A couple of revisits to places I've posted on several times already.....
Kangxi is Coming:
It had been a while and the Missus was craving the Suan Cai dish.....mostly for the leftovers to reheat with our fairly potent homemade Suan Cai; so I went ahead and grabbed lunch. The same really friendly woman was working and she knew exactly what I was going to order "for your wife".
Not as much "gravy" as before and not stir fried as much. Still, fairly sour.....this is one of those dishes that tastes better the next day, after it had time for the flavors to meld a bit further. It could be that we added our own suan cai as well.
I needed a vegetable dish so I got the Cauliflower Dry Pot; which was pretty darn spicy.
Though you didn't get the nice buzz of Sichuan Peppercorns.
The woman recommended the Crispy Pork; which was indeed crispy and the temperature was molten hot.
It was also super sweet, it was doused in a super thick, super sweet syrup, which seized up with a texture like toffee as it cooeld down. The thin strings of ginger helped cut the sweetness a bit; but it just wasn't enough. Great texture though.
Kangxi Is Coming
4428 Convoy St.
San Diego, CA 92111
Noble Chef:
The Missus wanted dinner from Noble Chef for our first meal after returning from our trip. It was the usual.....
And She was quite satisfied.....
The Noble Chef
6159 Balboa Avenue
San Diego, CA 92111
Hope everyone had a safe and happy New Year!
happy new year!
Posted by: kat | Friday, 03 January 2020 at 03:07 AM
Happy New Year to you and Satoshi! Hope it's a good one!
Posted by: Kirk | Friday, 03 January 2020 at 06:51 AM
Happy New Year! What is the third dish from Noble Chef?
Posted by: Sandy | Monday, 06 January 2020 at 08:33 AM
Happy New Year Sandy! That last dish is the steamed pork with salted fish....it's a current favorite of the Missus.
Posted by: Kirk | Monday, 06 January 2020 at 08:44 AM
That is home comfort food! Given my other comment about salted fish fried rice, I wonder if you can ask the restaurant to add more salted fish?
Posted by: Sandy | Monday, 06 January 2020 at 10:04 AM
I just wanted to say thanks for all the great stuff you have put on this website, Kirk. Cathy, too. Happy New Year!
Posted by: alnc | Monday, 06 January 2020 at 10:29 AM
Funny you should ask Sandy. I mentioned this when I had the salted fish fried rice for lunch the second time and was given a dirty look and a definite "no"......maybe we'll try the fried rice for dinner and have better luck.
Best New Year wishes for you too ALNC!
Posted by: Kirk | Monday, 06 January 2020 at 10:40 AM
The crispy pork would probably do better with just salt & pepper paired with an ice cold beer.
Posted by: Junichi | Monday, 06 January 2020 at 11:58 AM
That would be quite good Junichi!
Posted by: Kirk | Monday, 06 January 2020 at 12:31 PM