Golden City (still underrated) another revisit

mmm-yoso!!!, a blog centers around food.  Kirk and Cathy write posts here.  It's Cathy's turn today. Kirk is on vacation. 

Kirk first wrote a three part post about the original Golden City in 2005.  New owners took over in 2006.  I first wrote a post in 2014, even though there had been many visits, trying the menu.  About a year ago, I wrote another post.  Golden City is really part of our 'regular rotation', where we bring friends and out of town guests for a good meal.It's an 'anchor' business of the mall at the SouthEast corner of Claremont Mesa and the 163, which also has Anny's Fine Burger and Pho Duyen Mai (which Kirk has posted  about several times now). 

The interior is spacious and a good place for large groups/families to have a meal.
We ordered from the 'Lunch and Late Dinner' menu (available seven days) and each of us received a fresh fried vegetable egg roll served with that tangy-sweet red sauce along with our complimentary loose-leaf tea.
 The large bowl of chicken-corn soup ($9.95) was indeed large and we had to take home leftovers, which heated up quite nicely the next day.  {Usually with a lunch special, a choice of egg flower or sweet and sour soup is offered; not necessary with this choice, which could be a meal in itself}
The soup was thick with egg, sweet corn kernels and minced chicken, all in a chicken broth.  It really hit the spot on this overcast day.
The Mister craves egg foo young, chicken, $8.95) and really likes the version here.  The omelette portion -beaten eggs mixed with bean sprouts, cabbage, carrot and onion is fried perfectly and placed on a (very large) platter then topped with the gravy and minced chicken (same as in the soup, above) as well as some green onion.  The crispiness of the omelet is what I like, along with the taste of gravy and chicken on the 'soggy' parts.  Such a great meal. 
 The lemongrass fish filet ($9.95) is always good here.  Served with a bit of matchstick cut pickled daikon and carrots, the flavor meld is just right.  The batter fried crisp over the meaty fish portions is just a perfect amount of textures in a bite.

We have never been disappointed with the food and are always happy to be able to bring others here.  

Golden City Restaurant 5375 Kearny Villa Road San Diego, CA 92123 (858) 565-6682 open daily 11 a.m.-midnight

...everything has to have nutrition facts these days, even the fortune cookies...

Comments

[kat]

glad it doesn’t disappoint

[Caninecologne]

Oh wow, I haven't seen the fortune cookie caloric info at the cookies from Mandarin here.I wish I had some of that chicken corn soup now.

[Soo]

I love the pan fried noodles and lobster there.

[Cathy]

Consistently good, Kat.

You'll like that soup, cc. So much information overload.

Ooooh, that sounds good, Soo...next time.

[Lynn @ Oh-So Yummy]

I'm interested in trying that egg foo young. Not even sure if I've ever eaten that dish in my lifetime! The fish filet is really appealing to me during this restless night.