Category: Chinese Restaurants

Spicy House – A Visit Under New Ownership

Chinese Restaurants

Last month I found out that Spicy House was under new ownership. So, after waiting about a month, I decided to drop by and try a couple of dishes. I drove up for lunch and was surprised that the parking lot at Sunrise Town Center where Nijiya, Woomiok, Koon Thai, Karami Ramen, Okan, and a host of other businesses are located was half empty at 1130! Guess, the heatwave and extreme humidity was having an effect on business?

I did notice that huge “We Serve Lunch Special” banner as I walked up to Spicy House.

I took a look at the “lunch specials” posted on the wall and it was all those “Orange Chicken…….General Tso’s Chicken” kind of thing for $12.99. Not my cup of tea. I was guided to a table. I quickly noticed that while there was only one other table of customers during my visit, there was a steady stream of take-out and delivery orders.

I quickly noticed that the prices here seemed quite reasonable for the dishes I was looking at. What I was ordering was limited based on the hot weather. I ended ordering three dishes.

Starting with some Liang Cai – three items for $13.00. I picked Fuqi Fei Pian, Pig Ears, and Smoked Chicken.

This was an interesting start. The beef in the Fuqi Fei Pian, there was no tendon or offal was cut into some unwieldy pieces and sliced rather thick. It did have some decent spice, though not much of the numbingness from Sichuan Peppercorn. Mild garlic tones and a hint of sweetness.

The smoked chicken was quite savory, with good smoky tones.

It was cut into really thick slices and was quite dry and chewy; though the Missus did enjoy the leftovers of this dish later on. Mainly for the flavor.

The best item were the very thinly sliced pig ears. Which had that nice crisp-crunchy texture.

The sauce had a decent spiciness to it. The Missus really enjoyed this….She basically went thru the entire portion of leftovers!

Of course I had to try the Ko Shui Ji (Mouth Watering (saliva) Chicken – $14.99). Man, this was a large portion.

While much better than the version we last got from Spicy City, this was our least favorite dish. Much like that version, this had way too much sesame paste. That earthy, nuttiness really overpowered much of the other flavors in this; especially the red chili oil.

The chicken had been nicely poached with a good toothsomeness. The savoriness of the chicken came thru as well. The peanuts did well in this dish, though more scallions would have been nice.

It’s just that sauce which needed less sesame paste, more hong you (chili oil), ma-la, perhaps a touch of black vinegar, and some additional pungency.

My final dish was the one I last ordered from Spicy House back in 2023, the Chongqing Liang Mian ($11.99), the typical Sichuan cold noodle dish. We were so disappointed in that dish. And to be perfectly honest, when the rather large bowl of noodles arrived at the table, I was ready to be disappointed again.

I appreciated the amount of cucumber, but it looked really plain. Until I dug into the dish a bit.

Tasting the sauce, it actually had a nice ma-la going for it. A hint of sweet and some pungency. Mixing it took a good five minutes to get everything coated. But after a while it was mission accomplished. The noodles were slightly springy and got nicely coated.

This was pretty good. And the noodles even held out as leftovers…the Missus agreed that this was pretty good.

And the prices were quite nice for these times. Though perhaps I had gotten some of the least pricey dishes from the menu….

I think we’ll return once the weather gets a bit cooler to try some of the other dishes on the menu. No, this isn’t even close to what Ba Ren was, but we enjoyed this more than Spicy City and even perhaps Szechuan Chef. So, we’ll see when we return.

Spicy House
3860 Convoy Street #105
San Diego, CA 92111
Current Hours:
Sun – Thurs 1130am – 830pm
Fri – Sat 1130am – 9pm

Shan Xi Magic Kitchen Revisited

Chinese Restaurants

Taking a look at my posts over the last couple of weeks has become a bit of a revelation. I saw a pattern that I needed to break. With this hot weather I had been hitting an eternal cycle of sorts and really needed to break that constant pattern of sandwiches – tacos – Thai/Lao food I’ve been in.

So, thinking I should get some Chinese food…that is not Eastern Dynasty or Taste of Hunan….yes, I know another basic cycle. I thought about checking out Spicy House since they are under new ownership….but they don’t open until 1130…it was a quarter to eleven and I was kinda hungry. In the end, I decided on Shan Xi Magic Kitchen since it had been over seven years since my last visit. Now to be perfectly honest, that last visit was not very good…in fact, if the location in the 99 Ranch Market Food Court was still open, I’d go there instead since I’ve always thought the food there was better.

