Restaurants
“Darlin’, best way you can help is getting your butt out of sight,” says Carla.
“It’s Hook’s cheddar. Costs $40 a pound. That would come to about $15 per sandwich.”
I sit here shivering. Ends of fingers white, no blood. Only my hands are warm. And that’s because I’ve got them wrapped around a toasty-warm glass of, uh, beer. No kidding! I was just as …
“Don’t get me wrong. If I didn’t love my place up in the Hollywood Hills, I’d come live down here.”
“Hi there!” “Hello. Care to see...” I notice they target the man every time. Good strategy.
Ed gets punched by a nubbly, crunchy, and salty burger at Nunu’s in Hillcrest.
Hoo-wee! Zingy, but tasty. And this little pot of fire is a meal in itself.
“Sushi chefs’d freak,” says Big John. “We have sushi that we just make up, like our Dr. Eel Good, the Betty, the Joint, the Mary Jane, the O’Beef. That has seared filet mignon on top…” …
Perfect night for sitting out. If you have a heater. And that makes it a perfect night to be in El Cajon. Because, by my reckoning, the City of the Valley has the best sidewalk …
“Well you know you can get half-size entrées for half off the normal price during happy hour.”
‘These are the eight elements to a perfect meal,” says Kais. “Sweet, bitter, sour, salty, and umami; then smell, texture, and temperature. Your appreciation of taste and flavor evolves from the basic senses.” Huh. Kais …
Ed corners the New York on Rye food truck. They can’t leave until he pushes a big sandwich into his face.
Ed sinks his fangs into some hot Indian food at 8Elements.
“We have the sweetest bananas in the world growing in Somalia. We Somalis have a sweet tooth.”
“I spent my whole life in the U.S.,” says this guy Nick. “This is a foreign country to me.”