The trio met while working at Oakland’s Michelin-starred Commis and are part of an underground trend among unemployed chefs in the Bay Area, particularly in Oakland and San Francisco. We recently caught up with Ali, Koki and Le to talk about their COVID-era “baby” and what it would take for the Broke Ass Cooks to return to fine dining. And why did you start with jerk chicken? The jerk chicken is an homage to one of our mentors, Jeff Knibb, in San Diego. He taught us what we know about jerk chicken, and we put our own spin on it with grilled scallions and tomato and sour plum salad with shiso, using plums from our neighbor’s tree.

Source: Ethiopian News August 24, 2020 13:52 UTC