And while the meat-centric pork love pie is a huge hit in Texas, they've been unable to get clam pies on the menu, despite a couple attempts at offering it as a special. Doug recommends the signature burrata for an appetizer, along with their namesake margherita and tiramisu.
That's what they use in their namesake margherita, which was featured on the Food Network, along with seven other menu items. They make their own fresh mozzarella in-house every day.
After his apprenticeship, he and his wife moved to San Antonio with the mission of bringing authentic Neapolitan-style pizza to the Alamo City. The California native and CIA graduate gave up his secure head chef job in the northeast to learn pizza making from a small place in Connecticut. While you'd expect the name ' Dough' to be an obvious pizza reference, it's actually an amalgamation of co-owner Doug Horn's first and last name. Doughĭough's margherita with house-made fior di latte - Photo courtesy of Brian Cicioni He is the head chef, while she makes the pastries. The husband-and-wife team of John and Elise Russ opened Clementine in 2017 after years of experience in the restaurant industry. This 2022 James Beard semifinalist has a neighborhood feel, despite being located in a strip mall. ClementineĬhamomile brined spatchcock chicken, white mushroom salad and Japanese eggplant from Clementine - Photo courtesy of Brian Cicioni The short rib noodles have enough tender meat served over a large bowl of yakisoba noodles to qualify as two separate dishes. While you can't go wrong with anything on the menu, the wok dishes are the most popular. If you're wondering where the idea for papaya salad at a chifa restaurant came from, you have to consider that Geronimo Lopez has lived and worked in seven different countries spanning three different continents. The menu does seem to bounce around quite a bit. Sushi, poke and ceviche make up half the menu, while the rest consists of wok dishes, grilled meat, fish and vegetables, as well as a handful of small plates that would leave some wondering if Asia and Latin America were once connected by land.
While chifa refers to the fusion of Cantonese and Peruvian food, Lopez refers to his menu as Chifa-Nikkei. Located in Pearl, just a few dozen steps from the San Antonio CIA campus, Botika is owner and head chef Geronimo Lopez's nod to the chifa cuisine he grew up eating in Caracas. Short rib noodles and papaya salad from Botika at The Pearl - Photo courtesy of Brian Cicioni
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