Category: Chinese Restaurants

$5.99 Dim Sum at Hong Kong Kitchen & Dimsum

Chinese BBQ, Chinese Restaurants, Dim Sum

I was driving past Hong Kong Kitchen & Dimsum a couple of weeks ago, when I noticed a new banner posted. Apparently, they now feature $5.99 Dim Sum during weekdays. Now, if you had mentioned $5.99 Dim Sum to me, say two years ago I would have laughed……but with prices these days…well, it’s now a relatively good price.

So, when the Missus was wanting some Chinese food recently; I talked Her into a revisit.

We arrived a bit after the 10am opening time and the place was quite empty….but it did fill up pretty quickly.

We were provided several menus, along with the dim sum laminated one, where you indicated what dishes you wanted. I quickly noticed that the dim sum item I thought was the best, the Scallop Dumplings were….I guess obviously not listed. We marked off the items we wanted to try.

We also got the Two Item Chinese BBQ ($24) as well.

And soon enough, items started arriving.

First off, the Jellyfish Salad.

This was nice and crunchy, rather refreshing, but was severely under-seasoned. After a few bites we ended up taking this home, chilling it well, than added black vinegar, chili crisp, and sesame oil which helped it a lot.

The Shrimp Cheong Fun was on the chewy side.

And the sauce seemed watered down. The shrimp was plump and tender though.

The Missus was looking forward to the chicken feet.

And you can tell by the color, right? While the texture, decently tender with crunchy cartlidgey parts, was fine, it was also quite bland.

Other than the now defunct Scallop Dumplings, the Pork and Shrimp Siu Mai were our favorite dim sum item we had on previous visits. And while it was on the chewier side, this was still the best dim sum item we had on this visit.

You could actually make out a light shrimp flavor, good porkiness as well. Pretty dense overall and the wrapper was a bit chewy, but the overall umami reigned supreme.

What was probably our least favorite item was the Shrimp Har Gow, which had also shrunk in size from we’d had before.

The wrapper was really thick and chewy and the flavor was on the fishy side as well.

We had made our way thru all the dim sum and even had to wait a bit longer for the two item barbeque plate. The woman working was very nice and apologetic, telling the Missus that we’d be getting the roast duck made “fresh”.

We tried the Char Siu first. Man, it was so hard, dry, and chewy….almost like jerky.

You can tell by the photo. It was also lacking in flavor, just a bit of sweetness, no five spice tones, weak savory flavor. Not good.

The woman working wasn’t lying when she said we’d enjoy the roast duck though. As the fat had been nicely rendered, the skin crisp, great flavors.

Nicely aromatic, decent anise and savory tones.

The meat was quite tender, full of that duck flavor. This was a nice surprise and as far as we’re concerned was worth the wait. We only regretted that we didn’t order a a half duck!

So, this was an interesting visit. The dim sum was, as a whole, meh…..but that roast duck was probably the best we’ve had in a while! So, we’ll probably return to have the regular menu and some duck. It’ll be interesting to see if having it just done fresh makes a difference if we come later in the day!

Hong Kong Kitchen & Dim Sum
5375 Kearny Villa Rd.
San Diego, CA 92123
Current Hours:
Daily 10am – 9pm

K Bakery Replacing Sage French Cake, Kanna Thai Kitchen Replacing Di Chan, Ma’s House has Closed, and the sign for Tang Huo Kung Fu Spicy Hot Pot is up

Bakery, Chinese Restaurants, Thai Restaurants

Just a couple of things I saw during my shopping trips.

K Bakery Replacing Sage French Cake:

Saw this during one of my shopping excursions to Nijiya last week.

So, I did some digging and it seems that Sage’s owner has decided to retire. Man, it seemed like Sage had been there forever! Though I believe it was a one man operation and he worked really hard. Hope he has a great retirement!

3860 Convoy St.
San Diego, CA 92111

Kanna Thai Kitchen Replacing Di Chan:

Remember that I noticed that Di Chan had closed last month? Well, driving past the strip mall I noticed a sign posted.

I decided to take a look and it seems that Kanna Thai Kitchen will be taking over that spot.

5535 Clairemont Mesa Blvd
San Diego, CA 92117

While checking that location out, I noticed all signage for Ma’s House was gone, so I walked over.

Ma’s House has closed:

The windows were covered, but one corner was open and all the furnishings are gone.

