I'm back in town after spending most of this week in beautiful San Diego, California. I'm pleased to see that Mr. T didn't cause too much trouble, aside from a little school-yard humor reflecting Mr. T's own inadequacies. I can't say I'm too surprised.
I am not typically a fan of California or of the ocean, but if I were going to live in a large city, I could definitely see myself being quite content in San Diego. It's already a very pleasant city, but the level of new development going on there is pretty impressive. Downtown looks totally different than it did when I was last in SD some seven years ago, and plenty more buildings are either under construction or planned. There's a quasi-urban renaissance going on with impressive investments in both commercial and residential activity in the urban core. I walked several miles each day through Downtown SD. It is easy to walk a lot in such a pedestrian-friendly city.
I'm a big fan of good food -- not "fine" food of the sort that Mr. T fancies -- and I ate plenty of it in SD. On Sunday night I ate at Monsoon, supposedly San Diego's best Indian restaurant. My meal was average, but the Missus's was excellent. I don't know a ton about Indian food, but I think Lincoln's The Oven is superior overall. On Monday we ate at Kansas City Barbeque, a.k.a. "the Top Gun bar" because a couple scenes from Top Gun were filmed there. The building is a dive, but the food is actually pretty tasty. I'm a big fan of the sauce and the beans. Good stuff.
On Tuesday we opted for Royal Thai Cuisine. I know even less about Thai food than I do about Indian, but both the Missus and I really enjoyed our meals. About the only downside was the bitchy restaurateur. Other than her all the restaurant staff were very friendly and helpful. On Wednesday night we ate at a wood-fired pizza joint where I had a very tasty bbq chicken pizza. It was easily the best bbq chic
ken pizza I've ever eaten. Then again, I've not eaten many.
I was encouraged to seek out fish tacos, so the Missus and I had some for lunch at The Tin Fish near our hotel. Actually, I had one fish taco and one calamari taco. The fish taco was good, featuring fried fish, cabbage, tomatoes, and some sort of sauce. I also added a little Tabasco for good measure. But the calamari taco was the real star of the show. The calamari rings were excellently seasoned, and they were very tender. I wonder if I can talk Oso Burrito into offering a weekly calamari special...
I took a few photographs while I was in San Diego. I'll post them as soon as I find a USB cable to get them off the camera.
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I would loooovve to live in SD. Sounds like a good food trip. But barbecue chicken pizza? I like barbecue chicken, and I like pizza, but together? Ahhhhh, to each his own.
Mmm, bbq chicken pizza is very tasty. It really all comes down to the bbq sauce. Some bbq sauces don’t work well as a pizza sauce replacement. The sauce on this particular pizza was very good.
Here in town, daVinci’s has a decent bbq chicken pizza. You should give it a try sometime.
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