. The brown rice was (dare I say?) the best brown rice I have ever had....a mix of 3 different grains. And the tofu and sauces were delectable. The textures of the tofu on each were totally different...and we just loved both dishes. (Does it sound like I liked it?)

There are complaints on yelp about service at night. At lunchtime, it was not super-fast, but still fine. The waitress was pleasant. I got a deal at BuyWithMe.com, but I would go again for full price (they also apparently are on restaurant.com).

LOVED IT!!!!

Interesting U-T article on some new places

Have been watching them here already: interesting to see!

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/jun/02/chef-schroeder-at-bankers-hill-makes-bid-for-king/

(am hoping ABW likes BH R&G when we get there, since I heart Carl Schroeder)