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Niban (again)

mmm-yoso!!! is a blog about food.  Cathy is writing today.  Kirk and His Missus are still on vacation.

My most recent post about Niban was in January 2022.  It's time for an update. Walk up and you can read the menu in the front window.  The weekly specials are on the White Board at the bottom; each is $1 less than the menu price.  Walk in, order, pay and find a seat.  Beverages will be brought to your table. 

A clear-er picture of the menu.  Prices are about one dollar more per item than last year. 
 Bento A ($13.50)-Baked salmon, chicken teriyaki, fried seafood, California roll. Rice, salad and
 this really wonderful miso soup are included.  (You can order a bowl for $1.75 if it's not included with your meal; worth it) 
  The Ginger Seafood Bento ($11.25).  One salmon piece, one squid piece, two fish
 and two shrimp.  All cooked well and coated in a really refreshing ginger sauce.  Edamame, chilled noodles, rice and salad are included.
 I have found myself ordering the Vegetable Delight Bento ($11.50) quite often.  Eight pieces of tempura, eight pieces of Garden Roll, edamame, salad and rice.  Of course, everything is properly fried and so very fresh.
 Hot tea ($1) is a good quality green and the cup is kept refilled. 
 The chicken katsu salad ($8.50) can be a meal. The chicken is plump and juicy with a crunchy-light fried coating.
 The fried calamari ($7.50) serving is now only four pieces, but each is quite large.  Again, expertly fried crunch batter and the squid is so tender.
 The vegetable tempura  appetizer (or side order, as the case may be) ($7.50) has eight pieces and light, non-greasy fry.
 I can't believe we had never tried the mix yakisoba ($10.50) until 2022!  Shrimp, chicken, beef, veggies and quality eggy noodles.  This is served with rice or salad.  A really nice meal. 

Always efficient and friendly service, good quality food.  Part of our 'rotation' again. 

Niban 7801 Clairmont Mesa Blvd., Suite 101, San Diego 921110(858) 268-0465  Open Mon-Sat 11:30-2:30 Mon-Thurs 5:00-9:00 Fri-Sat 5:00-10:00 Sunday 4:30-9:30

Eating Inside Mitsuwa Marketplace Food Court

Thank you for stopping to read mmm-yoso!!!  Cathy is writing for a few days while Kirk gathers intel for some interesting posts.

I did write about eating at one of the restaurants in Mitsuwa Food Court in 2016, I wrote about a pop up crepe/dessert place in 2013 and again in 2016, when it became a permanent storefront. Kirk wrote about the actual Market in 2006. In reality, The Mister and I shop here quite often and try to have a bite to eat before walking down the aisles. 
 There is almost always some sort of sale/display in the center entrance area.  The two main restaurants are to your left.
 Hokkaido Ramen Santuoka is a favorite stop, especially on these chilly, rainy days.  
 The display of the menu -in plastic form-is mesmerizing.  All bowls are available in small, regular and large sizes.   
 Shio, soy sauce as well as the miso broths (non-spicy; I like to taste ingredients) are each milky, rich and strong flavored.  The thin, fresh noodles are slightly firm.  Each ingredient is fresh and perfect together.  (This is a small size basic miso ramen ($11) you can order char siu, tonkatsu as well as a variety of sides or sets).

Santuoka open 11-7:30 in the Mitsuwa Food Court
 The other restaurant, Musashiya, has an even larger display of Shokuhin Sampuru; an overwhelming menu and choice of items.  Musashiya is owned by Mitsuwa. 
 The #24, Chicken Katsu Set (the small food model photo is only 'off' by the color of the chicken breading) ($15) is large enough to share for a light lunch.  Miso soup, potato salad, cabbage, pickles and omelet (tamago) along with a good portion of rice are each a compliment to the large piece of crispy chicken cutlet.

 The tempura zaru soba ($12.80) has been a choice ever since I realized that soba noodles do not seem to affect my blood sugar level the way udon does.  The two fritters (kakiage) of tempura vegetables with shrimp were very light and crisp.
 The Sanzai soba ($12) is a bowl ordered when I don't want meat for a meal. The vegetables are Japanese parsley, bamboo shoots and mushrooms.  Really tasty, filling and a bit different.

