Javier Plascencia Explained

Javier Plascencia is a chef from Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, considered the most famous chef of the city[1] and of all chefs, the one whose cuisine most helped define a new cuisine, Baja Med.[2]

Plascencia and Baja Med cuisine

In 2011, Plascencia told the New York Times that the mission of his signature restaurant Misión 19 was to "revitalize the food scene in Tijuana", and to "revitalize the city itself". In the interview, he called his cuisine "Baja Mediterranean", combining ingredients from the region. Examples of this style include duck skewered with licorice and sprinkled with guava dust; risotto topped with salt-cured nopalitos (prickly pear cactus) and charred octopus; and slow-cooked short ribs bathed in a mission fig syrup on top of a black mole sauce.[3]

Early life

Born to – according to Plascencia – "hard-working and entrepreneurial" parents (Juan José Plascencia, aka: Don Tana), Javier started his culinary experience as a child alongside his brothers Juan Jose (aka; Tana), Margu and Julián in the kitchens of the family's restaurants, first at Giuseppis, later at Caesar's (birthplace of the Caesar salad)[3] and then at Saverios.[4] In his teens, he began his career as a chef studying in culinary arts schools in San Diego, California (immediately across the U.S.–Mexico border from Tijuana) and upon graduation, he worked in hotels and restaurants in the area. Plascencia told the Times that he would "later travel the world in search of flavors, ingredients and different types of cuisine, before returning to Tijuana to consolidate what would become my style."

Restaurants

Tijuana

Elsewhere on the Baja California peninsula

United States

Books

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Chef Javier Plascencia has transformed Tijuana. 30 November 2016. Fox News.
  2. Web site: Javier Plascencia, a Chef Out to Renew Tijuana. Josh. Kun. 8 March 2011. NYTimes.com.
  3. https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/09/dining/09tijuana.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 "Master of a New Tijuana", New York Times, Josh Kun, March 8, 2011
  4. http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/01/30/120130fa_fact_goodyear "LETTER FROM TIJUANA: THE MISSIONARY; Can an adventurous chef remake his city’s image?", Dana Goodyear, the New Yorker, January 30, 2012
  5. http://www.sandiegoreader.com/weblogs/feast/2013/jul/23/a-taste-of-tijuana-javier-plascencia-pregressive-m/#ixzz2eygePgbB "A TASTE OF TIJUANA: JAVIER PLASCENCIA PROGRESSIVE MEAL", Chad Deal, San Diego Reader, July 23, 2013
  6. http://blogs.laweekly.com/squidink/2010/10/first_bite_javier_plascencia_t.php "First Bite: Javier Plascencia, Our Man in Tijuana", LA Reader, Jonathan Gold Wed., Oct. 20 2010
  7. Web site: Chef Javier Plascencia. Chef Javier Plascencia. es-ES. 2016-03-01.
  8. Web site: How Long Will Todos Santos Remain Mexico's Best-Kept Secret?. Fathom. Forbes.
  9. Web site: The Early Word On Bracero in Little Italy. Keri. Bridgwater. 20 August 2015. Eater San Diego.
  10. Web site: Award-Winning Chef Javier Plascencia Brings Upscale Tijuana Cooking to Miami. Food & Wine.
  11. Web site: The best new restaurants in Miami to try right now. Time Out Miami.
  12. Web site: Romesco - Grupo Plascencia. grupoplascencia.com.

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