James Davidson

Chef de Cuisine, Biwa Izakaya

James is from Sacramento, CA, but started restaurant life in a dish pit on the Oregon Coast. Through a long series of events, including cooking at a biker bar in Texas and falling in love with yakitori in Japan, he is now the Chef De Cuisine at Biwa Izakaya in Portland, OR.

Staple Beer:

Ninkasi Total Domination IPA

...On Beer and Food

Always on hand:

Stubbs smokey mesquite BBQ sauce

Favorite Pairings:

Sapporo + tonkatsu + gyoza

Technique Tips:

Learn to listen. The food will tell you what it wants.

Words to live by:

“Every event in the world can be revealed to me only as an opportunity.”
- Jean Paul Sartre

Getting in touch...

I look forward to enjoying the spirit of Brewed Food with you. You can get in touch through the form below, or come join us at the next stop on our Brewed Food Tour.

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Denver Rare Beer Tasting 2017! Huge success! Amazing beers, great people, and the food was one for the books! #beer #denverrarebeertasting #beers #beerstagram #instabeer #gabf #rarebeers #chef #chefslife #yeast #fermentation #brewers #brew #brewery #craftbeer #colorado #eeeeeats #foodies #beergeeks #denver #food #foodporn #closeup #brewedfood Pictured: Our Good Bugs Collaboration with @fremontbrewing photo: @fstopdenver

If you see the Brewed Food crew around Denver during GABF, ask for your own jar of kimchi! Giving them out at all our events.

Good Bugs Fermentation Series! Four opportunities during GABF 2017, in Denver, CO to taste some of our eight collaboration brews. A new approach wherein beers are designed with flavors from yeast, bacteria and fermentation at their core and recipes are built to emphasize these characteristics. Get to know the microbe rockstars of our fermented world!

Collab in full effect! Mashing in pilsner malt and raw wheat from @troubadourmaltings and pitching yeast from @inland_island for this one. #GoodBugs announcements coming soon…

The study of understanding the flavor potential of yeast is ever evolving and never ending. Six Saison strains fermented onto the same base beer from our friends at, Denver’s own, Inland Island Yeast Lab.

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