Musashiya 4240 Kearney Mesa Road San Diego 92111 Website
 When you walk in the front door of Mitsuwa, to the right is J Crepes & Cafe.
 Which, of course, has its own display of plastic food models. 
 Strawberry crepe ($7.50) add vanilla ice cream ($1)

J Crepes & Cafe 4240 Kearny Mesa Road #119 San Diego 92111 (858) 292-5200

Sunday Stuffs: O-To-San Kushiyaki & Ramen Replacing DduriBa and it Looks Like Andres is Reopening (Under New Ownership)

Here are a couple of items I noticed as I did my shopping errands this past weekend:

O-To-San Kushiyaki & Ramen Replacing DduriBa:

In the old location of DduriBa I noticed a sign for  O-To-San Kushiyaki and Ramen - I guess it would be just like what "dad" would make.

Interesting location. I also noticed the "ZZ", so am wondering if this place will be owned by the ZZ:An folks?

4425 Convoy St.
San Diego, CA 92111

Looks Like Andres is Reopening (Under New Ownership):

I went to grab some coffee from Bird Rock, when I noticed the yellow application for ownership change notice in the window so I walked over.

And yep, it looks like an LLC named Morena Ventures is taking over the spot; which is named Andres Patio Restaurant.

I know a lot of folks were quite sad when Andres closed after 40 years in business. I'm hoping for the best here......

Stay tuned!

1235 Morena Blvd
San Diego, CA 92110 

Have a great week folks!

Hanaoka (revisit)

mmm-yoso!!! welcomes you back with another post about food.  Cathy is writing this one while Kirk is relaxing.

I posted about Hanaoka in 2018, before Covid.  We've been re-visiting favorite locally owned places when we are in the area and see they are open.

Since January 6, 1986, Hanaoka has been a favorite Japanese spot in National City.  Located just West of the 805 on Sweetwater Road, the stand alone building has plenty of surrounding parking.

 The interior decor is timeless.
 We decided to share an order of mixed tempura ($7.95).  Not at all oily, the batter was a little hard/crisp and acted as a protectant for the vegetables and shrimp; everything was moist and flavored of itself; not the batter.  The tempura sauce was a perfect blend of soy sauce, dash and mirin-bright and 'crisp' in flavor. 
   Having really enjoyed the Ten Zaru Soba ordered a few months ago at the newly opened Kumi Cafe, I thought ordering it here (on this hot day) would make a nice comparison ($12.95).  Also, chilled buckwheat noodles are now a craving; I have found that my blood sugar does not 'spike' when I eat these noodles, satisfying a craving.  Our waiter mentioned this was 'the most Japanese item on the menu' when I ordered and he 'presented this plate to me with "Meshiagare" ('Bon appetit').  (I did respond with 'itadakimasu').  Wow, the chilled soba was so flavored of buckwheat, having a bite of seaweed with the plain noodles was perfect.  Dipping the noodles in the soy based dipping sauce elevated the flavors and then grabbing some of the green onions and wasabi was a perfect crescendo of flavors.  Truly excellent.  The two tempura battered shrimp were another texture-diversion from everything else, rounding out the meal. 
 The Mister chose to order from the Lunch Special Combo menu.  This is #16, Beef Teriyaki and Gyoza.  All lunch specials come with miso soup, rice and salad.  It was a nice soup (not salty).  The beef was very tender, well marbled and had a good flavor without the (house made) teriyaki sauce.  The gyoza were nice with a thin wrapper and fresh vegetable and pork filling.  The soy based dipping sauce was not the same as the noodle dipping sauce on my plate.  

Always a nice visit with quality food which has withstood the test of time (and Covid-19).

 Hanaoka Japanese Restaurant 1528 Sweetwater Road, Suite C National City 91950 (619) 477-5173 Website Open Mon-Thurs 11-3, 5-9:30 Fri, Sat 11-9:30, Sun 11-9

Paris (2022) - Menkicchi Ramen

On our last day in Paris, we started the day by heading to our favorite cafe for people watching on Rue Montorgueil to start things out.

We love sitting here and watching the world go by.

Once we had completed our "Montorgueil ritual" we headed off to the 2nd and did some shopping. On the way we stopped by Galerie Vivienne, which I think is one of the most beautiful of the existing Covered Passages in Paris.

We did a bunch of shopping in the 2nd, but my credit card came out unscathed!

