Yesterday was a busy day.
TC had her CCD class then afterward we had a quick bite to eat at Rally Burgers in Imperial Beach before heading off to her troupe's dance performance near the 32nd St. Navy base. It was for a Filipino organization's celebration for the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi.
Back to Rally's on Palm Avenue in IB. Yeah, yeah, it's fast food! Gasp! You know, we just had a hankering for these burgers. Before we went to NYC this summer, we thought these were pretty good. What the hell were we thinking? Compared to Shake Shack's, these puppies suck big ole gorilla balls with a raging case of elephantitis! We're never going here again. But then again, we know full well that we shouldn't expect gourmet quality when the burgers are only 99 cents, eh!
This was my "plain" hamburger which wasn't plain at all, despite Bert's request. It had pickles and mustard. Ugh. But I picked 'em out and we were in a hurry to get to her practice and performance on time so I didn't care that much.
Bert's chicken sandwich...standard. 
TC's Cheeseburger. Same as mine was but with cheese. She takes after me - she doesn't like pickles either.
We got to her practice on time and went to her performance at a park near the naval base. Looked like everyone was having a great time time - kids playing games and winning prizes and the old people sitting in the shade eating bbq and Filipino food. Luckily TC only had to do one dance. She and another girl were supposed to do two, but it was simplified to one. After the kids' performances, TC was hungry. We decided to have Laotian food, so we took the long way to Asia Cafe. We warily drove from park back onto Main Street and onto National Blvd...
Oops, this was actually on our way to Asia Cafe after leaving TC's performance (out of order shot!). You can see this place from the 5 freeway in National City. I've always wondered what it's like to have your palm read, but I'm always afraid to find out.
We ended up taking Division to 47th and onto the corner of 47th and Market where Asia Cafe is located. Bert had the iced coffee and I tried the Coconut Juice. That's part of TC's mug having a taste. I ended up giving her the coconut meat (3 big pieces) that were in my drink.
We had two orders of fresh spring rolls (they're not on the menu). One is missing from the plate. There's the Nem Khao (Laotian fried rice) with the lettuce leaves and cilantro.
The BBQ chicken appetizer which, unfortunately, was a bit burnt. I knew we weren't going to finish this - it was meant to take home and enjoy the next day. Check out that chicken spine. That skin was soo good!
Here's a closer look at that Nem Khao. What is the cook's secret? How does she get it so nice and crunchy without burning it? It tastes so good with tiny bits of peanuts, thinly sliced green onions, cilantro and that stringy sour sausage.
We (mostly I, ha ha) polished off the fried rice and took home our sticky rice and BBQ Laotian style chicken to go. Before we left, I also bought a bag of their crunchy fried pork rinds ($2.00) and their fried bananas ($5.00). I plan to make a sugar syrup to drizzle on the bananas.
TC had her CCD class then afterward we had a quick bite to eat at Rally Burgers in Imperial Beach before heading off to her troupe's dance performance near the 32nd St. Navy base. It was for a Filipino organization's celebration for the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi.
Back to Rally's on Palm Avenue in IB. Yeah, yeah, it's fast food! Gasp! You know, we just had a hankering for these burgers. Before we went to NYC this summer, we thought these were pretty good. What the hell were we thinking? Compared to Shake Shack's, these puppies suck big ole gorilla balls with a raging case of elephantitis! We're never going here again. But then again, we know full well that we shouldn't expect gourmet quality when the burgers are only 99 cents, eh!
This was my "plain" hamburger which wasn't plain at all, despite Bert's request. It had pickles and mustard. Ugh. But I picked 'em out and we were in a hurry to get to her practice and performance on time so I didn't care that much.
Bert's chicken sandwich...standard. 
TC's Cheeseburger. Same as mine was but with cheese. She takes after me - she doesn't like pickles either.
We got to her practice on time and went to her performance at a park near the naval base. Looked like everyone was having a great time time - kids playing games and winning prizes and the old people sitting in the shade eating bbq and Filipino food. Luckily TC only had to do one dance. She and another girl were supposed to do two, but it was simplified to one. After the kids' performances, TC was hungry. We decided to have Laotian food, so we took the long way to Asia Cafe. We warily drove from park back onto Main Street and onto National Blvd...
Oops, this was actually on our way to Asia Cafe after leaving TC's performance (out of order shot!). You can see this place from the 5 freeway in National City. I've always wondered what it's like to have your palm read, but I'm always afraid to find out.
We ended up taking Division to 47th and onto the corner of 47th and Market where Asia Cafe is located. Bert had the iced coffee and I tried the Coconut Juice. That's part of TC's mug having a taste. I ended up giving her the coconut meat (3 big pieces) that were in my drink.
We had two orders of fresh spring rolls (they're not on the menu). One is missing from the plate. There's the Nem Khao (Laotian fried rice) with the lettuce leaves and cilantro.
The BBQ chicken appetizer which, unfortunately, was a bit burnt. I knew we weren't going to finish this - it was meant to take home and enjoy the next day. Check out that chicken spine. That skin was soo good!
Here's a closer look at that Nem Khao. What is the cook's secret? How does she get it so nice and crunchy without burning it? It tastes so good with tiny bits of peanuts, thinly sliced green onions, cilantro and that stringy sour sausage.
We (mostly I, ha ha) polished off the fried rice and took home our sticky rice and BBQ Laotian style chicken to go. Before we left, I also bought a bag of their crunchy fried pork rinds ($2.00) and their fried bananas ($5.00). I plan to make a sugar syrup to drizzle on the bananas.On our way home, Bert reminded me that we still had a Bday/Halloween costume party to attend! Sheeyit - I had forgotten about that. No rest and relaxation for me today despite being ill.
2 comments:
Hi CC,
Kirk has recommended this place to me on several occasions. Do you know what their hours are? I think the close pretty early.
hi jack,
you know, i didn't even think to check about their hours. let's put it this way, don't go there at night!
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