Yakyudori's Lunch combos:
I dropped by Yakyudori for lunch this past Thursday and was given a lunch combo menu to go with the standard menus. It seemed like a pretty good deal so I ordered the Thursday combo.
the combo is a small ramen of your choice, chicken karaage, shumai, rice, and kimchi. It turned out to be enough food for me….. In fact, it was too much to fit into one photo.
In all honesty, the shumai tastes like the deep fried frozen stuff you buy at the market and the kimchi is not very good. But even though the chicken karaage is par-cooked…they have it precooked in bowls alongside the fryer and just dump it back in to heat up, it's not bad. Though it's not something I'd like to have my customers seeing….but Yakyudori really doesn't have a choice.
On this visit, the shio ramen was just a bullseye……broth perfectly balanced.
Oh, and before I forget, it's basically all the rice you can eat…….if you really do need more rice….
Yakyudori Ramen and Yakitori
4898 Convoy St
San Diego, CA 92111
Hinotez Japanese Restaurant:
During a visit a couple of days earlier I noticed a couple of fliers posted around Yakyudori announcing "Restaurant Hinotez" coming soon. I didn't even know that Honey;s Cafe had gone under, but I'm not surprised. While driving past the location – 7947 Balboa avenue I did notice the sign up for the restaurant……
And I took a photo. I made it a point to take a look everytime I dropped by, and there really doesn't seem to be much going on……September's over half gone, I'm wondering if they'll actually open this month?
The location is 7947 Balboa avenue.