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Food Girl's Mexican Soul
Namoi, First and foremost, I’ll say I have read your columns every week, for the last five years or so. I moved away from SD in the winter of 08’ and still continue to follow your culinary adventures from Orange County. I really enjoyed your review of Barrio Star and felt you hit it spot on. I used to work for the Food Girl at her restaurant Cantina Panaderia (Be Curious???), and her food has not changed once since prior to that establishment's opening and now at Barrio Star. Her claim of being a“food girl” and perpleing take on soul-foul/ healthy Mexican food lacks in both areas of flavorful and body-thriving . If you are going to call yourself a semi-fine dining establishment and charge double digits for three tacos then you must hit it out of the park…Nonetheless, I appreciate the research you do prior to your visits. Isabella is narcissistic in her approach to managing, operating, and running a restaurant and I found her food of rice and beans to be masked with chilies, peppers, and the occasional lime-honey glaze.— August 7, 2010 10:06 p.m.