The “food court” Inside Zion Marketplace- Happy Family and Tonkatsu

mmm-yoso!!! is just a blog, written by people who eat.  Today, Cathy is writing, while Kirk (and His Missus) are vacationing and ed (from Yuma) is doing other stuff.

I needed to go shopping for some produce the other day and I know Zion always has some good deals.  It was close to dinner time and so I called The Mister and asked him to meet me there.002

You can park on three sides of the building (or across the street) and walk in one of those doors to get to the grocery aisles.

Closer to the South end are two restaurants and a small beverage (add boba for 50 cents) place.

 

 

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Tonkatsu is what The Mister chose. 006

I went to Happy Family, which used to be Happy Meal, but apparently was sold.  Or sued.  Dunno.  The menu has changed a bit from when Kirk blogged.

(According to FOY (Friend of Yoso) Serena, it is Korean-Chinese food at Happy Family, and the spicy noodle dishes are very good.  I have that mental note ready for next time)

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The Mister chose the Crunchy roll for $5.95, because he thought it would be smaller (not a Chernobyl sized) roll overfilled with fried shrimp and avocado and basically a full meal, served with miso soup.

It wasn't bad and I liked the avocado.  The shrimp did not have much flavor, but did have much crunch. 

It was topped with both a sweet and a spicy sauce.008

He also ordered the chicken Tonkatsu plate ($7.95) A good sized piece of lightly breaded and fried flattened chicken breast, which came with a house made tonkatsu sauce (which had pieces of mushroom and meat textured bits in it), a cabbage salad with a house made dressing, two stir  fried dumplings, miso soup, rice, edamame and some kimchi.

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I ordered the galbi plate at Happy Family.

Tender marinated sliced beef short ribs, served with rice, a small salad with a mayonnaise based dressing, (kind of Ranch in flavor), two deep fried dumplings (I liked the other ones better; not as crispy) and the traditional side dishes of preserved radish, dried spicy silverfish, kimchi and fried (not just dried) seaweed.  The miso soup here was far better, not made with a paste and was rich in flavor with many slices of tofu in it.

Eat first and then you can go shopping!

 

 

Happy Meal and Tonkatsu (inside Zion Marketplace) 4611 Mercury Street San Diego 92111