This is mmm-yoso!!!, a food blog. Kirk needs a break, Ed (from Yuma) is on a break and so Cathy is writing the posts for a few days.
As mentioned in prior posts, The Mister and I choose a different ethnic market each week when it's time to go food shopping. There are several locations of Seafood City in the county, but the one in Mira Mesa is closest to home. There is a (new) food court inside, but just next door is a storefront location of Chowking, which I've posted about, a couple of times. Chowking is a subsidiary of Jolibee, the largest fast food chain in the Philippines. 
Straight ahead in this photo is the front door to Chowking; there is another door where you can enter from inside the Seafood City store.
The menu is pretty straightforward and contains breakfast and lunch/dinner items as well as snacks and sweets. There's even a small freezer which holds Siopao to take home (Filipino-Chinese buns that can be steamed or heated in the microwave for a few seconds).
This is what we ordered for one lunch the other day. That's a coffee milk tea (because I can never decide). I like how the styrofoam packaging is manufactured with steam holes, so the contents, if fried, will remain crispy.
The 'Chinese Style Fried Chicken' plate ($4.99) is pretty much my go-to item here, because the fry is always fresh, crispy, not greasy and so very tasty. It's 'Chinese' because of the spices used-and because Chowking is (and initially was only) a fast food Chinese restaurant before it was bought out by the Philippine based company (notice the Chinese lettering on the front of the counter, two photos up). The steamed rice, with egg and vegetable is always fresh.
The Garlic Chicken Lauriat ($5.99). A 'Lauriat' is a rice meal, so is essentially the meat (nicely battered and fried dark meat chicken pieces) and rice along with veggie Canton noodles, two small veggie spring rolls and two red bean paste filled sesame balls…not lumpia, not pancit…Chinese food… 
Remember this hot days we had not too long ago? The mango shaved ice here is only $2.99. Quite large, with lots of ice, mango and condensed milk; it's a refreshing break.
I hope your week has gone well!
Chowking 8955 Mira Mesa Boulevard San Diego 92126 (858) 653-4977
When I first moved to San Diego I drove by Seafood City and saw the “Chowking” sign. I thought “Hmm looks interesting and only one letter away from ‘Choking.'”
Mmm… Fried chicken. I’ll have to give it a try. I usually go to Popeyes on Tuesday. 🙂
I didn’t know they had mango shaved ice. Curious now. There’s also a Chowking at my Seafood City down south.
That’s funny, Mr. Z, frequently I have to ‘rerun’ (or turn back the page) on something I’ve read, because I suddenly realize what I thought I saw was so incorrect. I hope you’ve tried Chow King at some point.
It’s a cravable fried chicken, Soo. You could get a two piecer from Popeyes (it’s really the same parking lot) and do a comparison…
Oh yes, cc. On the bottom right of the menu. We were there and I was going to get a Halo Halo, but this was less expensive (and larger).