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I Come From A Land Down Under (Named San Diego)

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The outside temperature was 93 degrees, but in the shade, it was a blissfully warm day. I sat on the patio of Bondi people-watching the passers-by in the Gaslamp District of San Diego, sipping on a middy of Australian beer. Bondi's industrial interior is meant to give it an edgy feel, almost akin to a restaurant that happened to open up where a warehouse once existed. But cold steel and exposed pipework can't mask the warmth and laid-back nature for which both San Diego and Australia are known.

22 Aug 07

Sushi Tour

I've been on craving kicks before. Pho. Ramen. Tacos. And now it's sushi. It started when Liz and Grant and everyone were sitting around in Pasadena wondering where to go for food. "What about ghetto sushi?" I offered. And had it not been for the wonderfully enticing allure of Red White + Bluezz drawing us away from a long line on Colorado, we might have been eating at Sushi Afloat. I made up for it by eating sushi non-stop for the next week.

11 May 07

Sidetracked For A Taco

Brigantine in Del Mar has a wonderful menu selection of seafood that I've never tried. It's got a beautiful dining room in which I've never sat. It's got a pretty nice wine list from which I've never drank. I have to say, whenever I go here, I have one thing and one thing alone in my mind: fish tacos while overlooking the track. If it seems like I have a singular focus, it's because the fish taco at Brigantine is that good. And as it seems, the crab cake is pretty, too.

2 May 07

Actually I preferred the Spam

I've been finding myself in San Diego a lot lately, and decided that I needed to start staking out places to eat in the Sorrento Valley. After a bit of driving around and searching, I finally found L & L Hawaiian BBQ inside a mini mall on the other side of a Marshalls and Mervyns, tucked away next to a shoe store. The menu had all the usual suspects that you'd find at any Hawaiian place, and I jumped at the chance to try their Spam musubi. How can I be a snob about this when I was the same guy who was disappointed that my Rocky Mountain oysters didn't actually contain testicles?

22 Apr 07