While heading back to the apartment on Rue des Petits Champs, the area I've heard folks call "Paris's Little Tokyo", the Missus was feeling like some ramen. I'm not sure what it is about Paris, but we enjoy grabbing a bowl of here once in a while. I'd heard about a newish shop that made their own noodles called Menkicchi nearby, so we headed down Rue Sainte-Anne and found the rather discreet shop.

This tiny shop would not be out of place in Japan. Oh, and the fragrances wafting in the air; it all seemed so right.

As we often do when getting ramen; we ordered a bowl, in this case the Shio Tonkotsu and a rice bowl, the Shisen Don.

    The noodles were really good, doughy and chewy. The tamago was cold, but nicely cooked and marinated. The chashu was on the tough side and needed more flavor.

Speaking of needing more flavor; the tonkotsu broth was quite thin and not rich enough and the flavor very weak....another soup made with the "wave method" it seems.

The pork rice bowl was quite tasty and the rice was decently cooked as well.

The pork was nicely marinated and fairly tender. Good soy-sweetness.

I'm guessing the ramen here is all about the noodles. Speaking of all about the noodles. While we were eating, a younger, dapper Japanese gentleman entered the restaurant, he took the table next to us and fairly soon we knew he was a Japanese national. First, he ordered ramen along with a bowl of rice on the side. Second, when he started on his ramen...oohhhh the slurping! Such great memories of Japan. Then it must have suddenly struck him. No one else in the place was slurping. After all, this is Paris! You could just tell by how he raised his head that this was his "Toto, we're not in Kansas Kansai anymore moment!" I felt kinda bad for him. So, I decided to go for it and started slurping away. And he smiled and tucked in! The brotherhood of ramen, right? And all was good on Rue Sainte-Anne on this day!

Menkicchi
41 Rue Sainte-Anne
75001 Paris, France

Thanks for stopping by!

Paris (2022) - Raviolis Chinois Nord-Est, Motors Coffee (again), and Chez Taeko

We arrived in Paris from Edinburgh just before 8pm. We had some decent food in the Air France Lounge in Edinburgh and also on the flight.

We arrived at CDG close to 8pm, then caught the RER to Les Halles. We made good time and since we'd be staying for five nights, I managed to get us a VRBO I'd been wanting to stay at that had a 5 night minimum. Granted, Les Halles may not be the most glamorous of areas, but our flat was on the 6th floor (since this is Europe, it's the 7th floor by US standards), but it had a lift. And while you may not think this view of Les Halles is anything to write home about.

Just raise your eyes a bit.

Yep, that's the Eiffel Tower to the left and Saint Eustache to the right. We would never tire of this view.

The Missus and I weren't quite ready to call it a night, so we headed over to our favorite street in Paris, Rue Montorgueil. Man, it was super busy, even on a Monday night.

Like I mentioned in one of my posts on the first leg of this trip, it was super busy, like Covid never happened. Well, at least this was outdoors.

We made our "rounds" then headed back down St Denis when we decided to grab a "small bite" to eat. The place we chose? Ravioli Chinois Nord-Est. To translate, "ravioli Chinois" = Jiaozi! We had enjoyed out time in Scotland, don't get me wrong, but the Missus was missing Asian food and some late evening Jiaozi sounded like fun.

The place was fairly busy, though there were a couple of empty tables. The customers were mostly Parisians with a few Chinese sprinkled in. I started to appreciate the varied tastes of Parisians on this trip as it seems they were quite open to trying and enjoying various cuisines. The Missus got to use Her Mandarin and we got the house beer....the namesake of Her hometown. Having come from Scotland where the weather was fairly cool, it just seemed so hot in Paris. So this helped pave the way to getting us adjusted.

We started with some Liang Cai - cold dishes, the stir fried potato strings and five spiced beef.

The beef had a nice five spice flavor, but was really dry and tough. The potato strings were fine, nothing special, but the vinegar helped cool us off.

As for the Jiaozi.....

We got the Pork and Cabbage dumplings....they used napa cabbage in this (whew). The wrapper was too brittle and lacked a decent "pull", the fillings though were quite tasty, well seasoned and moist and tender. This is pretty much on scale with the higher level jiaozi in San Diego.

While the food didn't blow us away, this was a fun stop, and the Missus and I had a nice time reminiscing about a trip that seems oh so long ago now. And man, the place seemed to be a popular late evening stop.

