How Kingfisher Became One of San Diego’s Hit Restaurants - The Experts

[@yongBane]

"they want that story and it's like, I don't have that story for you, but like, I can also make you some really good food if you wanna eat it" - she a real one!

[@Im_a_49er]

4:00 Why when I was watching it I went straight to the comments to mention this but you knew the assignment already. Well done!

[@LineCookLeland]

Nah, I would hate working with her. Clown

[@pacificcoastbreeze]

I love Sidney's honesty. "I never grew up in a Vietnamese household so I don't have a compelling story to tell, and I can't relate, but I can make some good food" Somebody give her a fish scaler though

[@all6762-i3y]

I can attest that this restaurant is straight fire! Amazing food, great drinks. And the owners are some of the nicest and community oriented people in San Diego!

[@Andrew_Strachan]

I went here after my wife and I got married and they customized the menu for us with a sweet congratulatory message. Such a heartfelt touch not to mention how good the food was. They didn't even show in the video how many other amazing options they have here!

[@stevens26]

I love all these San Diego videos keep them coming

[@brucelee5576]

Opening a restaurant on the tail end of a pandemic right into a recession and still thrive , the food must be amazing.

[@method341]

There was no recession

[@brucelee5576]

@@method341 Two consecutive quarters of a generally slowing economy defines a recession, that’s the first 6 months of 2022, go educate yourself.

[@UnknownGuest220]

it's all fake every video is like this a stupid story and how popular they are

[@LBM213]

@@UnknownGuest220 lol ok loser. Are you living out your dreams?

[@lisalisalisa7721]

😂😂😂 no

[@TRAN305]

THE CHEFS ARE OUTSTANDING. THE FOOD IS AMAZING. MY FAVORITE RESTAURANT IN SAN DIEGO

[@wendyshoowaiching4161]

I like the humble friendly chef always ask opinions from his staff

[@ashtonmendez9366]

Their acceptance and appreciation of ingredients is 🔥

[@sdiz3509]

Using the same knife to open boxes and cut ducks is beyond reckless. Opening a box on your prep table with the same gloves you use to handle raw duck is downright dangerous. But hey, I guess it's fine because they're a overpriced “fancy restaurant."

[@winreacts6528]

I've been lucky to go there 2 times while i was in san diego, they are on the Michelin Guide as well for must visits.

[@dwaynekoblitz6032]

That whole fish!!! Bring it on!! Man that looks SO GOOD!!

[@FishareFriendsNotFood972]

Whole fish shared with friends is definitely one of my favorite restaurant meals

[@billyjoe3309]

The fish don't agree.

[@CCOMAT]

​@@billyjoe3309 😂 harsh but true

[@jugo1944]

That's very interesting considering your username, lol

[@Errr717]

@@jugo1944 It should be I'mAFishEater. 🤣🤣

[@КенобиОбиВан-п6в]

Well done guys. It’s very nice to see professionals. Congratulations to you.

[@pschreiber71]

It all looks amazingly delicious!

[@kurtdonoghue9657]

Amazing video! Food looks 🔥

[@datgal2u]

Food looks amazing. For those saying it's French first, that fish is not French. Duck is eaten a lot in Vietnam, unlike in the US. Yes, there are elements of French and a bit of Chinese, but it's definitely Viet the way it's served and even in it's presentation of the noodles (French don't do noodles), fresh herbs (this is extremely Viet as herbs are king of the cuisine there), veggies, dips, etc.

[@davidsim3792]

A comment I can stand behind 😤

[@organizedchaos4559]

nah it's mostly french, Duck is common in french food

[@datgal2u]

@@organizedchaos4559 Pretty sure you didn't grow up Viet. I did. We ate roast duck and boiled duck growing up. There's also various duck noodle soup dishes. None of those were French.

[@michaeljvandyck]

French techniques

[@lisalisalisa7721]

😂😂😂

[@crystalrios3336]

As a local, these san diego videos have been awesome!!

[@vincentnguyen2144]

The duck is super Vietnamese with the herbs and vermicelli now haha I love it Might have to try

[@zhexu1727]

This duck looks so good

[@xaza8uhitra4]

wow. I might have to travel to CA just for that duck ....I love how slow the process is

[@timothymf7638]

WOW , so much PREP , real people doing amazing for their customers. BT 🇨🇦

[@redlobster4841]

Everything looks delicious

[@jimmysyamphone]

Very cool. Can’t wait to stop by!

[@brittle1]

They're going hard for that star, everything still needs more polish before they get there

[@proudlakerfan]

"Can't you be a mailman?" Comes home not with a burn mark but a dog bite.

