Revisits: Pizzeria Bruno and Pho King

Hmmmm Bruno and Pho King, there's surely a joke in there somewhere. Can't think of one right now, so onward with the post.

Pizzeria Bruno:

*** Pizzeria Bruno has closed

It had been almost a year since I'd been here and I was really wanting a pizza....the Missus is still not doing the bread thing, so I was on my own. I held out for a couple of weeks before giving in.

They must be doing well, as there were at least 5 people working on a Sunday, at 4pm.

My memory must be going as I don't recall seeing Belgians on the drink list before. I was quite happy to order a La Chouffe, mild spice, yeasty, just boozy and sweet enough for me. My server was a very chipper young lady...quite enthusiastic and all.....

Being a creature of habit, I ordered the Diavolo, subbing soppressata for pepperoni. It arrived in all it's yeasty charred glory soon after.

I must really be getting old because this just seemed larger than I remembered...ah, this cursed old age thing.

Man, loved the smoky charred crust, the slightly spicy and vinegary goat peppers....I did notice that the soppressata tasted a bit different, not as rich and full of lovely oiliness as before....but it could be that old age thing, right?

I could only finish half the pie and took the rest home. The Missus got home from work and said "that smells so good...." Knowing that She doesn't do the bread thing I told Her, "help yourself....he-he-he...."

I got out of the shower and She had a smug smile on Her face....so I headed straight to the pizza box and opened it....yikes!!! She had cockroached all the toppings! Teach me to tempt Her, right?

Pizzeria Bruno
4207 Park Blvd
San Diego, CA 92103  

Aaah, I know why I put these two together mentally. While at Bruno, these two huge Italian guys walked in, pinky rings and all. Man, they had it down, talking to each other in Italian....until I was walking out and they were having a little "PDA".....

So maybe they should have gotten a room or at least gone to....

Pho King:

Yeah, yeah....ok, enough with the jokes. I don't think I've posted on the place in over a year, so I'm due right? Man, they were pretty busy.....

I decided to order my usual and get some wings as well......

In retrospect, not the best move....these tasted of rancid oil, were fried "naked", but were on the mushy side, and really lacked flavor. Very large, meaty, and moist though. Ah yes...Pho King Wings....

My usual Hu Tieu Mi Kho did much better.

I love the sweet-porky soy and the combination of noodles on this. Which I've done posts on several times.

And on the good side, no one asked me for money. Like I noted in my Tu Thanh post, on my last visit in August, some dude asked me for money twice, once when entering and once when leaving the place...then I saw him looking into my car windows...sheeesh. Happy not have to deal with that, which kind of kept me away from the place. Guess I'll head back again soon.

Pho King Restaurant
4658 El Cajon Blvd
San Diego, CA 92115

 

Comments

[kat]

go Missus!...but eew to rancid oil :(

[Jason]

Haha, the Misses sure called your bluff!!

[nhbilly]

That's freaking hilarious. Wife would have fed it to the dogs. ;-)

[Kirk]

LOL Kat!

She sure did Jason.

Our spolied mutts don't get leftovers Billy! Shows you who's really in charge here.

[J.S. @ Sun Diego Eats]

Haha I do that to pizza toppings too. And to the cookie dough/brownie bits/swirls of things in ice cream. It's not my best trait.

I'm impressed with the Missus commitment to the no bread thing! Its been a while. And especially with a perfectly charred crust like that. Close to us the best properly charred pizzas we find are at URBN and Buona Forchetta. Will have to try out Pizzeria Bruno, the Diavolo sounds quite nice.

[Kirk]

Hi JS - I've been to URBN, which was ok....still have Buona Forchetta on my list though. Funny, I've heard more than a few folks that they do this pizza thing as well... ;o)