[Spoiler Alert: Haven't seen the Top Chef finale this season? Read no further.]
Fans of the most recent season of Top Chef will recall that SF's own Melissa King is a connoisseur when it comes to both knife skills and butchery. So it's no surprise that she's really into Japanese food. In honor of King's third-place finish on the show, we polled the well-trained chef, who's cooked under Dominique Crenn, Craig Stoll, and Ron Siegel, about her favorites. From the Sunset to Japantown, she's got the lowdown on the chawanmushi, chicken knee cartilage, Wagyu beef, and sushi that inspired her efforts on the show. (Want to taste her cooking for yourself? She's doing a collaborative dinner with this season's winner, Mei Lin, on March 9.)
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