Honestly……it's such a beautiful day, why would you read our humble little blog? I wouldn't blame you if you didn't….really! Plus, there's a Blood Moon Eclipse tonight.
Ever since Ba Ren closed, I've been looking for a good Sichuan Liang Mian, the wonderful, spicy cold noodle dish, which has become comfort food for me. It's a simple combination of ingredients working in harmony, creating a deceptively complex balance of the "suan (sour) – tian (sweet) – ma (numbing) – la (hot) – xian (salty). I had recently tried the version at Spicy City, which wasn't very good, so I thought I'd check out Dede's, it had been a while, and also Fu An Garden.
Dede's:
*** Dedes' has closed
Man, this was a total fail.
The noodles were mushy and the sauce watery and insipid. This had too much vinegar and in spite of the looks really lacked the spice…..probably because it was so watered down.
I've got another post on a better meal at Dede's lined up, but this was terrible.
Dede's
4647 Convoy St
San Diego, CA 92111
Fu An Garden:
*** 07/06/2016 Fu An is now Fuan Seafood
*** Fuan has closed
While the flavor was pretty close during my last visit and the noodles terrible, this was an improvement.
Looking at this…well, I had my doubts…too pale, too much peanuts, where's the flavor? But I was wrong, all it needed was a good mix. The noodles were vastly improved, though in our opinion, the flavor still falls short….not enough "ma", not enough "suan", not spicy (la) enough……just not enough. Sad really, since the chef here used to be the #2 man at Ba Ren.
Fu An Garden
4768 Convoy St
San Diego, CA 92111
In retrospect, perhaps just the simple item to the right will do tonight. The also deceptively simple hàn bǎo bāo. Might be nice to grab a couple hàn bǎo bāo from jìnchū……sorry bad translation, perhaps someone can let me know what it should be called in pinyin. Anyway, grab a couple and go watch the "Blood Moon"……. You know, there's a punchline in there somewhere.
Have a great week!
have a nice week Kirk!
Are those In N Out burgers??
Hahaha maybe it should be jin(4)-he(2)-chu(1), to fully capture the word-by-word translation? 😛
What’s the verdict on the In N Out?
Something missing about the one in Austin.
You too Kat.
Yes they are Ed.
Sounds much better than my pathetic attempt Jinxi.
It was good Billy. For us, we have so have a whiff of that signature In N Out “fragrance”. I’ve found that no smell = no bueno for that location.