Bonchon, Costa Mesa

TC hadn't tried the Bonchon in San Diego yet but looked online to see that one was fairly close by...

when we came upon it, the place looked familiar...

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...

Stop 3: Bonchon Chicken

Our third stop was at the newish Bonchon Chicken..

We were all excited to try Korean fried chicken...

Christmas Party with Friends 2018

We recently hosted a party at our pad...

This is a piece I bought from Project Reo Collective's past Loteria art exhibit this past spring. It's called "Ang Estrelya", a Filipino take on the Mexican loteria card for "La Estrella" (the "star"; the artist is Nina Cristobal of Nina Cee Studio)...

Tambayan Filipino BBQ and Grill

I was at a community function earlier today,

and had plans to go out with D, who picked me up from said function...

Return to Sarap Filipino Kitchen: Stop 2 of TORC's Birthday Crawl

Our second stop that morning was here...

at the new'ish Sarap over by the Pyramid on Miramar Road...

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...

West Pac Noodle Bar

This post was originally written to go out in late January of this year, however, I decided to wait it out because I wasn't sure if we would revisit...turns out we didn't, for reasons which will be discussed later in this post...

But hey, enjoy this awesome view of the San Diego skyline while crossing the Coronado Bridge...

Bert and I were off to visit my mom...

Seafood Friday 2018 - Week 3: Fuddruckers

It's the third Friday of Lent...

After all these years, I can't believe we haven't tried their version of...

Jim-Denny's, Sacramento

Trying to erase the images of leeches, prosthetic eyeballs as well as the cat and pig fetus from my mind...

We made our way from the Sierra Sacramento Valley Medical Museum" back to downtown...

Canada Steak Burger, Chula Vista

Instead of going to the gym...

I asked Bert if we could go out to eat somewhere nearby...

Phileas Foggs Bar & Restaurant

Our lunch was located on the northern end of the Sabre Springs Plaza strip mall which also houses HOB Coffee....

CAB, fresh from her trip from England thought we could try this place out...

KD's Birthday Crawl: Stops 1, 3 & 4 - Cafe Virtuoso, Better Buzz + appetizers at Phuong Trang

As mentioned in my previous post...

We, the Educator GF's took KD out for her birthday crawl...

Copper Top Coffee & Donuts

From this...

(photo from my "Scenes from Hillcrest and PB..." post, May 2017)

Does anyone remember when this place was still selling chili dogs?

Lunch round up - Carnival, Halphen Red, Los Pollos, Pho Convoy, Cali Baguette, the food court in Su Mercado, Sandwich Bags Deli, Gunco Ramen and Mandarin

Time to clear out the memory card before the end of the year,

featuring past lunches...

Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers

Sometime back in May, I was in the area...

remembering Mary's post about this place (linked at the end), I knew I wanted to stop by Freddy's...

Nomad Asian Bistro

After our brief foray to the  Huntington Pier...

we headed to Long Beach to meet up with our friend for lunch...

"Where the West is Fun" San Diego Fair 2017 - The Food

It was still quite early, the hustle and bustle in the booths had not yet begun...

Note to selves, hopefully the information booth will have THESE maps available...

because guess what? It wasn't in the program booklet...

International Deli and Cafe + shopping break

Before heading over to Fashion Valley to window shop, I wanted us to check out this place that Cathy of mmm-yoso highly recommended...

It's in the same strip mall as Rose Donuts and J & T Thai Street Food...

Seafood Friday 2017 - Week 1: Pizzo's Pizzeria and Wine Bar

The Lenten season has begun.

Our original was to try a new sushi place in the San Miguel Ranch Area, Ika Sushi. It was mega crowded, so plan B was put into action...