San Diego

Urban Plates - Grilled Steak Plate with Brussels and Butternut

Urban Plates (Carmel Valley)

08/28/2014 - 8:05pm

Another book club dinner post! Yay to books and bites! For July, the girls met at Urban Plates, a farm fresh restaurant located in the huge shopping/dining plaza off El Camino Real and Del Mar...

Latin Food Festival

Latin Food Fest 2014 - event info

08/25/2014 - 8:04pm

San Diego to Play Host to the Largest Latin Food, Wine & Spirits Event in the U.S.

¡LATIN FOOD FEST! transforms San Diego’s Embarcadero into a showcase for 200...

Cucina Basilico - Eggplant Parmigiana

Cucina Basilico

08/23/2014 - 12:45pm

An Italian restaurant called Cucina Basilico opened within the last couple of months in the Serra Mesa area. I had been eyeing it as a dine-in alternative to our favorite take-out deli, Mangia...

Gyu-Kaku Japanese BBQ - Sweet Soy, Spicy, and Ponzu dipping sauces

Gyu-Kaku Japanese BBQ - happy hour

08/19/2014 - 9:19pm

I've been meaning to visit Gyu-Kaku Japanese BBQ with Dennis and we finally made it there this week. Our friend David joined us for dinner to check out the Monday all day happy hour. It was busy...

Saigon on Fifth - 360 beef

Saigon on Fifth

08/04/2014 - 10:20pm

A couple of years ago, Dennis and I ate at Saigon on Fifth with some friends and enjoyed not one, but THREE delicious sea bass dishes, all differently prepared! We had been meaning to revisit and...

Santo Sushi - Lemon Roll

Santo Sushi

07/24/2014 - 3:53pm

I picked out a newer place called Santo Sushi for a post-workout dinner. Santo Sushi is located east of I-15 off Clairemont Mesa Blvd on the left side of a plaza that also housed a Vons grocery...

pad see ew at Nok Thai in San Diego

Nok Thai

07/08/2014 - 8:34pm

Dennis and I headed out to lunch with a friend to the shopping plaza off Mira Mesa Blvd and I-15. After deliberation between the two new restaurants, Nok Thai and Gyu-Kaku Japanese BBQ, our friend...

Do Re Mi - stone pot bibimbap

Do Re Mi House

07/05/2014 - 7:32pm

My family got together and wanted to go out and eat somewhere new and different. With the exception of all you can eat Korean BBQ, they had no other experience with other Korean dishes. So I...

Kamakazi 7 - Jiro Dreams of Sushi

Kamikaze 7 Sushi Joint

06/26/2014 - 11:35am

I've been meaning to check out Kamikaze 7 for a while now. Each time I walk by the front door, the giant Asahi logo from the back of the restaurant beckons me to enter. Seriously, who would not be...

Luce Bar and Kitchen - carnitas tacos

Luce Bar & Kitchen

05/22/2014 - 5:44pm

Some girlfriends and I were attending the Pentatonix concert in Sports Arena and decided to have dinner nearby at Luce Bar & Kitchen first. We found parking a street away and headed into a...

Bite San Diego: The Boulevard - Tiger Tiger house-made sausage

Bite San Diego - The Boulevard

05/15/2014 - 6:50pm

I've heard of the Bite San Diego walking tours before and was finally able to check one out last week. The El Cajon Boulevard tour we signed up for is a new tour held on Wednesday during dinner...

Taste of Hillcrest 2014 - D Bar

Taste of Hillcrest 2014 recap

05/06/2014 - 1:39pm

Only a week after stuffing ourselves at College Area Taste, we were back for more at Taste of Hillcrest! This year’s Taste of Hillcrest was on April 19th 2014 between noon and 4. Dennis and I came...