5537 Clairemont Mesa Blvd.
San Diego, CA 92117

And the sign for Tang Huo Kung Fu Spicy Hot Pot is up:

I guess we haven’t hit critical mass for Hot Pot in the Convoy area yet?

I believe that Tang Hou is a chain. I know they have locations in LA.

It just seems that only chains can afford to operate on Convoy these days!

4344 Convoy St,
San Diego, CA 92111

Facing East – Lu Rou Fan, Reader Recs

Asian Fusion/Pacific Rim/Hawaii Style Fusion, Chinese Restaurants, Taiwanese Food and Restaurants

In the comments of my post on trying out the Lu Rou Fan at Bei Yuan Tea & Boba, “FOY” Franklin mentioned enjoying the LRF at Facing East. Facing East? Well, that’s interesting since I’d really not enjoyed any of my meals at Facing East, seeing it as a gimmicky Asian fusion kind of place, with those multi-colored XLB, serving everything from Ramen and Karaage to BiBimBap to Kushiyaki……. Still, I felt I should give the place a try since it’s been over 7 years since my last visit! It would be interesting to see if things had changed.

Checking out the hours online was interesting as the place did open for lunch on Fridays to Mondays, but only from noon.

And yes, looking at that menu….it’s still all over the place. Though I did a laugh seeing that they served “Dumlings”……well, I hoped that I wouldn’t be a “dumling” for revisiting the place!

I walked in and was given the opportunity to pick my own table. Ordering was done as is kind of the norm these days….via QR code.

I went and ordered the “Braised Pork Rice”, unlike what the posted menu listed, it’s priced at $14.50, which is still a decent price. Based on that price, which was even cheaper than the ramen, I was not expecting the size of the bowl that arrived!

Those chunks of pork were cut quite large, but were decently tender. The sauce was quite salty; with a bit of a greasy mouthfeel, and lacking in any sweet-pungent-wine tones. It wasn’t bad, just a bit one dimensional with regards to flavor. Also, the pickled vegetables tasted like Takana-zuke; Japanese pickled mustard greens. Which I do like, but not with my Lu Rou Fan.

I ended up using the chili oil to help cut the saltiness of the pork.

The rice was decently cooked, fairly moist. The boiled egg was adequately done, no gray-green ring, perhaps a bit overcooked for my preference, but totally fine. It wasn’t cooked in soy sauce though.

Man, this was quite a large portion.

Perhaps this might be better for a late night meal with a couple of beers. Not too bad, but I think Bei Yuan is a bit better. Still, I appreciated the recommendation Franklin. It’s great to get out of my “comfort zone” and revisit those places I hadn’t been to in ages.

Facing East
4647 Convoy St Suite 101C
San Diego, CA 92111
Current Hours:
Monday 12pm – 4pm, 5pm – 930pm
Wed – Thurs 3pm – 930pm
Friday 12pm – 4pm, 5pm – 1030pm
Saturday 12pm -1030pm
Sunday 12pm – 930pm
Closed on Tuesdays

And I’m still looking for “that bowl” of Lu Rou Fan!

Chef Zhu (Torrey Highlands)

Chinese Restaurants

I’ve had Chef Zhu, which reopened in Torrey Highlands back in 2023 on my “list” for a while. I used to be a fairly regular customer way back when he owned Shanghai City, with that original post dating back to 2005! And then when he opened his namesake restaurant (well, sort of as it had a “dual identity” as Double Happiness and Chef Zhu) in Del Mar, well, I did several visits there as well. In 2021 the location became an outpost of Chin’s…though I believe Chef Zhu stayed around cooking there for a while. The Missus, who is not a fan of Shanghainese style cuisine or even Su Cai…well, I worked hard to convince Her to take a drive up to Torrey Highlands Village to try the reincarnated Chef Zhu. Well, we did the 20 mile or so drive up and they were closed! Sigh…..I had actually checked their online hours before heading up…..and even the sign on the door said that they were supposed to be open (it was a weekend!). But no….. Well, the Missus wasn’t amused and She would then refuse to even have me suggest heading on back up to eat at Chef Zhu! And it was probably for the best as I contacted former coworker “YZ” who lives in North County, she is originally from Shanghai, and we’d even dined at the “old” Chef Zhu before to see what she thought of this location. Well, even though she lives fairly close by….she’s not a fan. Hmmm……. Well, perhaps it was for the better that they weren’t open on the day I brought the Missus?

