Andrew Zimmern Spotted at Menya Ramen, Catalina Offshore and More – Eater San Diego

The popular television host has been eating his way through San Diego as he shoots an episode of his upcoming new series The Zimmern List for the Travel Channel. Yesterday, Zimmern spent an epic six hours filming in Barrio Logan with Street Gourmet LAs Bill Esparza, where they hung out with the local lowrider community at Salud Tacos and ate at the Tacos Barrios pop-up before dining at Ironside Fish & Oyster in Little Italy.

This morning, Zimmern paid a visit to seafood wholesaler Catalina Offshore Products, where he graded bigeye tuna with Catalinas Dave Rudie and Tommy Gomes. From there, he braved the crowds at Menya Ultra Ramen for a bowl of tonkotsu ramen with freshly-made noodles (see Eaters video of Menyas noodle-making process here). Zimmern, who lives in Minnesota, told Eater that hes seen San Diegos culinary scene improve immensely since his first visit here 24 years ago, saying that he often makes pit stops here before traveling on to Asia. Hes especially fond of local Filipino eateries, which he explored during the filming the San Diego-centric episode of Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern back in 2012.

Zimmern also hit up Pokirrito and RakiRaki Ramen while in Kearny Mesa and is expected to return to Little Italy later today to catch up with his good buddy Richard Blais and check out Blais Juniper & Ivy and The Crack Shack.

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