Just some Miscellanea for the weekend:
No Moa Da Kine’s National City, La Dat:
I’ve been thinking about doing another plate lunch week, and it seems that I always do at least one post on Da’ Kine’s. After all, they’ve been around over a decade. So, back in July I had a plate lunch at Da’ Kine’s, and decided to drop by one more time a few weeks ago. And to my surprise, this facade:
Was replaced with this:
Wow, so this is the third Da Kine’s to close. Only the new Liberty Station location is still open. Oh, I did have lunch here, but you’ll have to wait for that post. This is what I had at Da’ Kine’s in July:
I’m still contemplating plate lunch week….but all the Teriyaki – Hawaiian BBQ, blah, blah, blah, gets to be the same after a while. Maybe I should just intermingle them…..what do you think?
Nani Moku Hawaiian BBQ
1635 Sweetwater Road
National City, CA 91950
What’s this about drive-thru Banh Mi?:
A few weeks ago, "22cards" (thanks for letting me know), reported that Cali Baguette Express’s long awaited Banh Mi Drive-thru was open. And not only that, but they were now open 24 hours a day! So that very Friday, the Missus and I headed out to Cali Baguette Express, at about 930pm, and found the place completely dark, totally closed, not a creature was stirring. We were so disappointed, we headed straight to Golden City and had Peking Duck…talk about depressed.
Determined to get to the bottom of the "drive-thru" mystery, I took a serious detour, and hit up CBE at 630 am a recent morning. and indeed all the "signs" were in full display. It does say Open 24 Hours, looks like the Drive-thru is from 9pm to 6am, which would have been right in the ballpark. So I ordered a Banh Mi Trung ($2.59), and asked the young lady about the drive-thru. I had a bit of a problem understanding, but I believe the gist of it was, the store closes at 9pm, with only drive-thru service from 9-midnight Sunday-Thursday, and 9pm thru 6am Fridays and Saturdays…..I think. Maybe someone else will have more info.
As for the Banh Mi, the bread was better on this occasion than my previous visits. Warm, decently crusty, with some chew. The egg wasn’t dredged in Maggi, which is what I’ve gotten at a few places. It was not bad….of course it could have just been that I love Banh Mi Trung…especially when I’m starving.
Sure beats one of those egg mc-something’s any day of the week.
Cali Baguette Express
5215 El Cajon Boulevard
San Diego CA 92115
A Sammy Surprise:
I haven’t been to Sammy’s in a while, but on my last visit, not being too hungry, I just had a few pieces of Nigiri.
No big deal, right? Except for one thing; knowing that I don’t really use the usual rehydrated-dry-wasabi-powder-that-is-Coleman’s-mustard-in-disguise, Sam told me to try what he placed on my plate. It was real wasabi…..actually wasabi paste, probably from Pacific Farms. It’s still not as good as fresh ground wasabi…but it’s much better than the "other stuff". I’m not sure if Sam was just trying it out, or if he’s going to carry it from now on…….so it’ll be interesting to see.
Sieu Sieu BBQ Reopens:
I dropped by Barbecue’s Galore, and noticed that Sieu Sieu BBQ had opened in the former Maui Maui Hawaiian BBQ location on Clairemont Mesa Boulevard. I’m not quite sure if this is something to be very happy about. When we first moved to San Diego, we visited Sieu Sieu at it’s old location on Linda Vista Road a few times…..and had some of the worst Chinese BBQ I’ve ever experienced.
Dry roast pork and Char Siu, and some of the most bland Roast Duck I’ve ever had. But as I was walking past the place, I noticed how busy they were…..full of Chinese! It could be that they were all just checking things out. But maybe we should be too!
Sieu Sieu BBQ
7420 Clairemont Mesa Blvd
San Diego, CA 92111
I hope everyone’s having a great weekend!