My (rather) recent revisit to Minh Ky was a good reminder that I hadn't been visiting all those places that were fairly regular stops for me over the years. Man, had it been over a year-and-a-half since my last visit? I guess these times have had an affect on me…….I don't go to far afield these days when perhaps I should. So, I decided to head on over to 777 Noodle House.
It was a weekend morning, but things were pretty quiet.
The staff working were the same from my first visits way back in 2010.
I simply ordered what had become my usual here over the years, the Hu Tieu Nam Vang Kho.
I was interested to see if things had changed much. So, like before, the Hu Tieu was in the bottom of the dish, where the savory-mildly salty and sweet sauce resides. There have been times when the hu tieu was over cooked and mushy. But gladly, this was not one of those days has the noodles had some good al dente pull to them.
There was less ground pork than on previous visits and basically only one sliced fish ball, so it seems that the economics of the times are catching up. The shrimp was over cooked and tough. I've always enjoyed the blanched bean sprouts.
One of my favorite items is stewed pork hock in broth. There's something just primevally wonderful about gnawing on that bone. On this day however, the provided "broth" was thin, watery, tasting like MSG-water.
Sadly, the overall dish just seemed a mere shadow of its previous self. I'm hoping this was just a one time experience. It would be sad if this is the new "norm".
777 Noodle House
4686 University Avenue
San Diego, CA 92105
This visit had me wondering if you've been having disappointing visits to places that were once regular stops for you?