Recently, the Missus and I decided to take a drive out to Point Loma to check out the new Jiaozi shop, Meet Dumpling. Unfortunately, the tiny shop with just 4 tables was full and folks were waiting in line. So, we needed to come up with a plan B. Luckily, Supannee House of Thai is in the same strip mall. It had been almost two years since we'd last visited, doing takeout during Covid and five-and-a-half since we last dined in at Supannee. It was prime weather for our Thai food fix. Plus, if I remember correctly, Supannee had also changed ownership since our last visit. So, we walked on in.
The place was nice and quiet.
We ended up ordering four dishes from the really mellow and sweet young man working.
Back in 2021, "FOY" Si recommended the Nam Khao Tod from Supannee, which ended up being a winner. We had to order it for dining in ($14.99).
And it's still a favorite of ours here. The nice chunks of sour sausage. The crispy rice was also in crunchy chunks. The generous amount of ginger was tempered by the lime and the peanuts. I enjoyed eating this with the provided cabbage.
I'm not sure what got into the Missus, but She insisted on ordering the Satay Chicken ($11.99).
Supannee uses chicken tenders for this and man, this is so dry. We also tried just the chicken alone which was very bland. It really needed the peanut sauce which was also quite mild in flavor and overly sweet for our taste. I don't think we'll be ordering this in the future.
Another of favorite of ours here is the Nam Tok ($14.99).
While I still think that the dish could use more of the nutty roasted rice powder and the beef tends to be on the toothsome side; the meat is flavorful and the bright acidity from lime really highlights the dish. We also love the marinade.
We got the Grapow Pork Belly ($18.99) which we ordered spicy.
The Missus quickly poached the fried egg which was nice and runny in the center. This wasn't very spicy to us and we kind of figure that the heat level is adjusted for the customer base. We enjoyed the crisp green beans; the pork belly was fairly tender. We wish there was more Thai Basil in this dish as it could have used a bit more "umph" and was perhaps a bit too sweet for our tastes as well.
We didn't get our usual favorite on this visit, the Thai Sausage. We'll save that for next time. As of right now, Supannee stands as a solid #2 on our list of Thai Restaurants in San Diego. We need to get back out there to check out more places.
Supannee House of Thai
2907 Shelter Island Drive
San Diego, CA 92106
Current Hours:
Mon – Fri 1130am – 3pm, 430pm – 9pm
Sat – Sun 1130am – 9pm
And while we didn't get to check out the dumpling shop, Supannee did just fine by us on a rather hot day.