Reviews

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...

Izakaya Masa - Agadashi Tofu

Izakaya Masa

05/02/2014 - 10:50am

Izakaya Masa is Dennis's favorite ramen noodle place in San Diego. In the past they used to only serve ramen after 9pm! Thankfully, they began serving it during regular meal times for us impatient...

Fremont Diner - Chicken and Waffles

Fremont Diner (Sonoma)

04/22/2014 - 9:12am

While searching for brunch in Sonoma a while back, we found a place called the Fremont Diner. It was a little outside of the main Sonoma area so we headed out from our lodging. We somehow...

College Area Taste 2014 - Living Room Coffeehouse

College Area Taste 2014 recap

04/16/2014 - 7:21pm

I got lucky and won a pair of tickets to College Area Taste from the SD food blog This Tasty Life. We also bumped into Mary herself (and Jake) at the ticket pickup and joined their posse for a few...

The Girl and the Fig - Scallops

The Girl and the Fig (Sonoma)

04/14/2014 - 5:20pm

We did some wine tasting in Sonoma Wine Country a while back and had asked several folks if they could recommend a place for dinner. One of the most common responses was The Girl and the Fig....

Ramen Yokocho 2014 - Tsujita Tokyo ramen bowl #2

Ramen Yokocho Fest 2014 recap

04/05/2014 - 2:24pm

I saw a friend post a facebook link about Ramen Yokocho Fest 2014 and I immediately knew Dennis would want to go! He is, after all, the ramen expert of our household! Not to mention, we'd also get...

Eclipse Chocolate - Toasted Brownie Sundae

Eclipse Chocolate (South Park)

03/24/2014 - 9:34am

We first heard of Eclipse Chocolate from their booth at the Escondido Chocolate Festival 2014. The coupons they passed out tempted me to try them. Then, Faye of Faye's Fork pointed out a better...

High Dive - Smokehouse Burger for San Diego Burger Week

San Diego Burger Week 2014 recap

03/17/2014 - 11:31pm

10 days to dine and multiple burgers later, I think I've gotten a pretty good taste of San Diego Burger Week! After I heard about it on twitter from Mary (This Tasty Life), I got to work right...

Mangia Mangia Deli - Mangia Burger

Mangia Mangia Deli

03/13/2014 - 3:31pm

I admit I don't eat Italian food too often, due to the rich creamy sauces and cheese that accompany it BUT Mangia Mangia is worth it! This business was originally just a food truck, but a very...

Henry's Pub - Cluckmoo

Henry's Pub - SD Burger Week

03/07/2014 - 9:24pm

Today was the first day of San Diego Burger Week with $5 burgers! Using the handy burger week spreadsheet I made, we had four lunch options in downtown for a Friday. Burger Lounge was one of them...

Roy's Restaurant - Wagyu Beef Sliders

Roy's Restaurant (La Jolla) - happy hour visit

03/05/2014 - 6:51pm

I received an email from Roy's Restaurant promoting an all night $6 happy hour menu for president's day so I decided to revisit. After a quick call to confirm they hadn't run out of food, I headed...

Loving Hut - Cha Cha Fried Rice

Loving Hut (Mira Mesa)

03/02/2014 - 9:01pm

One of our favorite restaurants in Mira Mesa is Loving Hut, part of a chain that has one other San Diego location (off El Cajon Blvd) and a few other cities. It also happens to be a vegan...