If I had to pick a favorite restaurant in Austin right now, Parkside would be on top of my list (I actually just had dinner there last night). A few days ago, I found an interview Chef Cirkiel did for Austin-Artists.com via Parkside’s twitter (@parksideaustin). I thought it was a pretty cool interview. I love hearing anyone talk about something their passion, but I don’t think it gets much better than hearing a chef talk about food.
For those of you who’re big Parkside fans, Chef Cirkiel has got two iron chef events coming up in the next few days. I talked to him briefly about it yesterday and he was pretty excited about both events. His first battle will be the “Stubb’s Bad to the Bone Chef Smackdown” on Friday (1/15) Saturday, 2/27 at Stubb’s. Tickets are $35 and you can buy them here. The other event is “Alamo Iron Chef VI: Streetcar Named Desire” on Wednesday (1/20) at Alamo Downtown. Tickets are $80 each (4 courses x 2 competing chefs + 4 wine pairings = 8 courses + 4 glasses of wine) and can be purchased here.
Anyways, here’s the interview:
EDIT: There’s been a time change due the the rain. Stubb’s Bad to the Bone Chef Smackdown has been postponed until Feb. 27th. [Link]
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