Raviolis Chinois Nord Est
115 Rue Saint-Denis
75001 Paris, France

We headed back to the apartment and enjoyed our view for a few minutes before heading off into dreamland.

The next morning we woke and just lounged around for a while. I had a baguette making class scheduled in the afternoon so we decided to do some shopping. 

But first we headed over to Motors Coffee and this time we had a seat outside on the sidewalk.

The Missus thought Her Geisha "drip", what they call a pour over here was decent. I had an Americano which was quite good. We'd end up visiting one more time during our stay.

Motors Coffee
7 Rue des Halles
75001 Paris, France

From here we headed over to the Marais and just did our lèche-vitrine (window shopping) thing. We stopped into a location of Signorini Tartufi, we had first come across this shop in Avignon....yes, never got those posts done because Covid just kinda waylaid my travel posts. Perhaps I'll do a summary one day because we had a fabulous time. Anyway Signorini Tartufi is a favorite for gifts and stuff for ourselves as well.

Signorini Tartufi Paris Bretagne (Locations all over France)
3 Rue de Bretagne
75003 Paris, France

We also "finally" (we'd walked past this shop several times in the past) took some time to check out Comptoirs Richard, a tea & coffee shop on Rue Bretagne.

The Missus spent a good amount of time here and even sampled some of the teas available. She ended up buying several bags as gifts and for Herself.

Comptoirs Richard
45 Rue de Bretagne
75003 Paris, France

She also bought some treats from La Maison du Chocolate as well.

La Maison du Chocolat Bretagne
14 Rue de Bretagne
75003 Paris, France

By now it was time for lunch. There was a place in Marché des Enfants-Rouges that I wanted to check out. Marché des Enfants-Rouges is the oldest food market in Paris, established in 1615! These days, as much as folks are shopping for groceries, the market is known for their food stalls. There was one in particular I was interested in.

This food stall is called Chez Taeko and serves up bentos, combinations, donburi, and the like. If you're eating at one of the counters or tables, you have a seat and they'll take your order. I got the Chicken Karaage and the Missus a Chirashi.  Even though there's some hustle and bustle, this is Paris, so folks aren't talking loudly, so we enjoyed the vibe.

We ate at the counter.

I enjoyed my chicken karaage, the batter was more on the crunchy side, but it was good. The sauce had a nice sweet-soy flavor and the chicken was moist. The tempura broccoli was nice, light and crisp as were the tsukemono. The rice however was terrible, hard and chewy.

That rice situation made the Missus's Chirashi not as enjoyable as my bento.

The salmon was quite good, nice and fresh, the maguro was just passable, not the highest quality; the ebi was fine as well. That rice however....man, a whole bowl of it!

We did enjoy the service, which in spite of all the customers was really efficient and the staff, all Japanese were so pleasant. So, when I walked up to pay our bill, the woman spoke to me in Japanese, I understood some of it. But when I submitted my credit card she switched to English. This was when it hit me....they knew I was American as soon as the chip on my card didn't work by tapping it on the device! I started noticing this at other businesses as well. Interesting, huh?

Chez Taeko
Marché des Enfants-Rouges
37 Rue Charlot
75003 Paris, France

We headed back to the apartment to drop off our packages.

Before we headed back out.

I would be taking a baguette class for the rest of the afternoon and the Missus would be exploring Paris solo. This was going to be interesting.

Gyokai Natto Don From Izakaya Sakura

Man, the last extended heat wave really had me on the ropes. Our old 1950's built house doesn't have A/C; though we did buy a portable unit for Frankie, which recently crapped out. The hot weather had me craving some of my hot weather favorites; specifically the Gyokai Natto Don from Izakaya Sakura. It had been a while since I had visited Izakaya Sakura, over a year-and-a-half when I did takeout....well, because of that thing called Covid. It had been nearly three years since I had dined in at Sakura. I decided to go right when they opened for lunch, early in the week, and peeked in.....

There was one person at the sushi bar, who it turns out was waiting for a huge takeout order, and one party of three dining al fresco, so I decided to have at it.

Kazu working at the sushi bar reminded me of old times....though the masks quickly reminded me of something else....

The dining room configuration was something new to me.....

The Server was very efficient and to the point and I ordered the Gyokai Natto Don, which is now $22. 