[@yasmin8433]

I laughed when he said this xD

[@eyeballs306]

Wow this place looks amazing!

[@ImNeverHavingKidsPodcast]

The tartare is amazing!!

[@ArielK1987]

Duck is the best bird I had. And I only wished that more people would eat it. Cause the taste is impeccable

[@eugenenguyen]

That fried fish with ginger fish sauce need some shredded green mango to beat the greasiness, that’s how we Vietnamese eat fried fishes with ginger fish sauce

[@patrickhenry2845]

Wow! That big fish is Rock Cod. My favorite fish.

[@wendyshoowaiching4161]

Buy the electric fish scaller. No need manual scalling. So cucumbersome

[@anothertarnishedone5960]

The duck looks incredible

[@who.is.dayton-ch9fb]

duck is so hyped in restaurants simply because few people like making it at home.

[@johnpaproth5684]

WOW wish this place was here in Australia what great food amazing

[@TheChefmike66]

I am impressed!

[@unbelievableca5687]

Lots of hype. The service was OK, and the food was insanely overpriced

[@TimbobJames]

Loving the SD videos

[@oreally8605]

Really craving some fish right now. I've never had Duck before.

[@bephucquay]

Look delicious 😋

[@QuestionableCooking-n1w]

I've had that duck several times here, very delicious

[@82Rmartinez]

Prices with the dishes would be cool eater

[@hilariohernandez]

Watching from Chicago.

[@BigToeJohnDoe]

Love how he downplays the 2000 Treager grill lol... " place it on our little Treager grill for 30 minutes 😂"

[@andersfant4997]

The fish looks tempting, I like the presentation. I have had duck + 100 times, but not fully get it, perhaps its the texture?

[@googo151]

Nice work.

[@markashford805]

Looks good.

[@rilstark2946]

Where is it? I can eat this all day

[@cookiemonster-20]

They do not look amateurs to me 😊 But I agree that the food is VERY fusion 9:22 not much Vietnamese here. But who cares ? If it's good...

[@swicheroo1]

I'm Viet. Generally a traditionalist when it comes to Viet restaurants. But I would drive down from LA, just to check it out. I make fusion stuff at home, out of necessity or sheer laziness, so it would be fun to see how I could push my home cooking in a new direction.

[@olivermcdermidperring5755]

On god that duck looks incredible

[@Screwdriver346]

As someone, who is from Phu Quoc. When I heard “ vegan fish sauce”. Definitely,not what my parents or your parents ate.

[@jeffcorpuz9015]

you go against the scales. Try to hold the fish by the head. It makes much difference

[@azhiaziam2005]

I always feel bad for chefs working under owners who have zero restaurant experience.

[@OrvinReyes]

awwww boohoo

[@davidsim3792]

How are you so sure they don’t have restaurant experience?

[@nghiadinh7061]

07:37 is the moment that says it all. hard to put one's finger on it, but i'd rather eat elsewhere

[@dla713]

They started Crab Hut and expanded to 3 restaurants before opening Kingfisher

[@sazcxieo]

2:00 she needs that steel fish scaler that looks like a brush

[@roguenorton2309]

Sydney is my spirit animal!!!

[@pjt8919]

I wanna take those dishes to go

[@nbaumann89]

Looks incredible but y’all should get a proper fish scalee

[@TheGhostFart]

you can eat the fried scales

[@Well_Edumacated]

2:08 what's interesting is that female Rockfish don't reach sexual maturity until age 25 and Rockfish can live for 100 - 200+ years.

[@swizzy7412]

Damn I live right like 3 minutes away and didn’t know this place existed. I’ll go asap and update

[@JhonavanHayashida]

Should invest in japanese fish scaler

[@davidcarbone3385]

so much Unami! yum!

[@johnnyblue07]

I read this in Mike Chen's voice.

[@hby7768]

came fore deep fried whole fish, staid for dry aged duck

[@BigKoolaid]

I thought we couldn’t get abalone yet. Or is that imported?

[@gilbertsilvas1470]

Mailman here, I still gotta hella scars

[@ateliermaabud]

Someone get Sydney a scaler

[@nicholascage3699]

If nothing broke don't change !

[@Domxbey]

now im hungry lord

[@Edgar.Mendoza]

Dead ass based off thumb nail I thought it was Eddie huang 🤯

[@scottreich9587]

Anyone else so tired of seeing the “I have 10 million dollars riding on this, so I have to sell a lot of fried chicken” Ad? Omg I can’t stand it lol

[@brianc1309]

As a local this place is so overrated. 78 dollars for the dry aged duck and 54 dollars for the whole fried fish. A whole rockfish costs 5 dollars at the docks btw and less than 20 at local Mexican restaurants. Oh also they add a 20% service charge on your check and then expect you to tip afterwards.

