Halibut Corner in Redondo Beach [RESTAURANT REVIEW]
The halibut at Halibut Corner on International Board Walk in Redondo Beach. Photo . Boardwalk Hideaway Fusion cooking has become such a part of the American mainstream that we don’t even hesitate at the idea of a Korean short rib burrito. We approach hyphenated restaurants in a cheerfully adventurous mood, interested to see how cuisines combine. Occasionally we are in for a surprise, and the restaurant actually serves faithful renditions of two unrelated cuisines. I fondly remember a Japanese and Greek café in Seattle where you could get a souvlaki gyro with Japanese pickles on the side. You couldn’t get the pickles on the souvlaki – the Greek cook and his Japanese wife were adamant that the two should not be combined – but both were concurrently available. This is akin to the situation at Halibut Corner, the café at the north end of the Redondo Boardwalk that offers Vietnamese and Mexican food. They don’t offer a fusion – no Vietnamexican cuisine here, as interesting as it is to think of a carnitas summer roll. Owner Anthony Pham bought a Mexican seafood restaurant with the unlikely name of Lou-E-Luey’s and kept serving the fare that the location had been noted for, but gradually…
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