Red Moon Noodle House
(Welcome to our unique blend of Chinese - Japanese Cuisine)
Red Moon is a small (31 seats by my count) noodle shop on Convoy, the local Chinese Restaurant Row (right next to Tofu House). It's clean, neat and the owner said they've been open for approximately 6 months now.
We discovered it while driving down Convoy looking for something new to eat and with a name like that, it was a natural...
We ordered the Red Moon Beef (slices of crispy beef sautéed with tangerine peel in the chef's special sauce), the Assorted Soup Noodles, a couple of vegetarian Egg Rolls and a pot of tea. The food arrived with a small bowl of rice but he must have missed our egg rolls as they never made it to the table. The Red Moon Beef is at least twice cooked (maybe more) and was indistinguishable from Dynasty's (in Suisun) Twice Cooked Beef. The noodles were plentiful (like spaghetti) and had a number of fair sized shrimp, beef, chicken, egg, large mushrooms, baby corn, snow peas, water chestnuts and bamboo shoots.
Our total was $17 and coin, make it an even $21 with tip.
The web site (coming soon): www.redmoonnoodlehouse.com
No. 212
Hooters
Mission Valley
The first thing you notice is the odor of old, burned cooking oil (that, and the music is too loud). There's a lot of wood in the room, with contrasting orange & white decor to match the girl's uniforms.
And there were so many flat screen TV's we couldn't count them all (well over 20), some of them huge, maybe 80 inches or larger and they were tuned to at least 8 different programs.
Additionally, there was an overabundance of spectacularly prominent mammalian protuberances as the late, great Frank Zappa would say. We counted 4 girls on the floor when we got there (11:00 AM) but double that by the time we left.
We ordered the fish (cod) & chips for the wife, chili & iced tea for me; the chili had beans in it and both were barely above room temperature. The drink glasses and plates were all plastic. Our total was $21 plus coin, make it an even $25 with tip. I should also mention that the check had tip suggestions printed on it for 15%, 18% and 20% based on your purchase.
Overall, it was overpriced, generic food and we'll very likely never go back.
The company web site: http://www.hooters.com
Mission Valley
The first thing you notice is the odor of old, burned cooking oil (that, and the music is too loud). There's a lot of wood in the room, with contrasting orange & white decor to match the girl's uniforms.
And there were so many flat screen TV's we couldn't count them all (well over 20), some of them huge, maybe 80 inches or larger and they were tuned to at least 8 different programs.
Additionally, there was an overabundance of spectacularly prominent mammalian protuberances as the late, great Frank Zappa would say. We counted 4 girls on the floor when we got there (11:00 AM) but double that by the time we left.
We ordered the fish (cod) & chips for the wife, chili & iced tea for me; the chili had beans in it and both were barely above room temperature. The drink glasses and plates were all plastic. Our total was $21 plus coin, make it an even $25 with tip. I should also mention that the check had tip suggestions printed on it for 15%, 18% and 20% based on your purchase.
Overall, it was overpriced, generic food and we'll very likely never go back.
The company web site: http://www.hooters.com
No. 211
Woodstock Pizza
They have 2 locations, one in OB and the other in the college area (Canpus Plaza at El Cajon Blvd)
According to the City Beat reader's poll, they have the best pizza in town so we decided to check it out.
The interior is just like any other college pizza joint with red bricks and wood paneling covered in initials, carvings, etchings, etc.
The menu is very tight, with pizza, salads and a few other dishes.
I asked for a small pizza but the guy gave me the personal pizza instead and the wife had a side salad (she's lactose intolerant so she can't have pizza).
I also had an iced tea and the total was $14 and coin, make it an even $16 with $1 plus the spare coin tip.
The pizza had good dough, sauce, cheese, mediocre (salty) pepperoni, poor proportions (too much crust) and I'll go back for a second visit to have the small pizza I wanted.
Their web site: http://www.woodstockssd.com
Update: It's a fair pizza but nowhere near the best I've ever had.
Would we go back?
Yes, if we're in the area...
They have 2 locations, one in OB and the other in the college area (Canpus Plaza at El Cajon Blvd)
According to the City Beat reader's poll, they have the best pizza in town so we decided to check it out.
The interior is just like any other college pizza joint with red bricks and wood paneling covered in initials, carvings, etchings, etc.
The menu is very tight, with pizza, salads and a few other dishes.
I asked for a small pizza but the guy gave me the personal pizza instead and the wife had a side salad (she's lactose intolerant so she can't have pizza).
I also had an iced tea and the total was $14 and coin, make it an even $16 with $1 plus the spare coin tip.
The pizza had good dough, sauce, cheese, mediocre (salty) pepperoni, poor proportions (too much crust) and I'll go back for a second visit to have the small pizza I wanted.
Their web site: http://www.woodstockssd.com
Update: It's a fair pizza but nowhere near the best I've ever had.
Would we go back?
Yes, if we're in the area...
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