A chef pours a Beijing-style spirit over the roast duck, then aims a butane torch gun … and whoosh. You're here for the flaming duck at Array 36 in Temple City.
At Brandon Hayato's Michelin two-star restaurant, the luxury of humble ingredients. Also: Who put the anchovy in Caesar salad? Armenian tacos. The most Asian Costcos. And vegan foie gras. All in this week's Tasting Notes.
A server wheels a cart toward the diner at the Hotel Caesar restaurant in downtown Tijuana to begin the ritual of a tableside Caesar salad, invented here, according to lore.