A couple of lunchtime revisits....in the same strip mall even.
Wa Dining Okan:
I wanted some Tori Nanban, so I decided to head over to Okan, where I can get tori nanban and get away from things for at least a half hour or so.
I must be getting old as this seemed to be quite a bit of food for me. The chicken was nice and lightly crisp; the flavor of rice vinegar present....I may ask them to put the tartar sauce on the side next time as it was a bit too much mayo goodness for me. The imo nimono...simmered potato was quite good....a nice meal for ten bucks.
Wa Dining Okan
3860 Convoy St
San Diego, CA 92111
Koon Thai:
While checking out Okan, I looked over to Koon Thai and wondered how they were doing. So, a few days later I dropped by. Man, they are pretty darn busy for lunch....and the rather jaded attitude of the staff shows! Well, whatever. On this visit, I decided not to order my usual, the Khao Karr Moo and instead went with the Khao Moo Dang Moo Krob ($9.95), a literal pork-fest.
I gotta say; that typical Thai style sauce, fish sauce, palm sugar, was quite good. The BBQ pork was on the dry side and the roast pork....well was very nice, except for the skin which was really hard like plastic. I thought the lup cheong was quite good in the sweet-salty sauce; the egg perhaps overdone.....still that sauce was quite good. It was all about that. More quantity over quality in my book, but not bad at all,. Next time, I'm sticking with my favorite.
Koon Thai Kitchen
3860 Convoy St
San Diego, CA 92111
everything looks great!
Posted by: kat | Monday, 19 September 2016 at 09:48 PM
These were pretty good lunches Kat!
Posted by: Kirk | Tuesday, 20 September 2016 at 06:32 AM
We e found ourselves in this parking lot lately...there are so many choices of places to eat. I had that Tori Nanban last time and really liked it. Yes, the lunch portions seem unusually large.
Posted by: Cathy | Wednesday, 21 September 2016 at 06:22 AM
Hi Cathy - So it's not my imagination! Looking at older photos; it seems like the portions have increased.
Posted by: Kirk | Wednesday, 21 September 2016 at 06:40 AM
That pork dish looks gooood.... I see vegetables under the pork. Gai lan, maybe?
Posted by: Jessica | Wednesday, 21 September 2016 at 07:12 PM
Hi Jessica - There was some gailan under the pork.....not too much
Posted by: Kirk | Thursday, 22 September 2016 at 07:14 AM
Sigh. I wish I worked closer to Convoy. Mission Valley is such a culinary wasteland.
Posted by: Junichi | Thursday, 22 September 2016 at 11:20 AM
That's a bummer Junichi! Though hopefully you're able to sneak up the back way to Linda Vista
Posted by: Kirk | Friday, 23 September 2016 at 06:49 AM