  Except for the packets of Kikkoman Shoyu, definitely a Covid thing, this pretty much looked the same as what I recalled. I enjoyed the miso soup, nice beany-nutty flavor....I really liked it. Perhaps I've been having too many watered down versions recently. The Japanese potato salad and the pickles were decent. But the agedashi tofu's battery was strangely rubbery.

As for the bowl...well, I don't recall having so much rice during previous visits; I'm going to have to order "half rice" next time! The maguro wasn't of the best quality, but decent; there was some aji which surprised me and I enjoyed, as I did the shiromi (white fish) and hamachi. Not as much fish as I used to get though. Also not a fan of the seaweed salad they put in a filler.

Still, all that sticky, beany, fermented natto, wasabi, shoyu. This did the trick.

I'm glad Sakura has made it through the pandemic so far. It's because of places like this that I started this blog. It's a place that I've been going to from the beginning of the blog...from back in the days of Chowhound. It was a favorite of the late Ed from Yuma and we shared many meals there. We used love the fact that the place had no signage and way back in those days had a sign saying "WE DO NOT SERVE CALIFORNIA ROLLS" plainly visible. In fact, I recall having dinner with Ed at Sakura (around 2002-03) when a very pushy customer demanded that Kazu make him some rolls. Kazu brought out a phone book and offered to help the customer an appropriate sushi bar. Of course times have changed; rolls started appearing, and then there was that day when Sakura's "sign of the times" went up.

Yes, times have changed, but Sakura is still around. I'm glad for that and will hopefully be back soon.

Izakaya Sakura
3904 Convoy St Ste 121
San Diego, CA 92111

Kumi Cafe (Kearny Mesa)

mmm-yoso!!! is a blog about food.  Cathy is writing today while Kirk (and His Missus) are enjoying weather and food elsewhere.

 Back in March, Kirk mentioned that Chopstix Too would be closing and that Kumi Cafe would be expanding to San Diego.  Last week, The Mister and I stopped in. 

 As always, I ordered hot tea ($2.50).  This green tea, served in the thermal cup, was of excellent quality. 


The Japanese centric menu (there's a 'Spicy Seafood Bowl'/Bibimbap offered) is straightforward.  

 The cucumber salad ($5.95) was served in this deceptively deep bowl.  It was refreshing, sweet and salty, cool and crisp and was munched on throughout the meal.
 We were here on one (of many) unbearably hot days last week and I was craving Tsukemen.  Seeing the Tenzaru Soba ($11.95) on the menu under "Cold Noodles", it was ordered;  a very reasonable substitute.  The Zaru soba-chilled buckwheat noodles- served with a lovely soy/dashi (salty) cold sauce along with green onion was quite perfect.  The "Ten"-mixed tempura- was nice serving of perfectly fried vegetables and one shrimp.  The  tempura sauce (dashi, soy, mirin and sugar) was quite good and complimentary.

The Mister ordered from the "Entree" part of the menu: the Chicken Katsu Curry ($13.95).  All entrees include miso soup, rice and salad. 
 The miso soup was a notably good quality. 
   The plate served was Chicken Katsu ($1 less than the Chicken Katsu Curry).  When reminded the order was for curry, our waiter apologized and went to the kitchen.  There was a wait because the curry was being prepared.  The bowl arrived in a bit (it was quite busy and only two people were working) and WOW- what a lovely curry sauce; carrot, onion and potato.   Slightly sweet (from apple I think) yet savory, the thick sauce was very tasty.   The chicken katsu was a good thickness, had a nice panko breading and was perfectly deep fried and crisp.  The rice and salad were also nicely flavored.  I suppose the 'proper' curry plate would have had more rice and less lettuce, with the curry poured over the serving, but eating it this was was nice and we got to see the Chicken Katsu Entree.

Everything here so far is excellent. 

Kumi Cafe 4380 Kearny Mesa Road #300 San Diego, 92111 (858) 565-1288 Open Sun- Th 11-9:30, Fri-Sat 11-10 

Chopstix (again)

mmm-yoso!!! is back with another post written by Cathy.  Kirk and His Missus remain on vacation and are enjoying so many activities!
 Kirk wrote about Chopstix in 2005 and again in 2009.  I included a mention on a multi-post in 2016 and again in 2017 even though this 'original' location (Chopstix Too closed earlier this year) has been a rotational stop for The Mister and I for decades. 

