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photos and story by Christina Enoch
POKE ELEVATED Chef David Rosner elevating poke bowls, doing his magic
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s most of places in SB Public Market, chefs/owners come from extensive culinary/fine dining experience. That is also the case for Big Eye Raw Bar. Chef David Rosner from Wine Cask and his business partner, Byron Wood, took over I’a Fish Market and Cafe and made this magical Big Eye Raw Bar. The sterile-looking fish stand is gone and it’s replaced by an inviting Japanese bar with beautiful fish-tail woodwork. SB Public Market is coming along. Just a few more spots to fill. The poke bowls you get aren’t the same you would get from a truck on the side streets of Hawaii. Rejoice! No more soy sauce and sugar marinated poke bowls. Enter the Salmon Poke Bowl with ginger vinaigrette, edamame, shallots, lemon, shiso, and sushi rice. Rice is “inked” with shiso purée. Never a
Albacore Poke Bowl with Kaffir lime vinaigrette, kimchi, watermelon, lime, and spicy wakame
dull moment. Also the Albacore Poke Bowl with Kaffir lime vinaigrette, kimchi, watermelon, lime, spicy wakame. Ahi Nigiri comes in two crispy sushi rice, chili d’avola, avocado, cilantro. That crispy rice was so perfectly crispy. It was like eating a candy bar. Ahi Tartare is prepared with taro chips, ginger, avocado, mustard seeds, garlic. Pickled mustard seeds takes the
After years of working full time for an ad agency, Christina found her passion in cooking and food. Now armed with her newfound title, “Culinary School Graduate Food Blogger,” she writes and shares her passion for food, cooking, restaurants, photography and food styling in her popular blog, black dog :: food blog. Christina’s a proud mommy of not one but two shelter dogs and lives here in Santa Barbara with her husband. She’s also an avid Polynesian dancer, beach lover, traveler, swimmer, snowboarder and most of all, a lover of anything edible and yummy. Check out her ramblings here and at www.blackdogfoodblog.com.
tartare to a next level. Oysters and a glass of Dom Perignon calls for all girlfriends for girl talk. The vegetable poke bowl was sensational as my friend Cathy says. Vegetables are kissed by heat, still crunchy and fresh. You can substitute rice with cauliflower rice deeply flavored with sushi wine. Healthy! I couldn’t wait to go back there. So I went back next day. And I want to go again tomorrow. Is that wrong?
The Big Eye Raw Bar 38 W Victoria St., Suite 119, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 • (805) 633-0938
Salmon Poke Bowl with ginger vinaigrette, edamame, shallots, lemon, shiso, and sushi rice. Rice inked with shiso purée.
New and inviting Big Eye Raw Bar
Ahi Tartare: taro chips, ginger, avocado, pickled mustard seeds, and garlic
Blistered shishito with braised lotus root
Oysters and Dom Perignon