Eye on OAK: Paella Cookout featuring Chef Lamont

Part of the “Eye on City” series, a collection of vignettes highlighting notable people, food, art, and happenings in the cities that I travel through. In the patio of Caña, a bustling Cuban bistro out in Oakland, Chef Lamont goes head-to-head with the house chef in a paella cookout as they hand out morsels of paella scooped right from the sizzling hot paellera (paella pan). Unsuspecting pedestrians turn into spectators as their five senses are enraptured in the cooking exhibition. Fierce guitar performed by Estas Tonne, a true modern-day troubadour.