Still, I did want to try Chef Zhu…if only for old times sake. And I finally found some time to drop by for lunch, even though it took almost a year to finally make it.

There’s abundant parking in the strip mall where the restaurant resides, along with Von’s, Peets, a Thai Restaurant, and a Shabu Shabu place. The exterior looks very clean and modern.

Though the interior looks very “old school” Chinese!

Speaking of “old school”, there were several large parties who came in after me….all of them older folks. Made me feel young for a change! On a funny note, all of them got paper menus, I could hear only Mandarin being spoken. Me, the one obvious non-Chinese customer was told to order using the QR code!

And then, when the won ton chips with sweet and sour sauce arrived; I suddenly thought I was in the wrong restaurant?

I ordered three dishes…the prices were actually not bad and as it turned out, the portion sizes were humongous!

The first dish out was the Mei Cai Kou Rou ($21.95). My goodness, this looked like a solid block of…well…something.

The sauce was, as expected a bit on the sweeter side, but also quite greasy.

The slices of pork belly were thick and on the chewier side. Some of the flavor of the pork came thru, but this was still a bit sweeter than I prefer for this dish.

I dug around for the preserved vegetable. Turns out it was a mushy mess below all that pork belly. I took most of this home….the Missus had one bite and it was no bueno after that!

Next up; one of my favorite dishes that I hadn’t had in a while Chao Nian Gao ($18.95). Another huge portion!

The texture of the rice cakes were good, slightly chewy, not mushy, flaming hot! But this dish seemed wrong. Where was the Ji Cai, that wonderful peppery-sour-sweet vegetable. Or even pickled mustard greens, another option I’ve seen with this dish. It was just napa cabbage…..cutting costs I guess? Though I prefer the sauceless version, I didn’t know how to order it that way via the online system. The sauce was on the saltier side, but ok. I was just missing the appropriate veggies!

Last out was the Tea Smoked Duck (half duck – $22.95). The duck they were using was very meaty, which wasn’t a totally good thing as you can see, it’s super dry….and tough.

Very earthy-smokey flavor, not overly seasoned which was fine with me. But man….how long had this been sitting? The skin was flaccid and rubbery, that meat was so tough and dry….. I brought most of this home and even trying to make it a clay pot rice dish was kind of a failure.

So…in the end; I’m glad the Missus didn’t accompany to Chef Zhu….She would have not been happy having to sit around and deal with disappointing food. This was quite sad as we used to enjoy Shanghai City and Chef Zhu. It seems like the quality and execution has been sacrificed for large portions here. Though based on the large groups of Chinese dining, I guess this formula is working out for them. As for me….well, I’m moving on. Anyone been to Hometown Taste yet?

Chef Zhu
7845 Highlands Village Place
San Diego, CA 92129
Current Hours:
Mon, Wed – Fri 11am – 830pm
Sat – Sun 10am – 830pm
Closed on Tuesday

Niu Rou Mian from Mein St Asian Kitchen

Chinese Restaurants, Niu Rou Mian, Taiwanese Food and Restaurants

Back in my post on the Niu Rou Mian from Zen Modern Asian Bistro, “FOY” Dereck mentioned that the NRM from the “original” location of Zen was still quite good. So, during one of our local sessions of “May Gray“, I decided to check out the restaurant that had replaced Zen; called Mein St Asian Kitchen. Which, I believe had moved from the Little Italy Food Hall? Since it was a Sunday, the restaurant wasn’t open until 11am….they open at 10 during the week and I was somewhat concerned with finding parking. But much to my surprise, the parking lot was qutie empty at five to eleven. Heck, that location of March & Ash always seemed busy to me!

When that “open” sign lit up, I walked on in. While the furnishings look much the same as before; the place seemed a little more worn with “stuffs” stacked everywhere.

The nice older gentleman handed me the menu. While Mein Street has everything from Kimchi Fried Rice, Sushi, to ABC (American Born Chinese) Dishes on the menu, I immediately located what I wanted.

I was here for the NRM, while $19 for a bowl of noodle soup seems kinda steep, the version at Zen is $22 (+ $1 for suan cai), so this was quite a bit cheaper. So, I placed my order.

Soon enough, the absolutely steaming, molten bowl of NRM arrived.

Strong anise fragrance danced in the air! Trying not to singe my tongue, I cautiously took a sip of the broth.

Huh…..pretty light in terms of richness and beefiness, though the flavors of soy sauce, the aromatics, white pepper, and a bit of spice came through quite cleanly. Making the broth acceptable.

