Fried fish Southern style with black-eyed pea salad and a hot sauce vinaigrette; Thai bird chili tempura fish with maitakes and a black bean-Thai basil sauce; guest chef Carla Hall.
Grilled eggplant on polenta crouton served with a tuna XO and arugula salad with a lemon and olive oil dressing; tuna tataki served with eggplant caviar and curry oil.
Amanda Freitag, known for her role as a judge on Chopped, Amanda prepares Duck Breast with Pine Nut Relish, followed by Ming who does a Tea-Smoked Duck Breast with Gingered Peaches and Watercress Salad. It's duck two ways!
Dandelion gnudi -- gnocchi-like dumplings made with ricotta cheese; vegetarian ravioli stuffed with a plant-based meat substitute topped with a Thai coconut sauce.
Sourcing produced at the farmers market at Bay Meadows in San Mateo, California; sashimi at The Sea by Alexander's Steakhouse in Palo Alto, Calfornia; cooking up a kimchi feast of spaetzle and pork scallions.
Tortilla manufacturer in El Pueblo Market; "Lost Island Taco" with pulled pork and pineapple salsa; vegetarian inside out tacos with an abundance of cheese.