Anyway, I headed on over and arrived just past eleven.

There was more than ample parking available and the restaurant was totally empty. In fact, there was only one additional party arriving before I finished my meal. I had a seat at the corner table.

Ordering was pretty easy for me……..it was pretty darn hot and humid so I thought I needed to try what was once one of my favorite dishes here; the Pidan with Tofu ($13.99). During my first couple of visits, it was quite good and refreshing. But on my last visit, it was terrible…. So, it was going to be interesting…..

Well, while it’s not as good as it was during my first couple of visits, it was much better than what I’d had the last time. While the tofu had been mixed aggressively; it wasn’t as mushed up as what I’d had the last time. There was also much more pidan. And much more chili-peppercorn sauce. Which, while pretty basic….almost Sichuan in flavor, it did the job as everything was nicely coated.

The portion size was pretty large and I took the leftovers home. The Missus was hoping for more complex flavoring…..Shaanxi style chili oil has a more smokey-pungent flavor than straight up ma-la. Still, this was much better than what I’d last had here.

Thinking about my favorite Shaanxi style dishes….one came to mind that I had enjoyed during our visit to Xi’an, which I hadn’t had here in years. Rou Jia Mo….which now costs $7 for one.

Well, I’ll probably not have this again here as the Baijimo, the bread was terrible. The exterior should be crisp, but it was super doughy, the interior mushy, totally lacking in any yeasty tones.

The pork was very bland and mushy, and it definitely had a lot less meat than what I’d had here previously.

Definitely not worth seven bucks.

Overall, the meal was a mixed bag. Service was a bit slow and perfunctory. I’d have that tofu – pidan dish again…but am in no hurry to return. I wish the location in 99 Ranch Market was still open.

Still, it was good to get out of that sandwich – taco – Lao/Thai food rut…….

Shan Xi Magic Kitchen
4344 Convoy St,
San Diego, CA 92111
Current Hours:
Sunday 11am – 330pm, 430pm – 830pm
Mon – Sat 11am – 330pm, 430pm – 10pm

Kokoro Closing on August 30th and It Looks Like it’s Now Dumpling Express in the Old Taste of Hong Kong Space?

Chinese Restaurants

We’re in the midst of yet another road trip with JJ – so just a quick post on something I saw the other day. I went to see what was up with the Taste of Hong Kong space. Just last month it was something called Grill N Malatang? And then of course there was the IG post saying they were “taking a short break”.

But as I was driving by; I noticed some new “signage”.

It says “Dumpling Express”?

After a doing some searching, I found the business’s IG sight. Looks like they are opening soon?

So, I guess Grill N Malatang is on a longer “break” now? And what about that AYCE Sushi Bar named Shinjuku Station that is supposed to be in this spot? Well, the chain’s website still says that their San Diego location is opening at this address!

Man oh man…can’t wait to see what happens next!

4428 Convoy St.
San Diego, CA 92111

Kokoro’s Last Day of Service is on August 30th:

Funny, I was just thinking about revisiting Kokoro when we get back into town and then this came up in my IG feed:

The owners are retiring. They’ll be missed. This place was also a favorite of the late Ed From Yuma! I hope they have a wonderful retirement!

Kokoro
3298 Greyling Dr.
San Diego, CA 92123

Soup du Jour and Joyee Noodle House (UTC) Revisited – A Popcorn Chicken Compare (and other stuffs)

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

Ever since they opened in Renaissance Towne Center back in April, Joyee’s has been a fairly regular take out stop for us. I’d place an order online and sometimes take JJ on over to pick up our food. It’s always the same two dishes…the Smoked Duck and Popcorn Chicken. I then have to actually use the air fryer to heat up the popcorn chicken to make it palatable. But the Missus insists it’s Her favorite…though I honestly think it’s because of the price, $11.99 and portion size. I mean, I have to actually cook it to make it edible for the Missus?

Personally, I thought the popcorn chicken…it’s called Spiced Street Chicken on the menu at Soup du Jour is actually better overall.

So recently, I decided to try them both over the course of a couple of days……..

