#SustainableTastesBetter

June 02, 2013

It’s the summer of sustainable seafood at Slapfish restaurant in Huntington Beach as Chef Andrew Gruel kicks off a six-week campaign today offering a series of specials featuring fresh, responsibly sourced seafood. Slapfish specializes in delicious "boat-to-plate" cuisine served in a casual, relaxed setting.

“We want folks to know that we are deeply committed to sourcing only eco-friendly and well-managed seafood,” said Chef Andrew Gruel, with his partner Jethro Naude, grew up fishing, surfing, and now making their living with the ocean. “We work closely with multiple organizations to ensure that we are responsible in our sourcing and serve the right types of seafood in our one-of-a-kind dishes.”


The Summer of Sustainable Seafood specials can include:

BBQ Yellowtail Banh Mi Sandwich, a fresh baked baguette, packed with pickled radish, cucumber, carrots, jalapeno, and spiced yellowtail, and grill sauce.

Wild Pacific Albacore Tuna Melt with rustic sourdough, spinach, cucumber, tomato, flaked albacore, and “awesome” sauce.

Baked Carlsbad Luna Oysters with wild mushroom and bacon stuffing, herb crust.

Copper River Salmon Hand Pie, gently fried, stuffed with avocado and chiles, served with tomatillo sauce.

Alaskan Halibut Po Boy, fried halibut in a toasted roll, packed with lettuce, tomato and pickled peppers, Tabasco aiol.Crispy White Seabass Taco, fried corn shell, pickled red onion and cabbage, rooster dressing.

Chef Gruel’s menu offers daily and seasonally changing dishes such as The Lobsticle, shrimp pops, major crunchy fish sandwich, creamy clam chowder, Carlsbad oysters, east coast style Maine lobster roll and the wild Pacific albacore tuna melt.

Open daily from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.

19696 Beach Blvd., in the Newland Center at Adams, in Huntington Beach. 
714.963.3900.
 

“Icons, Geniuses and Mavericks"

Chapman University’s second TEDx Conference will be returning to the university’s Memorial Hall in Orange on Tuesday from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.

The list of “Icons, Geniuses and Mavericks” includes the reigning Miss District of Columbia and Miss America contestant Allyn Rose, who, just as actress Angelina Jolie, underwent a preventive double mastectomy because of a genetic disorder that increased her risk of breast cancer. 

Also on the roster are Kathy Thomson, president/COO of the Los Angeles Times and Tribune Publishing; Gwynne Shotwell, president/COO of SpaceX; Kristen Howerton, marriage and family therapist and popular “mom blogger;” USC writing guru and playwright Prince Gomolvilas; Reggie Gilyard, dean of the Argyros School of Business and Economics at Chapman University; Chapman quantum physicist Ali Nayeri; Chapman health communications expert Lisa Sparks; game designer Liz Fiacco and more. 

Tickets are on sale at $60 for general admission at www.TedxChapmanU.com to purchase conference tickets or for more information about this year’s conference.

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