Stop 3: Bonchon Chicken

Our third stop was at the newish Bonchon Chicken..

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

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...

Plan B - Lannboon Asia Cafe

Last week I was out and about...

and decided to see if this Lao food truck was open. It's on 30th Ave across the street from the old Nomad Donuts and Ono's...

Thai Joint on Adams

After our drinks from City Heights Coffee House,

we made our way to Normal Heights. There is a small strip mall that was recently changed up...

EaThai Bistro revisit

I recently had lunch with a friend from the gym.

(fresh herbs grown outside EaThai Bistro)

She is half Thai and I wanted her to try my latest Thai restaurant crush....

Nomad Asian Bistro

After our brief foray to the  Huntington Pier...

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

Takeout from Bane Phonkeo

I almost forgot about this...

while on our way home, on a whim, I asked Bert if we could stop by the Laotian place off Imperial Ave...

Supernatural Sandwiches

My first day of my weeklong Thanksgiving Break was spent up in Mira Mesa...

where TC and I met up with Mary for lunch at Supernatural. Sandwiches.

Thai Bamboo Bistro

Before parking earlier, we noticed the sign for this Thai place, Thai Bamboo Bistro...

We thought we would try a few things here before making our drive back to San Diego...

Asia Cafe...under new ownership! Oh yeah, plus Lao sausage...

After having had Issan sausage last night from Krua Thai, I had a craving for the Lao version so off we went to one of our favorite eateries...

I had a craving for the Lao version so off we went to one of our favorite eateries...

over in Chollas View, in tha' hood...

Asia Cafe updates their menu

Yesterday before heading over to the hell known as Fashion Valley mall (I needed to look for new eyeglass frames), we had lunch at one of our favorite spots...

Same old exterior, but wait, what's this?

Their menu has been updated after how many years!

Let us compare...

Asia Cafe for the bajillionth time...

Last Friday I had the pleasure of dining out with my friend and neighbor across the street. She wanted to take me out for a belated birthday dinner, my choice.

 Lucky for me, she is also willing to try new things, so this meant another long overdue visit to one of my favorite restaurants, Asia Cafe...

The "new" Original Sab-E-Lee's in Rancho PQ

Just yesterday, I had the pleasure of having lunch with some awesome folks...

Our lunch destination was up North (well, for me it was), in Rancho PQ...

Street Side Thai Kitchen

Poor TC had spacers put in her back molars a few days ago. Our original plan for lunch was Sicilian Thing Pizza. Unfortunately, pizza didn't seem like a good prospect for her...

(not TC's mouth)

She wanted to go somewhere that offered soup or noodles...

Paella

Oh yeah....Paella baby...

This was a fun afternoon spent with my neighbor shopping for ingredients then putting everything together at her house for dinner that evening...

We merged the recipes that we found online to come up with these versions of paella...