Soup du Jour:

I know, interesting name for a place that makes a bunch of Chinese/Taiwanese Dishes in an apartment complex. I really hadn’t been back since I did my mega post back in January.

Even though the patio is dog friendly…it was just too hot to take JJ…so I just went and did a take out order.

Along with an appetizer of Spiced Street Chicken ($15.50 – you can also get it as a plate), I got the Honey Glazed Spareribs ($17.50) which the Missus enjoys.

Here’s what the chicken looks like.

It’s quite crunchy, has a nice white pepper – salt – basil flavor, good aromatics. Mild five-spice. Nice and fragrant.

Moist meat.

The Missus’s main gripe is that it doesn’t refry well in the air fryer.

The Missus enjoys the kind of Asian Fusiony Honey Glazed Spare Ribs.

No, these aren’t smoked pork ribs. It is supposedly braised overnight and has a nice balanced umami-sweet-savory flavor. I know it doesn’t look very pretty or tender…..but looks are deceiving.

It’s quite moist and tender and comes right of the bone. The Missus actually likes the leftovers along with the roasted veggies….which I still kind of find weird, over rice the next day.

The portion size is quite generous for the price….for these days.

Soup du Jour
8583 Aero Dr.
San Diego, CA 92123

And then a few days later…..

Joyee Noodle House(UTC):

It’s really easy online ordering, then pick-up. The same ‘ol, same ‘ol.

The Popcorn Chicken ($11.99) and the Smoked Duck ($19.99).

Let me tell you….that Popcorn Chicken just doesn’t look very good.

I had the Missus try a piece before doing the air fryer thing and She took a bite and made a face and put it back in the box!

The Missus says the smoked duck tastes like how they make it in Shandong….very savory.

They’ve been getting kinda sloppy recently and seem to just throw stuff into the container…..pieces stuck together, skin fallen off….. Still the Missus enjoys the flavor.

Here’s what things look like after the air fryer and air roast.

The Popcorn Chicken is still fairly moist, but becomes crisp.

The texture is more like what we like in Taiwanese Popcorn Chicken…..I believe they are using potato starch for the batter. It’s a bit milder in flavor, but nice and crisp-crunchy.

I put the skin back on the pieces of duck and air roast.

And this suddenly looks much better too, right?

Still, I don’t think I should go and to takeout, then have to cook the food again to make it to our standards, right? What do you think?

Joyee Noodle House(UTC)
8935 Towne Centre Drive
San Diego, CA 92122

And, I’m open to any Taiwanese Popcorn Chicken recommendations…though let’s not do Bopomofo ok?

K Bakery Scheduled to Open August 10th, Fujiyame Ramen Appears Closed, and Spicy House Under New Ownership

Bakery, Chinese Restaurants, Ramen

Here’s a bunch of updates that I’ve noticed or heard about in the last week.

K Bakery Scheduled to Open August 10th:

While heading to Nijiya to do some shopping; I noticed the “Gae-Up”……a typical grand opening gift next to the door of K Bakery which I first noticed back in June.

Thinking the place might be open, I walked on over and saw this sign.

So, it looks like they are set to open on Monday, August 10th!

3860 Convoy St.
San Diego, CA 92111

Fujiyame Ramen Appears Closed:

So, “FOY” Matt sent me an email saying he and his friends were curious about Fujiyame Ramen, which I posted on back in April. When they arrived the place was closed.

So, last Sunday I dropped by at noon and the place did indeed look closed. Just to verify, I went again today at 1130 and it was still closed.

I didn’t notice any signage or anything……..so perhaps they just “disappeared into the night?”

4310 Genesee Avenue Suite 108A
San Diego, CA 92117

Spicy House Under New Ownership:

Remember that I mentioned that Spicy House was for sale? Well, I’ve had two people mention that thy are now under new ownership.

It’s been a few years since I last visited; so perhaps it’s time to go check things out?

Spicy House
3860 Convoy Street #105
San Diego, CA 92111

So, there you go! Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Revisits to Taste of Hunan and Eastern Dynasty

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We recently did some revisits to the Missus’s current favorite Chinese Restaurants here in San Diego. I did manage to take a few photos and in one case we tried a new dish. So, I guess we’ll just “Clear Out the Memory Card” (COMC) on this one!