[@brucelee5576]

You’re probably not their target clientele I’m not either, it’s for people who are not familiar with Vietnamese home cooked flavor, I would bet money none of their customers are Vietnamese. Whole fried fish with fish sauce that’s a weeknight meal at home for Vietnamese .

[@sandeevalley8677]

u never tip after service charge lol idk what ur cooking

[@calakiduki]

Just go to the docks and buy a fish and do it yourself then bro, nobody cares

[@Mo_Ketchups]

You JUST made me DELETE the text to my wife saying I had to eat here!! 🤟 THANKS for that! That is all 💯 DEALBREAKER info!! Shame on them, ESPECIALLY w that BS GRATUITY!! You cannot get away with that, and definitely NEVER in an economy this hellish! Ssshame!!! 😖👎👎👎

[@fayaazalibhai4665]

I respect your local opinion

[@ivandejesus2668]

The owners look like they run a Vietnamese mafia😹💪🏽

[@MyNameBorax]

Can you fix your sound mixing? I have to turn everything way up and then I get blown out by ads.

[@wendyshoowaiching4161]

Delicious

[@mr.sept.5790]

There's better scaler tools out there😂

[@Totcali]

What’s the Vietnamese Restaurant name and address? 🙏

[@markhilsen2700]

The duck is $72 Whole fried fish $48

[@vnnd919]

Duck is $84, fish $55

[@markhilsen2700]

@@vnnd919 Inflation

[@manoyski3555]

$20 per hour worker pay.

[@jonasgeez2140]

Bro i want that fish i love whole fried fish

[@DennisPinpin]

Chef Sim isn’t VN originally, is he?

[@wendyshoowaiching4161]

Red fish really nice? I would perfer the red garoupa fish which is red also.

[@UncleHoCM]

He should know that Vietnamese do have abalone dishes, and they prize them.

[@TheKiakiraly]

Honey, let me make you a duck dish, it will take about 4-5 weeks!

[@vicnetc5964]

Why was the fish and oyster sauce vegan if then they also use egg?

[@nueat6]

that owner look pissed.

[@oscaroscar7904]

Vietnamese food is very underrated, same with greek food i feel

[@chrisdragnet722]

Upspeak Duck

[@method341]

In SE Asia you can get a deep fried fish just like in this restaurant for like $7......here, it is $51 💀💀💀💀💀 the USD is so overvalued

[@airofd]

6:01 his mom is Filipina for sure

[@justinhunter4991]

I'm Vietnamese, everything looks amazing but none of the dishes shown are really "Vietnamese" at all. That's totally fine but I feel like they're trying to push these dishes to be mainly Vietnamese while they're really not

[@JohnJackson-e9z]

Linerty Farms is extremely expensive.

[@mikeandroi2698]

Food looks good, people seem nice and I'd give it a try if I was in the area.... but... As someone born in Vietnam, visits and travels back to Vietnam almost yearly and also on the flip side fishes rock fish (when in season) this restaurant is as Vietnamese as Olive garden. It is Californian, which is fine but it is so far from Vietnamese it's like saying spaghetti with meatballs and tomato sauce is chinese because noodles were made in China. Vegan fish sauce?????

[@infinitibottle]

Without a Vietnamese chef. How did you guys learn all the different flavors and techniques of the Vietnamese dishes?

[@davidsim3792]

Ive lived in little Saigon my whole life,going to Vietnamese friends houses as a kid eating the food their parents cooked, so it was pretty much second nature

[@infinitibottle]

@@davidsim3792 very cool. Thanks for a little backstory of your life.

[@kafaya77]

I wouldn't put a box on the floor on my prep table

[@alsager777]

Scaling a fish with small kitchen knife?! That's not optimal at all. There is way more efficient tools to do scaling 5x faster.

[@DrewTheAwsom]

scaling the fish would be easier if you used a scaler and not a petty knife lmfao

[@FagianoGiuseppe]

That dude looks thrilled to be scaling fish lol

[@chikanojuarez816]

👏🔥🍽️🔥👏

[@thebigleone1066]

Fish deep fried in what, seed oils?

[@TheCountryMan88]

That woman seems bored to death 😂

[@anthonyraylujan2083]

Vegan fish sauce ?

[@prahadikasulaksono8981]

ITS NORMAL IN SOUTH EAST ASIA TO FRIED THE WHOLE FISH EXCEPT FOR ORGANS

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