Like what I’d had at Zen, the noodles weren’t very springy, a bit overcooked, and the relative thinness of the broth made it not coat the noodles very well.

The highlight of this bowl was the beef….and there was quite a bit of it.

It had been nicely prepared. Tender, but not falling to shreds, it had been cooked well and had retained a wonderful beefiness and some of the aromatic tones as well. It was delicious.

This was the one category where I think Mein St was better than what I’d had at the new Zen location. Though I think the version I’d had at the “old Zen” was better than this.

The two folks working were nice; especially the woman working who quickly told me she “didn’t speak English”…she was so sweet and using Google translate I managed to let her know my wife is from China; but I only know “bad words” in Mandarin. She cracked up! I then busted out “Kuài diǎn, kuài diǎn” (hurry up, hurry up) and “Bì zuǐ” (shut up) and she really laughed.

To put things into perspective, I do think that Mein’s NRM is better than the versions I’ve had on Convoy or Mira Mesa. Though with gas prices these days….I need to take the 45 mile round trip (Zen is “only” 26 miles) into consideration when thinking about future visits!

Mein St Asian Kitchen
13510 Sabre Springs Pkwy Suite 103
San Diego, CA 92128
Current Hours:
Mon – Thurs 10am – 9pm
Friday 10am – 10pm
Saturday 11am – 10pm
Sunday 11am – 9pm

Thanks for reminding me about this location Dereck! Hope you get to try the NRM at Zen’s new location to compare!

Friday Findings – Potato Powder Love Noodle, Di-Chan Thai, and Makai Sushi Closes

Asian Fusion/Pacific Rim/Hawaii Style Fusion, Chinese Restaurants, Poke, Thai Restaurants

Man, there seem to be so many places closing recently….all the rising costs and such. I saw these three in just the last week….

Potato Powder Love Noodle Being Re[;aced by Arbor Sushi & Grill:

It seems that the food court at the 99 Ranch Market in Balboa has become a revolving door. There was Dao Xiang Noodle, which replaced Mama Lin’s, which replaced Saigon 5. Dao Xiang that didn’t last a year and was replaced by Wang La Ya in February. Back in August of last year Potato Powder Love Noodle, another chain with locations in the SGV, replaced the rather long running Shann Xi Magic Kitchen.

Imagine my surprise when I took a peek at the food court and noticed that the place is gone!

Sheesh…another place that didn’t last a year. I only made that one visit and was meaning to return…but I guess not now! I think it’s kind of how things might go with regards to chains?

So, it’ll be interesting to see how a sushi and “grill” does in this space.

5950 Balboa Ave (In the 99 Ranch Market Food Court)
San Diego, CA 92111

Makai Sushi Being Replaced by La Rotonde:

Now this one was another surprise which I saw when driving down 5th Avenue.

I know I was really intrigued as to why a fellow from Kauai would open a poke/sushi place here. During my visit the really friendly owner, Matt, who is from Poipu explained that the place kind of found him. I’m guessing that it was perhaps almost a spur of the moment kind of decision? So perhaps I shouldn’t have bee overly surprised at this?

I did a little searching and found that Matt is currently back on Kauai…..hmmm……I’m wondering if he’ll return?

3968 5th Ave.
San Diego, CA 92103

Di-Chan Thai Closes:

Now, both of the previously noted closures were short timers. This one however, is for one of those businesses that has been around seemingly forever. On Tuesday, I went over to Leilani’s Attic to get some “stuffs”. Man, that strip mall….Madison Place has gone thru some major renovations and the businesses looked empty. I did notice that Ma’s House was still open. But Di-Chan Thai seemed closed so I drove on over.

And I quickly saw the sign on the door, “after 25 years we’ll miss you all”.

Whoa….though I’ve never been a huge fan of Di-Chan; I know quite a few folks who enjoyed eating there, so this is kind of a sad one!

5535 Clairemont Mesa Blvd
San Diego, CA 92117

Time’s seem to be hard on businesses right now…..I think I need to head to some of my favorites to give them support!

Friday Fun – Fish With You is Now Yonny Hot Pot, Spicy House For Sale? And Jersey Mike’s Coming to Bay Park

Chinese Restaurants, Sandwiches, yoso-silly

Well, here we go….time to prep for the weekend, right? Anyway, just a couple of quick things…..