 Menu selections are consistent; no need to change what is good.  The most recent 'change' is that hot tea is now $1.  
 An order of mixed tempura ($11.95) is, as always, perfectly fried and includes three shrimp along with eight pieces of in-season vegetables.
 I was craving Hiyashi ($13.95) on this warm day and did select the 'traditional' egg-ramen noodles (being able to select udon or somen is always an option).  The colorful bowl, anchored with chilled noodles and cold, crisp vegetables (cucumber, sprouts. ginger, seaweed and corn) and shredded egg/omelet along with the moist, perfectly crisp pieces of chicken karaage and pieces of imitation crab when mixed with the tangy, sesame/soy vinaigrette dressing is very refreshing.
 The Mister was craving both the sweet and spicy flavors of Mabo (stir fried ground pork with tofu) ($10.95) and also Ton Katsu (deep fried breaded pork) ($2), so  He ordered the Mabo Don set which includes the miso soup and a small salad.  A full meal for $12.95.

The home-style food, atmosphere and friendly employees have remained consistent and Chopstix has survived-for more than 30 years.

Chopstix 4633 Convoy San Diego 92111  (858) 569-9171 open Sun-Thurs 11-9, Fri-Sat 11-10 Website

Takeout Lunches from Wa Dining Okan

In my most recent takeout post on EE Nami, "FOYs" Jason and Jessica mentioned that Okan's lunch specials were still priced right. Which made me wonder when I last did takeout from Okan. So I did a quick lookback...and geez, it had been over 2 years!

Since I needed to pick up some groceries from Nijiya, getting takeout from Okan would be perfect!

I drove on over; parking is not so bad before 11am, walked on over to Okan, did the QR code thingy, and waited a few minutes until they opened. I was impressed to see that the prices for most of the base lunch specials were only $11.50, a bargain these days. Taking into consideration the drive home, when my chance to order arrived I went with the Buta Kakuni lunch set, which is what I also ordered during my last takeout visit.

I then went into Nijiya and did some quick shopping. I'm used to doing shopping at Nijiya at 9 in the morning....so the check-out line was a bit longer than I had expected. The young lady at Okan told me my order would be ready in ten minutes; but I took twenty at Nijiya. So, I quickly walked back over to Okan.....but to my relief, my order took another ten minutes anyway.

I drove on home and then opened up my Buta Kakuni Lunch Special ($11.50). It really didn't look too promising.

 Sadly, the best thing about this lunch set was the okara salad of which there was a scant tablespoon and the miso soup, which was pretty good, as it always has been.

The rice was on the hard side and the boiled egg was a bit overcooked but fine, with no off flavors.

As for the buta kakuni, well, it looked very, very dark....as in black in color.

  I bit into a piece, which was really salty; it had been sitting in the marinade too long and it was super dry and tough. In fact, the first thought that came into my mind was; "I ordered buta kakuni....not pork jerky".

I do understand that food costs are high these days, but this was really bad quality control. I guess they weren't kidding when they said things are "tough all over". Just look at that pork!

This meal really made me a bit sad, since I have a long history with Wa Dining Okan and also some great memories of meals shared with friends. So, I just had to give them another shot to see if that meal is the norm these days; or perhaps takeout just won't cut it at Okan.

I was really craving the Tori Nanban here, but just knew it would not hold up....so, I decided to go with the Shogayaki. This was basically the same drill as the last time; told ten minutes, but actually took twenty-five. 

Here's what I unpacked at home; the Shogayaki (Ginger Pork - $11.50). You can tell right away that this was a definite improvement from the buta kakuni.

   

The miso soup was as good as on my previous visit; the rice much better this go-around. 

The pork, while being a tad on the salty and chewy side was decent. In fact, it went well with the sliced cabbage which helped to cut the saltiness down. Now if they just sliced that cabbage finer....like, ahem...EE Nami??? This is stuff my Mom used to make, so of course I'm used to that flavor profile; more ginger, a bit sweeter.....but this is not bad and I'll readily have it again.

I was somewhat relieved that my second meal was better than the first......though now the question arises; which is the norm here? I'm hoping it's more like my second meal. So perhaps soon, once I feel more comfortable dining al fresco here; I'll return for my Tori Nanban.

Wa Dining Okan
3860 Convoy St
San Diego, CA 92111

Thanks to Jason and Jessica for reminding me about the lunch set menu at Okan!