Yum Cha Cafe- many visits, mostly photos...

Thank you for once again stopping to check out mmm-yoso!!!, a food blog.  Kirk is still away on travel.  Ed (from Yuma) is living the life of a retiree (in Yuma).  Cathy is writing in a seemingly random way about restaurants and food other than what you'll be reading about in a week or less. 

I sort of plan what to post while Kirk and His Missus away, each time deliberately avoiding certain ethnic restaurants, knowing He will be posting about his more authentic meals and knowing what we have in San Diego will never be as great as 'being there'.  So, even though I really like and have been going to (after craving because of receiving text photos from Kirk daily) ramen and sushi joints around town, no posts of those places will be done by me, at least not for a while. Instead, today's post is a compilation of many visits to a place Kirk  has posted about quite a few times and I only posted about once.  Yum Cha, a chain of  six California restaurants, is convenient, inexpensive (most items are $2.09-$2.69) and open from 8-8 daily. (Kirbie also wrote a few posts about Yum Cha Cafe).This is the Dim Sum style where you walk up, order and pay before finding a seat and carry your order to the table yourself, not the all fancy Dim Sum with tablecloths  and carts  wheeled between tables. The BBQ area sells items by the pound (or by the half or whole bird), the steam baskets and displayed items are sold by the each, and refilled promptly.  We tend to order from the 'fuller' (and therefore fresher) looking trays, usually finding something new each visit.

**Note** there are two large industrial electric urns near the front door.  If you ask for tea, you will be charged 25¢ for a cup and can fill it with either hot water or tea to enjoy with your meal. 

Without fanfare, here are photos of some recent meals. 

You place an order for soup or porridge when paying and when it is ready it will be called out.  I have recently been ordering fish porridge (congee with fish filet) here ($4.35) and have cravings for it, but sometimes the dumpling soups are what I want.  It's all tasty, not fancy, fresh food.

I hope you are having a great weekend!

Yum Cha Cafe 6933 Linda Vista Road San Diego 92111 (858) 268-9988 website

Comments

[caninecologne]

I still haven't tried this place yet...I like the idea of having many different little snacks for a meal.

[Soo H]

It would be cool if everyone reviewed Yum Cha Cafe to see how the opinions differed like in Rashomon:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042876/

[Cathy]

It's a great sort of hole in the wall place, cc. It's sort of a 'tapas' way of eating. The market next door has good prices on Produce and other items. The intersection of Ulrich and Linda Vista is filled with great eating.

Just look at Yelp if you want to see different opinions of Yum Cha, Soo. Just like every place else, people have varied opinions. Rashomon is a classic!

[Soo H]

I should clarify. I think it would be interesting to see how Cathy, Ed, and Kirk's review of Yum Cha differ.

[Cathy]

Third paragraph has links to Kirk's posts (the third link (the word 'about') has two more Yum Cha links at the top of that post). Also can find if you go to top left "site search" box and type in 'Yum Cha'. Don't think Ed has been here; he stops at 99Ranch and Sam Woo when heading back to Yuma and picks up ducks to go...

[Kirbie]

Mmm, I still love stopping here when I'm in the mood for just a few dim sum items and not the full sit-down experience.

[Cathy]

Yum Cha satisfies my fast-food mentality and hunger for good food without having to get all dressed up, Kirbie. I was so happy to see you've been here multiple times also.