Taste of Hunan:

Well, the last post I did on Taste of Hunan was actually for the La Rou, which they sell by the pound back in March. Our last dine in visit was back in February! Whoa!

Anyway, the Missus was wanting the La Rou with Bamboo and I always enjoy the Xiangxi Style Beef Entrails, so we headed on over.

And both dishes delivered!

We also decided to order an item we hadn’t had in a while.

Last time we had the Braised Intestines was back in summer of 2024 and it was priced at $18.99! Now it’s $21.99!

This was actually much better than what we’d previously had. The intestines, while on the chewier side, was quite savory with mild offal tones; nicely flavored with soy sauce, and hints of sour tones. Check out the whole garlic! I think it could have been more spicy; but it was enjoyable.

Since I’m doing this quite a bit these days…..here’s what the dish looked like in August of 2024.

Looks like a totally different dish, right?

Taste of Hunan
9880 Hibert St.
San Diego, CA 92131

I know “FOY” Dereck enjoys the food here. Hopefully you’ve had some good dishes recently Dereck!

Eastern Dynasty:

I know I just posted on the place a few weeks for the Roast Duck compare. But, on this visit we didn’t get the roast duck….so here goes…..

The Missus was craving one of Her favorite dishes from Eastern Dynasty; so we stopped by. Instead of going “full force” and getting 4-5 dishes; we stuck with just three.

Speaking of intestines….well, I got my favorite dish here the Sauteed Intestines with Chinese Pickles.

Man, the preserved vegetables had a wonderful sour, umami-ness…good crunchy textures to contrast the rather rich-tender intestines. Onions…a touch of Black Beans all add to the dish.

We got some Soy Sauce Noodles….which even the Missus enjoyed!

We hadn’t had this here in years and it was much better than we recalled. Evenly coated with soy sauce, some crunchy bits……

The Missus was craving the Steamed Blue Diamond Shrimp with Garlic Sauce.

These Blue Diamond Shrimp were a bit larger than on previous visits. The flavor is slightly sweet and mild….if I recall; Blue Diamond Shrimp are of a fresh water variety. The flesh is moist and tender….though it’s quite a challenge to eat them properly with shopsticks….so we just end up going “full hands on”…..

And the Missus really enjoyed this….I guess She got Her fix, right?

Eastern Dynasty
4690 Convoy St.
San Diego, CA 92111

Duckin’ Around – A Roast Duck Comparison. Eastern Dynasty and Hong Kong Kitchen & Dim Sum

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We were pleasantly surprised at the roast duck from Hong Kong Kitchen & Dim Sum on our last visit. It was our favorite dish of the meal. Though we had a short wait for the duck to be “finished”, it was definitely worth it. This had me wondering how the duck would fare as take out. Was this typical of the roast duck at Hong Kong Kitchen & Dim Sum, or had we just hit the lottery with our timing of the meal?

So, the Missus and I decided to “duck around” and do a take out comparison. Between the roast duck from Hong Kong Kitchen & Dim Sum and our current favorite roast duck from Eastern Dynasty.

So here the half roast duck from Eastern Dynasty, now priced at $23.

Nice color, I enjoyed the texture as the skin was still a bit crisp, decent rich fat content. The fat nicely rendered so the skin wasn’t overly chewy.

Meat was pleasantly moist and toothsome and the flavor of five spice and seasonings had penetrated the meat.

Here’s the half roast duck from Hong Kong Kitchen & Dim Sum, priced at $20, so three bucks less than Eastern Dynasty.

While not bad, this was not as good as what we’d had dining in for lunch. While the fat was decently rendered, the skin had become quite chewy.

The meat was on the chewier side as well and was lacking in flavor. That container of sauce and drippings was sorely needed.

So, I’m guessing that it’s all about the timing with regards to the roast duck here?

So, while the roast duck we got as take out from Hong Kong Kitchen & Dim Sum was decent, it was definitely not as good as what we get from Eastern Dynasty, which is our current favorite.

This was actually a fun comparison! Hope you enjoyed the post and thanks for dropping by!