Fish With You is Now Yonny Hot Pot:

So, remember my last post on Fish With You? Where we noticed that all the hot pot equipment was going in? Well, back on Tuesday, as I was driving to Nijiya I noticed that the sign for Fish With You had changed to something like “Yonny Hot Pot”. Sigh…. Anyway, that same day “FOY” Xiāng Jiāo texted me saying that Fish With You had closed! And then “FOY” An commented on that last Fish With You post, mentioning that the name of the place had changed, but the logo and the blow up fish was still the same. Sooooo…….on my latest trip to Nijiya, I stopped by to take a look:

And yes, it’s now Yonny Mini Hot Pot. I went and parked the car and walked over to take a peek…..the posted menu on the door looks the same, as did the menu at the counter. I couldn’t take a photo of that with all the reflections and such.

Hmmm……. So, I did some digging and found that Yonny Hot Pot has three locations. One in Irvine and two in Texas. Now for the interesting info…looking at the Yonny Hot Pot website for the Plano Texas location…it looks quite familiar, right? And then the website for the Sunway Square Mall says:

“YONNY is a flagship brand under Beijing Fish With You Brand Management Co., Ltd. Founded in 2017, YONNY pioneered the fast-casual suancai fish market, quickly sweeping across China and leading the suancai fish industry to become a well-known Chinese fast-casual chain brand.”

And even though I might be an online dinosaur….on occasion, even I can do AI…..

So, there you go. It seems like the place has expanded the offerings and concepts. So, at least for now, I can “Fish With Me” at Yonny. For now…..

Fish With You
3904 Convoy St. #101
San Diego, CA 92111

Thanks so much for thinking of us An and XJ!

Is Spicy House For Sale?

While at Nijiya the other day, I saw a guy on a ladder putting up some finishing touches to the sign at Spicy House. When I finished shopping and walked back to the car the new sign was up.

I don’t know why I took a photo…I think it was just for the Missus to see if the Chinese name of the place had changed. But no, it had not. Ok, time to delete the photo, right? Luckily, I didn’t do that too quickly as my good “FOY” YummyYummy sent me this screenshot!

Screenshot

Looks like Spicy House is for sale? So weird that I just decided to take that photo, huh?

Times are really hard on restaurants right now…..

Anyway, if you’ve got an extra 280k lying around and want to own a Sichuan Restaurant…perhaps now’s your chance?

3860 Convoy Street #105
San Diego, CA 92111

Thanks for letting me know about this “YY”!

And lastly……

Not a big deal and I’m not too excited about this as I’d prefer more local based eateries in my ‘hood. But the former dentists office in Clairemont Village is becoming…..well, Jersey Mike’s…..

You can read more here at ExploreClairemont’s Instagram.

3065 Clairemont Dr. #C
San Diego, CA 92117

Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!

Roast Duck Revisit to Tom’s Chinese BBQ (City Heights) Seventeen Years Later.

Chinese BBQ, Chinese Restaurants

After my last roast duck revisit to Noble Chef, I was wondering how other Chinese BBQ places were doing. And so, I thought of returning to one of those “regular” places…… Until I went and took a look at my Big List. One place really caught my attention. A place I hadn’t been back to in 17 years! So, I decided it was time to roll the dice for a parking spot in the rather crazy corner parking lot in City Heights and head back to……

Tom’s Chinese BBQ:

Man, it’s hard to believe that it’s been 17 years since my last visit! Once upon a time, when we first moved to San Diego in the early “aughts”, we used to visit Tom’s once in a while. But, over time the roast duck became more and more bland, the meat dry and after that last visit…well, it basically fell off the radar. Until this day. And no, I was not lucky enough to find parking in that corner lot….I did find a spot further down 44th street though, and I walked on over.

Walking over, well….Tom’s looks the same…..one of those places stuck in time….

No steamed buns or dim sum ready yet on this day.

What wasn’t “stuck in a time vortex” were the prices. A half duck here now goes for $19. It’s also cash only.

Which is what I ended up getting.

This was interesting. Notice the color trends toward a redness; but it lacks any anise-five spice essensc. No jus/sauce either, just a bunch of watery drippings. This was really bland.

I enjoy the fat decently rendered in my roast duck; but this one went too far as there was a lack of richness. The skin had been over-lacquered and was hard and plasticky.

The duck seemed quite lean and chewy; decent gaminess, but really lacking in the additional seasonings, flavor, richness, et al….

Just to think that we used to come here every so often way back when. Kinda sad as a whole, but they seemed to be doing some fairly brisk business on this day.

