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Some of my favorite restaurants
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restaurants.md

Japanese

Kula Sushi

  • Uber-modern gamified conveyor belt sushi
  • Eat 100% nigiri. It's really cheap there. Rolls are just okay.

Chopstix (katsu and curries)

  • Katsu Don
  • Katsu mabo and curry Rice
  • Mabo Don

RB Sushi

  • All-you-can-eat sushi. Eat 100% nigiri and 0 rolls

Ramen Yamadaya

  • ramen with kakuni

Tajima

  • ramen with kakuni

Vietnamese

Mignon Pho

  • Pho with brisket, beef, and carrots
  • Yummy in my Tummy
  • Foodie Combination
  • Chicken curry with bread
  • They now have seafood boil also

Lucky Seafood

  • #1 Dac Biet (it has everything: steak, brisket, tendon, tripe)
  • egg and condensed milk drink
  • excellent pho, but nearly everything else is mediocre

Pho Cow Cali

  • broken rice (#31: meatloaf, pork skin, and BBQ pork)
  • pho (#1 or #12)
  • vermicelli (#44)

Chinese

Liang's (Taiwanese)

  • chicken leg lunch box
  • winter melon drink (with or without grass jelly)

Dumpling Inn

  • dumplings
  • hot and sour soup

Little Sheep

  • hot pot

Luong Hai Ky

  • Roasted Quail Soup

Korean

Convoy Tofu House and Grandma Tofu & BBQ

  • Tofu Stew (e.g. spicy mushroom)
  • Hot bibimbap

Thai

Spice's Thai

  • Green Curry with duck
  • Pad See Ew with duck
  • Pad Thai with duck
  • Pad Woon Sen with duck

Mexican

El Zarape

  • Go to the one on Park, not the one on Adams
  • cheap fish tacos, cheap lots of things

Tacos Perla

  • adobada
  • great salsas
  • $2 tacos on taco Tuesday (excellent value)

Habaneros

  • Carnitas plate
  • Chorizo Torta
  • Super Breakfast Burrito
  • All of their aguas frescas, especially horchata, fresa, barley drink, banana drink

City Tacos

  • fish tacos
  • shrimp tacos
  • good specials
  • jicama from salsa bar

Indian

Annapurna

  • Dosas

Punjabi Tandoor

  • Rogan Josh
  • Paneer Tika Masala
  • Chicken Mahknee
  • Malai Kofta
  • Mangoo Lasee, Plain Lasee

Himalayan Cuisine

  • Decent selection of curries

French

Opera Cafe

  • ahi Nicoise
  • pretty much everything is delicious
  • duck confit salad or sandwich (when available)

American

Snooze

  • be prepared for a 2 hour wait
  • highly recommend going to the one in Carmel Valley instead for shorter wait time

Small Bar

  • Sunday brunch

Lockwood Table

  • Local roll with andouille sausage
  • Cheese board
  • Smoked salmon plate
  • The Lockwood
  • The Nardo

Solana Beach Fish House

  • Combo fish & chips (fish, shrimp, clam)
  • atmosphere and food are somewhat mediocre

Crab Hut

  • seafood boil

Coops West Texas BBQ

  • ribs
  • sweet tea
  • corn bread, baked beans, red beans

Phil's BBQ

  • San Diego-style BBQ (sweet and saucy)
  • beef ribs are great, baby back ribs good too

Burgers

Looking for more recommendations for

  • Korean
  • Thai
  • Chinese
  • Mexican
  • Missing food varieties
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