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I finally had a chance to dine at Barrio Tequila Bar, the new Mexican cantina on the Nicollet Mall, from Tim McKee and Josh Thoma, the guys who created La Belle Vie, Solera, and Smalley's Caribbean Barbecue.
Yippee! We're headed for Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia this morning. Temperature is gonna be around 89 degrees in Singapore on Sunday, with a 50 percent chance of rain, but we can live with that. Singapore is supposed to be one of great food cities of the world, so stay tuned for a few gastronomic reports from en route.
The 2008 James Beard Awards for best restaurant, best chef, best cookbook, etc. were announced yesterday, and Minnesota got skunked. We had three chefs in the running for Best Chef Midwest
Guess which local chef is going to be cooking at the James Beard House in New York City in May?
Scott McKee of La Belle Vie?
Nope. Been there, done that.
Doug Flicker of Mission American Kitchen.
Nope.
Give up? It's Christian Ticarro.
Christian who?