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Jomaru Korean Hot Pot offers three meals in one

Video:FEAST!: Jomaru Korean Hot Pot offers three meals in oneOur server takes one look at me and decides I will need a bib. What she hands me is more like a plastic smock, or apron: …

Bok Bok Dok is like K-Pop: sweet, spicy, and crisp

Video:FEAST!: Bok Bok Dok is like K-Pop: sweet, spicy, and crispIt’s been fun watching the population of Korean restaurants in San Diego slowly tick up, and branch out from the Convoy district into other parts …

Going traditional at Afghani Food International Market & Restaurant

When it’s too much a challenge to find parking on Convoy, I’ve learned that if you drift west across the 805, you can find a smaller, yet no less diverse cluster of restaurants along Clairemont …

So Saap grows its Lao restaurant, and we all benefit

A party of ten sits down at the next table, just after my first slurp of broth from the boat noodle soup, and right before the fish platter arrives.PlaceSo Saap4134 University Ave., San DiegoI’ve been …

Yuk Dae Jang means pork belly, noodles, and spicy beef stew

Video:Preparing a bite of bossamIn San Diego, we’re not supposed to cheer on the arrival of cool, wet weather. But I straight up smiled when that first autumn storm rolled in last week, because I’ve …

A poem by C.K. Williams

Allies: According to Herodotus “Just how much are you worth?” Xerxes asks Pythius, reputedly the richest man in Lydia, at the entertainment Pythius was holding in his palace for Xerxes and his chiefs of staff. …

April 14, 2023
Pupuseria Silvia: Swell swollen tortillas

Aahh! San Diego pupusas. And I mean San Diego, the Central American beach twenty-six klicks south of San Salvador, capital of El Salvador. ’Twas there I first ate that country’s national food, the pupusa, introduced …

Uncle Tetsu sends you home with Japanese cheesecake

While noodles, dumplings, and other savory fare draw the most attention to the Convoy District, you could practically fill a guidebook to the neighborhood based solely on singular Asian dessert restaurants. I’ll have to circle …

White Rice Bodega raises silog to Normal Heights

There’s a term particular to The Philippines, bayanihan, which describes the spirit of a community working together for the common good. It springs from a centuries old practice of an entire village showing up to …

Ceviche and Secrets at Coya Peruvian

It’s not the ceviche we’re most accustomed to seeing around these parts. Most of the ceviche in San Diego draws its influence from a Mexican variation: citrus-cured seafood served with a tostada or tortilla chips, …

Monnani Kkwabaegi offers a Korean donut twist

Would a donut by any other shape taste as sweet? A new food addition to the Zion Market food court makes the case that’s an emphatic yes. Unless, that is, you prefer it salty and …

New love found in New Zealand

Something happened last month when I went down to New Zealand. I fell in love. Again. It was Diane. I had known her in student days. She was bright, shy, that unexpected laugh, those unexpected …

Trax Bar & Cafe: rollicking towards Wellington Central

Purple gives way to pink gives way to blue. Dawn is cracking late here in the Southern Hemisphere. We’re at a tiny country railroad station at seven on this winter’s morning, waiting for the train. …

June 30, 2022
Lyon, France: a city of sights, not just food

If Paris has its Seine dividing the city into Left and Right Banks, Lyon, France’s third largest city, is wedged in by two great rivers – the Rhône and Saône. From Paris, it’s a short …

Fed Up Restaurant & Takeaway: more paua to you

“New Season First Grade Bluff Oysters! Here we go, mate,” says Russell. “This is the one. This place is da bomb.” We’re sitting beside a small sign: “Fed Up Restaurant & Takeaway,” here in Paraparaumu, …

June 16, 2022

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