We’ve been taking JJ on a road trip each month….as regular readers may note; I’m a bit behind on those posts. The last few have been trips to the “mountains”….so, what does the Missus want when we get back home? Well, Chinese of course!
I did take photos of two of those return to “home and get Her fix” visits. They are places I’ve posted on many, many times…… So here’s the first one.
I know I last did a post on Noble Chef in January, but we’ve mostly been doing takeout visits since we have JJ. But since the little squirt is getting a bit older now; we can head out and grab dinner on occasion. The last time we’d actually eaten in at Noble Chef was back in January of last year!
Noble Chef gets pretty busy for dinner these days and this visit was no different. We went with our “usual” items.
Like a half Roast Duck.
This was nicely flavored – five spice and all that. The skin was a bit softer than we prefer, but pretty good overall. And the leftovers did quite well.
The Missus ordered the Tofu with Salted Fish.
Nice funky-savory tones. That tofu was perfectly soft.
Of course, the Salt and Pepper Pork Chops were a must.
These were the best we’ve had in a while. Not overly thick, so ratio of crispy-crunchy to enjoyably toothsome was good. Salty-mildly spicy-peppery. Also did well in the air fryer the next day. I brushed off all the garlic and peppers so it would get that bitter burn and it was good.
And of course the Soy Sauce Chow Mien, a dish that takes me back to “small kid” time.
Shortage of green onions on this; but the noodles were a perfect al dente and evenly coated in soy sauce. Decent wok hay as well.
We really enjoyed our dinner at Noble Chef….I guess dining in is really the way to go if you have the time.
The Noble Chef
6159 Balboa Avenue
San Diego, CA 92111
Back in the day, I’ve always loved the lap cheong fried rice. I don’t see fried rice on their menu anymore. Is that gone? Wok hay?
I think it was on the menu with the previous owners Dereck! They used to make a really good Shrimp with XO Sauce Fried rice too!
I think the last time I went to Noble Chef was for their shrimp fried rice with XO sauce many moons ago! It was good!
I it must have been before the change in ownership Jack! The last couple of times I’;ve tried it; it wasn’t as good…..though perhaps I need to try it again.
Yep, definitely before the ownership change it was that long ago.