I now realize I haven't been paying much attention…..
To the strip mall where Spicy City is located. There appears to be a couple of new restaurants open, or opening up. The first one, called "Gorilla" has replaced Korean Hometown Restaurant, no more Bondegi soup for me I guess.
They're calling it a "Korean Fusion Restaurant"…… the menu looks like a combination of bar food, a la Min Sok Chon, crossed with modernized/westernized Korean Dishes…..Boo Dai Chigae…. along with Tonkatsu (served with French Fries!) and ramen, and cream corn even…..
I'm not quite sure what to make of it……. anybody check this place out yet?
I also noticed this restaurant in the place of Seafood Island. I'm not quite sure if they've opened yet.
All in the strip mall at 4690 Convoy.
You never know what you'll find at 99 Ranch Market:
I was picking up some lamb to make Cumin Lamb, when something grabbed my attention….. I literally did a double take.
Was it what I thought it was?
You bet…. plus it was on sale!
In case you have a problem finding this…… it located right next to the, ahem, Beef Pizzle.
One of the two things I was craving when I got back from Madison/Chicago:
Strangely, or perhaps not, I wanted a salad when I got home from Chicago and Madison. The other thing I craved was taken care of last night at Sushi Yaro.
Something that I found ironic is that Zo-san is now working at Sushi Yaro. Folks might remember that he used to own Sushi Ishikawa which was on this very spot before Sammy Sushi and Convoy Sushi.
Now if I can only talk Zo-san into making some of the Okinawan dishes they used to serve at Ishikawa!
I hope everyone is having a great weekend!
That’s funny, we were at Yaro last weekend and Sammy mentioned we should come in for the live uni. The Aoyagi (sp? the big clam) was delicious though. I’m curious what the Dancing Crab will be like too.
Funny. Scroll down just enough so you can see the captions “One of the two things I was craving when I got back from Madison/Chicago” at the bottom and then look at the pictures on top.
That’s a nice looking piece of uni! What kind of Okinawan dishes did the chef make?
beef pizzle..lol.
even though I’m not a fan of uni, it looks really fresh!
Sam has Soki Soba specials on Tuesdays and for lunch. Not sure how much of a hand Zo-san had in that, though.
Ahhh I miss going to Sushi Yaro, fun times every time I was there. Also, I went to Gorilla last week with Ange. Ill do a post (eventually) on it, but from what we had, it was alright.
Wow, I remember going into the Okinawan place a looong time ago when I first moved down here. I need to check out Sushi Yaro at nights..
hey kirk – what? no photo of the PORK UTERUS? i’ve seen it there too on occasion. no lie.
funny, one of my guyfriends was just at ranch 99 last week and he was so tempted to buy the lamb nutz but didn’t want to buy a pack of 6.
Lamb balls AND beef pizzle? Well that’s just a party waiting to happen. 🙂
Fo shizzle my beef pizzle!
Hi Jason – Just like the previous restaurant, I think it’s a Kae Jang joint.
Hi TFD – LOL!
Hi Sherry – Actually it was Zo-san’s wife you made stuff like rafute, chanpuru, etc….
Hi Kat – San Diego has some of the best Uni, and this was especially good.
Hi Hao – That’s a Sammy dish….. not one of my favorites.
Hi Darwin – I wasn’t to enthralled with the menu…..
Hi Dennis – I think Sam would enjoy seeing you. You should let him know before you go, so he can tell you what he’ll have.
Hi CC – The Beef Smilt was in the cold case…..
Hi CP – It would be a super ‘nad time!
LOL Andy……
Hi Kirk,
Like Darwin said, we ate at Gorilla this past week. They have a pretty limited selection of food. Definitely caters to the late night drunk crowd after a night of karaoke, in my opinion.
Hi Ange – That’s what I figured.