>> TIFFANY FAISON IS A CULINARY QUADRUPLE THREAT.
THE CO-OWNER OF SWEET CHEEKS, TIGER MAMA, AND FOOLS AROUND JUST OPENED HER THIRD RESTAURANT WITH HER WIFE, KELLY WALSH.
IT IS THEIR MOST UPSCALE EATERY TO DATE WITH ELEGANCE EVIDENT IN EVERY DETAIL.
VELVET BENCHES, CHEVRON FLOORS, GOLD BAR WHERE, AND A MARTINI CART.
FOR DINNER, IT IS AN ITALIAN-AMERICAN FAMILY OWNED FEAST KNOWN AS GARLIC BREAD WITH A PARMESAN MOOSE FOR DIPPING.
PIZZA, LASAGNA, AND A DRY AGED PRIME RIBEYE.
SO, WHERE DOES A BARBECUE, TOPLESS, SOUTHEAST -- TAPAS, AND SOUTHEAST ASIAN MIND DINE AND SHE IS NOT DINING AT ONE OF HER ON RESTAURANT?
>> THIS MOMENT IS MARKED BY PERFECT -- BY BEFORE CAFE SUSHI AND AFTER.
IT IS SO RARE TO FIND A PLACE THAT MAYBE PEOPLE HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED THAT IS A MARK OF EXCELLENCE.
>> FIRST UP, SEALED -- SEARED TUNA.
THIS IS MY MOMENT OF TRANSITION.
THE FLAVORS ARE INCREDIBLE.
WOW.
>> THIS IS WHAT FOOD CAN DO.
YOU TAKE A BITE, AND IT MAKES YOU THOUGHTFUL AND CONTEMPLATIVE AND CELEBRATORY AT THE SAME TIME.
THAT LOOK ON YOUR FACE IS WHERE I GET UP IN THE MORNING.
>> NEXT, A SAMPLER THAT INCLUDES A SEARED BLUE FISH WITH PICKLED RED CABBAGE.
>> IT IS A LITTLE BIT OF MEAT AND POTATOES.
IT IS THIS LOVELY ELEGANT WAY OF SAYING, I SEE YOU, NEW ENGLAND.
>> SHE HAS BEEN COMING HERE FOR MORE THAN A DECADE, EVEN BEFORE THE SHIFT STEPPED IN 12 YEARS AGO TO RUN THE RESTAURANT HIS HIS PARENTS OPEN.
>> HE IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE PEOPLE IN THE WORLD.
>> WE WERE NOT THE BUSIEST RESTAURANT TO START.
IT IS NEEDED TO BRING INTEREST AND DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT WITH THE USUAL SUSPECTS.
TUNA, SALMON, YELLOWTAIL.
IT WAS FUN TO TRY TO HAVE A VOICE.
>> A VOICE THAT IS BEING HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR.
>> I WOULD LOOK AT WHAT HE WAS DOING AND THINK, I NEED TO DO BETTER.
I NEED TO THINK MORE CREATIVELY.
HE DRIVES ME TO BE BETTER.
>> IT IS NOT ALL ABOUT FOOD FOR THIS TOP SHELF FINALIST.
WHEN SHE IS NOT BUSY AT WORK, SHE LOVES TO CATCH A PERFORMANCE AT THE AMERICAN REPERTORY THEATER IN CAMBRIDGE.
>> I CANNOT BELIEVE I AM STANDING HERE WITH YOU.
I AM SUCH A SUPER FAN.
>> HER DEVOTION DATE BACK.
>> I VOLUNTEERED AS AN USHER WHEN I WAS A LINE COOK A MILLION YEARS AGO TO BE ABLE TO SEE SHOWS THAT I DID NOT HAVE A DIME TO MY NAME.
UNDERSTANDING THAT WE HAVE THIS POCKET OF INCREDIBLE THEATER, EXPERIENTIAL BROADWAY QUALITY IN BOSTON, WAS MIND BLOWING TO ME.
>> WE DO A LOT OF WORK THAT DEFIES WHAT IS SOMEONE’S TYPICAL DEFINITION OF A MUSICAL.
>> MARK LUNSFORD TOOK HER ON A TOUR BEHIND THE SCENES.
THE 2019-2020 SEASONS THEME UNDER THE ARTISTIC DIRECTION OF DIANE PAUL WAS HIS STORIES OF TIERNEY AND LIBERATION.
ONE OF THE SHOWS THAT JUST WRAPPED IS A POP-CULTURE MUSICAL ABOUT THE SIX WIVES OF HENRY THE EIGHTH.
>> HAVING PEOPLE EXPERIENCE SOMETHING THAT IS NOT ON THEIR PHONES ENCOURAGES THEM TO BE IN COMMUNITY WITH THEIR NEIGHBORS, GIVING WITNESS TO THE SAME STORY.
IT IS IMPORTANT FOR WHERE WE ARE IN OUR POLITICAL LANDSCAPE.
>> I THINK WE ARE GETS MADE IN TIMES OF GREAT STRUGGLE AND CRISIS OF IDENTITY.
>> WE HAVE TO LOOK AT HISTORY TO INFORM WHAT WE ARE GOING THROUGH RIGHT NOW.
>> ANOTHER CALMING FORCE IN HER LIFE IS QUICK, QUALITY COMFORT FOOD.
FOR THAT, WE MAKE OUR WAY TO THE 88 FOOD CONNECTION IN ALLSTON.
INSIDE THE FOOD COURT, YOU WILL FIND A NUMBER OF RESTAURANTS.
HONG KONG STYLE CHINESE FOOD.
>> IT IS BARBECUE PORK THAT HAS BEEN MARINATED AND ROASTED.
IT IS A LITTLE LIKE EATING MEAT CANDY PIT >> NEXT STOP, -- >> I EAT THIS ALL THE TIME.
I GET 75 THINGS BEFORE I PASS UP.
>> ALL OF YOUR GOODIES IN YOUR SPICY >> POTTERY.
TO ELEVATE THE EXPERIENCE, SHE PREFERS TO COMBINE THE VIETNAMESE CLASSICS.
SO PASSIONATE ABOUT FOOD.
OUR RESTAURANT IS GETTING GREAT REVIEWS ALREADY.
>> BACK TO THE AMERICAN REPERTORY THEATER, THEY HAVE A LOT OF EXCITING SHOWS COMING UP INCLUDING MOBY DICK.
>> THERE IS TALK TO PEOPLE IN THE FRONT ROW MIGHT NEED PONCHOS.
THERE COULD BE SOME WATERWORKS INVOLVED.
OF NEXT, DINNER WITH THE