Country Kabob Restaurant #2- Point Loma

Welcome back to your bookmark of mmm-yoso!!!, the food blog.  Kir is busy today and ed(from Yuma) is busier.  Cathy has a post about one of her meals.

Hi.  As I may have mentioned, the days from Thanksgiving until this past Monday have been filled with some sort of appointment/event/errand.  I've felt like Sisyphus just trying to accomplish something each day, only to have to start over the next morning.   Fortunately, I do know the importance of taking a bit of a break to reconnect with friends, usually over a meal (or at least a hot beverage).  One day in December, I found myself in Point Loma, on Rosecrans near the former Loma Theater, now a Bookstar.  

Look over there to the right; you can see the tables and umbrellas out in front of Country Kabob.

Yes, we were there in December.  The interior of the restaurant is clean, with tablecloths, even for lunch.

It was a chilly day, and my meal came with a bowl of lentil soup.  Unlike any lentil soup I've ever had, this vegetarian version was smooth/not as chunky, with the lentils almost falling apart in the very flavorful broth.  I liked this soup very much (and will order it again, even if it isn't part of a combination plate). 

We decided to share the fried zucchini appetizer ($3.95).  It wasn't outstanding, but was fried perfectly and not too greasy; pretty much standard. If I were to rate the meal items ordered on some sort of scale, this would be last, but only because everything else was outstanding. The sauce to dip the zucchini was home made, yogurt based with cucumber and fresh garlic and really good. 

My friend ordered the gyros sandwich($5.95) and it was A. Huge.  2)Fresh-with a wondrous fresh/hot pita bread and tasty, moist, lamb and beef. iii. Topped with sumac(!) and the *really wonderful* home made tzatziki (which was the fried zucchini dip) as well as tomatoes, onions and parsley. Honestly, this was one of the best gyro sandwiches I have ever tasted and I've tasted a lot.

I decided to try the spanakopita-falafel plate ($9.95), so that I could try a bunch of items, in a sort of appetizer-ish way. The Greek salad had a very, very good dressing. It was olive oil based with fresh as well as dry herbs, the Feta on top had a nice tang and was fresh; a bit different than 'standard' restaurant Feta; it made me want to go to Vine Ripe Market on my way home to buy one of the imported Feta cheeses they sell, to try and find this Feta. [As a side note, the imported, more expensive Fetas are wondrous.]  The falafel were made from fresh garbanzo beans  -and parsley- and were light and flavorful.  The spanakopita was with flaky filo, creamy (I think Ricotta cheese was mixed with the Feta, or it was a really different Feta in this version or maybe there is egg.) (Oh, there was some rice in this spanakopita also) and the spinach just tasted fresh...there were fresh herbs flavoring this also (definitely dill and parsley). As I was leaving, I asked about the pita bread, and found out it is parbaked and then heated when ordered, explaining the soft, freshness.

Yet another great find. So glad we stopped here. 

Country Kabob Restaurant #2 3145 Rosecrans Street Suite A San Diego, CA 92110 (619) 226-2524 Website

 

Comments

[Kirk]

You know, I've passed this place maybe a hundred times and had always wondered about it.

[nhbilly]

LOL, I always try and disect what I eat so that I can make it at home.

[Cathy]

It's worth driving around the block, to the parking lot in back, Kirk. Really good food here.
Yep, great minds think alike, Bill! Can't find a recipe, so that means experimenting...

[caninecologne]

hi cathy - your spanakopita looks good!

i watched 'pinocchio' at the loma theatre in kindergarten! we used to live in the navy housing there in the 70's.

[Alyssa]

I've never found rice in any spanakopita that I've tried, that's really different! I would like to try it, especially if it has ricotta in it. There is a lot of food on that spanakopita-falafel plate, not to mention the soup that comes with it! I know where to go the next time I'm in Point Loma.

[Cathy]

Unusually good food here, cc. I have a button I got when I saw Pinocchio in a theater in Detroit, an ocean of time ago. Just ran across it a few days ago...
Definitely rice, Alyssa. Maybe the rice was mixed with the Feta, making it fluffy like Ricotta; I am unsure, but in any case, this spanakopita was really really good.