Hong Kong Kitchen & Dim Sum
5375 Kearny Villa Rd.
San Diego, CA 92123

Eastern Dynasty
4690 Convoy St.
San Diego, CA 92111

Monday Meanderings – Taste of Hong Kong is Now Grill N Malatang, or is it? Gong’s Noodle Coming to Clairemont Mesa, the Saga of Havana Grill Closing, and The Girl in Red Shoes.

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Ok, ready for some interesting “stuffs” on this Monday?

Taste of Hong Kong is Now Grill N Malatang, or is it?:

Well, I knew that Taste of Hong Kong had closed and become yet another Hot Pot (of course) place. But this gets more interesting. Back in May, Taste of Hong Kong started a pseudo “all-you-can-eat” program. Of course the cynic in me thought this was the start of desperate measures by the business. I remember telling the Missus, “when they start doing hot pot, I know they are really desperate.” Well, guess what? A few months later I heard they were doing hot pot! Yikes! But like that sales pitch goes “but wait, there’s more!” After an interesting comment on one of my posts, I decided to head on over to check things out.

And yes, the signage clearly states “No Longer Taste of Hong Kong”……strangely, it does say to go the side door…I think it’s for unit 320 to enter whatever restaurant it is. Also, note the notice of application for ownership change!

So, what about the hot pot? Well, I found this on IG:

OK, so it’s now Grill N Malatang, right? But strangely, I saw this follow-up post.

It seems like Grill N Malatang is closed for a couple of weeks?

And then, in the comments of one of my posts Charles sends me a link about a sushi chain coming to San Diego.

So, I actually go to the chain’s website and check out the address of the upcoming restaurant?

Yep! So who knows right now? Don’t you love mysteries……oooohhhhh!

Thanks for the heads-up Charles!

4428 Convoy St.
San Diego, CA 92111

The Saga of Havana Grill’s Closing on Clairemont Mesa:

Well, I had heard Havana Grill had closed last week, so I dropped by and took some photos.

And when I saw the note posted on the door…….

It’s opened an interesting can of worms, because a couple of days ago the closing made CBS 8 News! Ok, now this is going to be interesting….

BTW, their Mission Valley location is still open.

5450 Clairemont Mesa Blvd,
San Diego, CA 92117

On a more positive note…..

Gong’s Noodle Coming to Clairemont Mesa:

I saw this sign in the newly renovated Madison Place, near where Kanna Thai is replacing Di-Chan.

Don’t know much more than what the sign says…..the Chinese writing is the same as the name. So will keep tabs on it.

It seems each business has it’s own address here, so I think this one might be:

5519 Clairemont Mesa Blvd
San Diego, CA 92117

And finally……something interesting….

In one of her posts; our friend and fellow blogger Kat, in one of her posts, mentioned the story of “Kimi Chan” who it is said inspired a famous children’s song, Akai Kutsu. To quote Atlas Obscura on the story of Kimi-Chan:

“A single mother named Kayo Iwasaki moved to Hokkaido in 1903 with her daughter, Kimi Sano, but their life there turned out to be so hard that she could no longer raise the girl on her own. Eventually, she decided that she had to leave Kimi in the care of American missionary Charles W. Huett and his wife, who promised to take her back to the United States and raise her there.

However, what awaited the girl was a tragedy. Before the Huetts could sail for America, Kimi caught tuberculosis and had to be taken in at an orphanage in Azabu, where she died shortly after at the age of nine. Kayo never found out about her daughter’s death, believing for life that Kimi grew up to be a fine lady and had a good life abroad.”

There’s a statue of Kimi-Chan in Yamashita Park in Yokohama. But, on an interesting note, did you know that Yokohama and San Diego are Sister Cities?

And if you go to Shelter Island, there’s a red pagoda housing the Yokohama Friendship Bell.

And, if you look to the left of the Pagoda….well, guess what?

It the Girl in Red Shoes by Japanese artist Munehiro Komeno.

In the comments of her post, I promised Kat that I’d take some photos and post, so on my most recent visit to Tunaville, I stopped by to take these photos. So there you go Kat!

I had actually first read about this in one of the posts on Atlas Obscura, when I was going over my posts on the Statue of Bum the Dog in Edinburgh and we having a Statue of Greyfriars Bobby here in San Diego. Edinburgh and San Diego are Sister Cities as well.

Kind of neat, huh?

$5.99 Dim Sum at Hong Kong Kitchen & Dimsum

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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