Tom’s Chinese BBQ
4414 University Ave.
San Diego, CA 92105
Current Hours:
Mon, Wed – Fri 10am – 630pm
Sat – Sun 9am – 630pm
Closed on Tuesdays

Sunday Stuffs – Coco Bomb replacing Juewei, La Perla has replaced Super Mario, and Gourmet Artisan has closed

Chinese Restaurants, Mexican Restaurants, Sandwiches

A couple of things I’ve noticed while doing my “rounds” recently.

Coco Bomb is now replacing Juewei:

Well, while doing a recent takeout revisit to Eastern Dynasty, I noticed that the “coming soon” sign over what used to be Juewei had changed. Back in March, I noted that LA Hot Duck was replacing Juewei, but I guess that’s gone awry. Now it says that Coco Bomb….which I believe has a location in Linda Vista is replacing Juewei.

Which leaves me wondering if the opening of Spicy Duck in the 99 Ranch Market Food Court affected this decision? Kind of a bummer, because personally, I think we need more of those types of businesses here.

4690 Convoy St. #103
San Diego, CA 92111

La Perla has replaced Super Mario’s:

On my most recent shopping trip to Nijiya, I noticed a “Under New Ownership” sign over what was….for a short time Super Mario’s…and for what was for a longer time Palomino’s. Kind of a bummer….

So, it looks like the La Perla empire is expanding. We’ll see how this goes; because it seems, at least to me that La Perla has been quick to open….then suddenly close their shops….

3860 Convoy St. Suite 10
San Diego, CA 92111

Gourmet Artisan has closed:

It had been a while since I’d been to Gourmet Artisan…so I thought I’d order a sandwich; but strangely, their website wasn’t working. So, I thought I’d drive past to see what was up….well…it seems that they have closed.

I guess I shouldn’t be overly surprised as the last time I visited, they were using their location as a pseudo commercial kitchen of sorts. Still, it’s a place that I had visited on a regular basis before….but I guess just not often enough.

7094 Miramar Rd.
San Diego, CA 92121

Roast Duck from Noble Chef and Tacos from the Tacos La Chorreada Truck

Chinese BBQ, Chinese Restaurants, Food Trucks, Mexican Restaurants, Taco Shops

I’m still kinda “feeling it” from all the recent driving so just a quick post on some recent takeout revisits.

Roast Duck from Noble Chef:

I was in Balboa Crest Shopping Center checking on something, when I decided to pop into Noble Chef to see what roast duck prices were like. It had been a while since we’d been to Noble Chef. The prices and our visits to Eastern Dynasty have basically kept us away. The last time I’d had roast duck from Noble Chef it was a whopping $28 for a half duck! What the “duck” is going on? I was curious so I popped my head in…..

And to my surprise; on this day the half roast duck was $20.95. Like the same price as Eastern Dynasty. Hmmm……I’m wondering if there’s some competitive pricing going on now?

So, here’s what it looked like.

The skin was nice and firm and most of the fat had been rendered off nicely.

The meat was toothsome and moist-juicy. It did seem a bit short in flavor, really lacking in the five-spice/anise tones, sweetness, though it was nice and savory. Also, the duck seemed a bit leaner then on previous visits.

Still, perhaps our favorite roast duck in San Diego……I guess I’ll keep popping in and doing price checks for duck. The other dishes here just seem over-priced still.

The Noble Chef
6159 Balboa Avenue
San Diego, CA 92111

I’m always up to try some roast duck if anyone has a current favorite!

The Tacos La Chorreada Truck:

On a recent hot afternoon; the Missus just wanted a light dinner and figured three tacos from the La Chorreada Truck would fit the bill. I actually had not visited since the truck moved two lots over back in November. So, JJ and I walked on over. I ordered my tacos “para lleva” and JJ and I went to have a cerveza at BHT. We then returned for my tacos.

They actually have a pretty nice sitting area set-up now.

Anyway, here’s our taco threesome…..

From left to right. Lengua…nice and waxy, fatty-beefiness. The cabeza…the best of the bunch on this day, very beefy, great with the salsa verde. And the smoky-savory-lightly spicy chorizo and the “neba-neba” of the nopales.

This was a nice and light dinner for us. It fit the bill since we weren’t hungry in the least on this day.

The Tacos La Chorreada Truck
3040 Clairemont Dr
San Diego, CA 92117

Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!