The cat is out of the bag..

the sfweekly broke this week that timbo is consulting on a new project called the attic. i've been asked a million times if tim was gonna be the exec chef at the summit or if i'll be carrying on the tradition of pushing Filipino food to new heights. my answer has been, "no comment." one prominent blogger actually asked me if there was a falling out between us! au contraire mon frére...

for the past few months tim and I have met constantly about the summit, but unfortunately timing has prevented us from collaborating once more. as a trusted confidant and homie for life, i had tim sit in on the first tasting of the menu and he gave me the following feedback:

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"i really honestly liked the food that [he] put out and i could see that style of food working well with that community... i knw you originally have had other thoughts about the direction of where you imagined some of the dishes etc... but based on what we tasted and what i know about him as a person and [as a] cook, he will thrive the most and the best if he is given more freedom/creative control. his strength and passion definitely lies within that style of cooking... he's a bostonian by heart! i don't know what that means but it seems to translate into his personality on the plate."

tim speaks the truth, the exec chef of the summit has a strong personal style and passion that exudes on the plate, but i'm at a lost on  how to describe his food in a way that doesn't get stuck in the drone of "sustainable, organic, seasonal Californian cuisine." his food is much more sexy and primal than that. until i can pin-point, i'll have to keep his identity under wraps.

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