Searsucker

On my last day in San Diego, I ate both lunch and dinner at a restaurant called Searsucker. The restaurant is owned by celebrity chef Brain Malarkey, who is the host of TLC's Mega Bites and was a finalist on a past season of Bravo's Top Chef. When I later saw in the FNCE handbook that Searsucker was chosen as the host restaurant for a dinner for the Food and Culinary Dietetics Practice Group (I'm actually a member of this group, but opted not to go to the dinner.), I knew it would live up to all of my expectations. Um, dietitians know their food. Anyway, I knew this place had huge potential, so I saved it for last and even decided to double up and eat there twice in the same day.

So here is lunch...

Such a cool interior!

I loved everything about it, right down to the water cups.

To eat, I ordered the Drunken Chicken Salad Sandwich, which came with brown butter aioli, almonds, rosemary, orange zest, and port cherries on ciabatta bread and mixed greens on the side.

Holy delicious! Best chicken salad ever. Cherries, almonds, orange zest-what a beautiful flavor combo!

My mom and I also split an order of these brown butter french fries. They were really good, but I only ate a few.

Now onto dinner....

I will apologize in advance for these pictures. The restaurant had really dim lighting, and I wish I could have captured better photos to do this meal justice!

The meal started off with a complimentary "taste" of the cheddar puffs. You know it's going to be a good meal when you start out with free food from the chef!

Then I ordered a glass of Malbec. Soooo smooth.

Hey, your food and wine are delicious! Bring me more!

For my main course, I ordered the "Baja" Scallops, which came with brown butter aioli and some kind of delicious blackberry sauce + actual blackberries. The fruity flavors complemented the scallops so well. Speaking of the scallops, they were cooked to perfection.

My mom and I also split sides of Jalepeno-Chorizo "Corn off the Cob" and Fried Brussels + Walnuts. Awesome.

I was pretty stuffed at this point, but I couldn't say no to dessert on my last night in San Diego, so my mom and I decided split the Key Lime Pie Bar. There was toasted coconut + pineapple involved. #winning.

So as you can see, I ate a lot of really good food on my last day in San Diego. What a perfect ending to my trip!