**** Golden City has closed
Golden City is one of those places that Cathy, Ed from Yuma, and I, have posted on a number of times. I’ve been going to Golden City from my pre-blogging days when the place was on Convoy; to the reopening in October of 2005, thru changes in ownership and so on. It’s always been a convenient place to grab a decent lunch, if you choose right.
And so; right before Christmas, we had some time on our hands and Calvin was starving, so we headed on over to Golden City.
I got my usual favorite; the Kwai Fei Chicken.
Which was sadly, not very good this time around. The chicken was dry and tough and that sauce had way too much scallion in it….it had turned green! Bummer….it had been a while since I’d had this and I was looking forward to it.
We also got the Chee Cheong Fun (rolled rice noodle) with XO Sauce.
Uneven cooking technique doomed this dish. The rice rolls were tender; but weren’t evenly coated in XO sauce. Burnt bits didn’t help things at all either.
The best dish of the day was the Roast Pork.
While not nearly as good as the “Macao Roast Pork” when it was on the menu….I don’t know how many chefs ago; the skin was crisp; if a bit unevenly roasted. The pork was moist; with a good bit of fat, and not overly salted….you could enjoy the flavor of the swine.
You know; I’d always thought that Golden City in some form would easily outlive me……who knows; it still might. But this was definitely not up to expectations. Hopefully, things will be better next time I visit.
Golden City Restaurant
5375 Kearny Villa Rd.
San Diego, CA 92123
Bummer about the chicken. It’s one of my favorite dishes there too.
aw bummer 🙁
I know…I was really forward to that Junichi!
Yeah….I’m hoping that this was just a single aberration Kat.
I’ll have to try the roast pork. I love the ginger lobster:
http://www.hungryones.com/2018/07/golden-city-restaurant/
Not for lunch though Soo….
Aww so sad. I haven’t been back here in years.
It’s been a pretty consistent place for lunch Kirbie…until this visit.