Kabaya
This is one of 2 noodle stands just inside the door of Mitsuwa Market, where we buy our imported sushi grade rice (Kokoho Rose). It's a large Japanese grocery store, maybe 15 miles from here. Incidentally, Sam the Cooking Guy also shops there (we ran into him shortly after we had dim sum with him at another place about a mile from there)...
I had the Number 23 which means jumbo prawns, rice, tempura veggies, miso soup, something pickled (your guess is as good as mine) and I also had a Sierra Mist, the Pepsi equivalent of Sprite.
The wife ordered almost the same (minus the tempura), the Number 22..
Our total (including tax) was just over $16.
The prawns were huge, I didn't much care for the soup as it was lukewarm at best but the wife really liked the pickled whatever (she thinks it's some kind of sea weed but I think it's a squash or cucumber).
And yes, we'd go back again (the next time we run out of rice)...
No. 172
Eddie's of North Park
Despite the rain (I got soaked after we ate), we made it a point to check this place out for lunch today (we've been meaning to get over there for maybe a year now)...
It's on a corner in North Park, a free-standing house converted to its' current use (imagine the mid 70's / early Togo's for those of you reading this in Silicon Valley, you know who you are).
And yes, there is an Eddie but he works the second shift so we didn't get to talk to him (maybe our next visit).
Yo, Eddie!
Their web site (link below) says they use the traditional Amoroso rolls, there's seating for maybe 2 dozen or so inside, there is a Tastykakes sign on the wall near our table and Eddie has a nice collection of Philly memorabilia, as well as a Coke sign and a hamburger sign my brother Jim would love to have in his collection...
On to the grub:
Of course, I had the mushroom cheesesteak with no salt, no onions and extra white American cheese. It was large and superb, meaning no dinner tonight for me and I now have one more choice for a great cheeesesteak, this one even closer than the others.
The wife had the French Dip (reasonably priced at $7.50) and comparable to the best we've had here in SoCal (Milton's, DZ Akins, etc) with the exception of Phillippe's in LA, where the French Dip was invented in 1918.
Candidly, there's also at least one other French Dip near and dear to us, in Squarefield, of all places; a place I first ate at in 1962, but I digress...
There's also a ribeye steak sandwich on the menu but it's supposed to be a dinner-only thing and as the boss wasn't there, it'll have to wait until at least our second visit, sometime in the next couple of weeks.
The only negative thing I can possibly say about the place are the generic crinkle-cut fries (I'm a serious guy when it comes to my fries, as many of you already know). They were served hot (my biggest pet peeve being cold fries - there's simply no excuse for it!) but by the time I'd had my way with the beef, I didn't have much of an appetite for the potatoes.
I also had a fountain Coke and the total was a very affordable $20.66 including an extra $.75 each for mushrooms and the extra cheese.
Eddie's is also wheelchair accessible or whatever it's called now, with a monster of a ramp to get to the front door, an accommodation that geezers (such as myself) may soon find all too necessary...
http://www.eddiesphilly.com/
Eddie's
3501 30th St
San Diego, Ca.
Despite the rain (I got soaked after we ate), we made it a point to check this place out for lunch today (we've been meaning to get over there for maybe a year now)...
It's on a corner in North Park, a free-standing house converted to its' current use (imagine the mid 70's / early Togo's for those of you reading this in Silicon Valley, you know who you are).
And yes, there is an Eddie but he works the second shift so we didn't get to talk to him (maybe our next visit).
Yo, Eddie!
Their web site (link below) says they use the traditional Amoroso rolls, there's seating for maybe 2 dozen or so inside, there is a Tastykakes sign on the wall near our table and Eddie has a nice collection of Philly memorabilia, as well as a Coke sign and a hamburger sign my brother Jim would love to have in his collection...
On to the grub:
Of course, I had the mushroom cheesesteak with no salt, no onions and extra white American cheese. It was large and superb, meaning no dinner tonight for me and I now have one more choice for a great cheeesesteak, this one even closer than the others.
The wife had the French Dip (reasonably priced at $7.50) and comparable to the best we've had here in SoCal (Milton's, DZ Akins, etc) with the exception of Phillippe's in LA, where the French Dip was invented in 1918.
Candidly, there's also at least one other French Dip near and dear to us, in Squarefield, of all places; a place I first ate at in 1962, but I digress...
There's also a ribeye steak sandwich on the menu but it's supposed to be a dinner-only thing and as the boss wasn't there, it'll have to wait until at least our second visit, sometime in the next couple of weeks.
The only negative thing I can possibly say about the place are the generic crinkle-cut fries (I'm a serious guy when it comes to my fries, as many of you already know). They were served hot (my biggest pet peeve being cold fries - there's simply no excuse for it!) but by the time I'd had my way with the beef, I didn't have much of an appetite for the potatoes.
I also had a fountain Coke and the total was a very affordable $20.66 including an extra $.75 each for mushrooms and the extra cheese.
Eddie's is also wheelchair accessible or whatever it's called now, with a monster of a ramp to get to the front door, an accommodation that geezers (such as myself) may soon find all too necessary...
http://www.eddiesphilly.com/
Eddie's
3501 30th St
San Diego, Ca.
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