Take out + alcohol consumption during the time of Covid-19, March - July 2020

Yes, another compilation post...

featuring take out food and snacks as well as alcomahol...

Revisits: Rice King, Bonchon, Pop Pie Co

La Ley and I went out to lunch the other day...

I hadn't gone to this place in two damn decades...

Bun Rieu #1 @ Pho Ca Dao, Chula Vista

Last night was cold and rainy...

which was perfect soup weather, so Bert and I initially went to nearby Pho Ca Dao for some pho...

4th & last stop for KD's birthday crawl - Dessert & tea at my house

After our foray into Little Italy for coffee in the rain, we headed back to my house...

where this was awaiting us...

Holiday Drinks compilation (Fall + Winter)

This post is a little late, but here it is...a compedium of holiday drinks including fall & winter.

Let's start off with this...

from Communal Coffee in South Park...

Foodcrawl with Mary & Lynn - Stops 2 & 3: Mexican Bakeries + Stop 4 at Lannboon Asia Cafe

Near Birrieria don Rafa was a bakery I had recently visited with Cathy...

where we were gifted with cake pops from the nice lady at Mexico Lindo...

Foodcrawl with Cathy - Stops 3 & 4: Tamales Ancira + the new Manolo Farmer's Market

[This post has been on draft since 2019. It is really 6/16/2022 now. I will hit update.]

If you guessed Tamales Ancira...

then "You are correct, sir!" (say in an Ed McMahon voice)!

Food Crawl with Mary and Lynn - Stop 1: Birrieria don Rafa

I hadn't seen these gals since our last food crawl,

which was back in August...

Food Crawl with Cathy - Stop 1 @ Mexico Lindo Bakery + Stop 2 @ Al Pastor

The first Friday of the New Year brought me and Cathy of mmm-yoso to this corner...

Broadway and E in this unassuming strip mall...

The new Pho Hung Cali 2

After months of seeing the "Coming Soon" sign...

I had kind of forgotten about this place to be honest...

Desserts round up - Eccentric International Chefs Bakery, Arely French Bakery, home bakers, Niederfrank's & Mexico Lindo Bakery

This post kind of languished since January 2018...

so her it is, a compilation of desserts posts...

Downtown Chula Vista Pub Crawl - Stops 4 & 5: 3 Punk Ales + Third Ave Alehouse

This was a place that Bert had visited recently...

and I was curious about 3 Punk Ales, one of the newer breweries here...

Downtown Chula Vista pub crawl - Stops 1, 2 & 3 Chula Vista Brewing Co, The Grindhouse & Groundswell Brewing Co

Yesterday Bert and I had the pleasure of hanging out with Thane...

he was in town for family business and leaving the next day...

Return to Himalayan House - lunch specials with the co-workers

Earlier this summer the co-workers and I were in the area...

the school year had just started for us counselors...

South Bay Food Crawl 2018 - West side of Chula Vista: Aqui es Texcoco, Otay Farms Market & Tamales Ancira

A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of hanging out with friends...

Mary (+ her bf Jake) of This Tasty Life and Lynn from Oh So Yummy...

Los Panchos Taco Shop, Eastlake

This post is a few months afterwards, having been here in late May...

when TC had a night function at her school...

Himalayan House, Chula Vista

On the southeast corner of Broadway and E is a new restaurant,

which is next to a check cashing/notary establishment. I was excited that South San Diego  now has an Indian/Himalayan/Nepalese eatery.

Mexipino Craft

Yesterday I was out with two of the Educator GF's...

TORC was MIA but will hopefully join D, KD and I in our future excursion...

The old Cali Baguette is now the new Pho Ca Dao

This used to be a Carrow's years ago...

then morphed into Cali Baguette several years ago. As you can see...

Random birthday freebie odds and ends

After my birthday lunch at Himalayan Curry & Grill...

I made use of my birthday offer...