South Bay Food Crawl - Chula Vista: Lotto at Seafood City!

Damn, I'm on a roll now...

To get down south, I took the 54, which is also the "Filipino American Highway". Did you know that?

According to "ACR 157 (Vargas)...Designates the portion of SR 54 from its westernmost point to its intersection with SR 125, in the County of San Diego, as the Filipino-American Highway. Resolution Chapter 145, Statutes of 2006 " (info taken from the Assembly Committe on Transportation TRANSPORTATION - Summary of Legislation 2005- 2006).

I don't have a picture of the sign, "Filipino-American Highway" but there is one right when you exit the 5-S to get onto the 54 and one in the opposite direction heading west from Spring Valley heading to the Paradish Hills area. Here's a cool link that shows you all the different exits along the portion of the 54 designed as the "Filipino-American Highway".(In my opinion, the "hyphen" bothers me because it kind of implies a division. I personally don't use a hyphen when describing or writing down my ethnicity)

So back to the next destination, the new Seafood City on Orange Ave in south Chula Vista. See my previous posts on this location here

Well, last Friday, April 1, a local woman bought the winning Lotto ticket here! 19 MILLION BONES! Seafood City. That local woman is a Filipina named Ruth Sombillo. My sister knows her daughter and son (classmates). When I heard the woman's name on the radio and saw it in the paper, I thought, "Hmmm, I wonder if that is XX's mom!". And it was. Guess she won't have to work anymore with all that $$$!

I didn't take too many photos in here but Dennis did. You'll just have to wait for his epic post! Here's a shot of some seafood flavored chips - Pacific Squid (mmmm), Shrimp, and Sweet Chili fish! MSG overload!

So while Ruth Sombillo gets her $19 million in installments, Seafood City got a $19,000 for selling the winning ticket.

Hoping that lightning will strike twice, Dennis bought a lotto ticket here!

See my previous post on the new Seafood City below:
Seafood City on Orange and Melrose now open!

All of the storefronts in the food court are now open! When they opened in mid-February, it was only Chow King and Jollibee. The other establishments were Filipino Desserts Plus, Red Ribbon Bakery and Valerio's Bakery. I bought a small box of pastillas (milk candy) from Desserts Plus.  It was pretty crowded and busy so we decided NOT to eat here. The original plan was to try something from one or two of the places here.

Next up, a few miles down near Palomar and third for some tacos at a local hole in the wall...