Maybe best beef shawerma I’ve had ever? But definitely the best in the USA. It’s a Syrian restauant.
Tender and wildly juicy, they clearly layer it with far as you get bits of it within your crunch wrap style grilled shawerma wrap. Wish I got a pic of the spit, two adult human sized spits of beef and one of chicken. With a highly addictive whipped garlic sauce and fries. Only wish was they wrapped the fries in the wrap pre grilling.
Parking lot is a shitshow, if I lived closer I’d be here a couple times a month.
Lamb ouzi. Flavors were good but lamb was a little dry. Hyped as best Lebanese restauant in San Diego. Didn’t get to try their other dishes. I’ve heard the owners are super sweet and delightful.
The dessert was the real star of the show. “Love dessert” aka ayash essaraya. Never seen a dessert like this it was delightful. Nutty, not too sweet, great fresh cheese flavor with a touch of rose water/saffron.
I didn’t think any cuisine in sd was better than LA but middle eastern (non-Persian) definitely seems to be it. Possibly even better than little Arabia in oc but I haven’t explored enough there to compare.
Mal Al sham is so good. It’s so far but I want to go again, they have a relatively tighter menu but I imagine everything is good especially seeing how many middle eastern locals seemed to be patronizing the joint
Mal Al sham is so good I went here two days in a row. Drove out from sd because I don’t think I can get anything close to this in LA as opposed to pretty much everything else in SD.
God tier kabob, rice, house baked bread, garlic sauce, and salad. No notes lol
Everything was good. Also came with fresh pita though we had to ask. They were absolutely slammed and it was total chaos and yet our food came out super fast. I was impressed.
Romescu, Bonita. First opened by Javier Plascencia way back in 2006 but he parted ways in 2017. We stuck to their tapas and mostly enjoyed it. $150.00 for 4 moderate eaters (no drinks) including tax and tip.
Wayfarer Bread & Pastry in Bird Rock. We ordered the Citrus Pistachio Croissant, Potato & Creamed Spinach Tile, Kouign Amann, and Passion Fruit Cream Cheese Bun. We also took a Sourdough Loaf home. Only KA and Passion Fruit were photographed, we had our priorities.
While the Kouign Amann offers a good traditional flavor, the twisty addition of acidity to the pistachio croissant provides a smart contrast. However, the creamed spinach tile was the highlight of the group; it is reminiscent of a Chinese scallion flavors using French puff pastry. Note: Pre-order online to avoid the long line.
Pho Nom in Convoy. Bone-In Short Rib Pho. Very good. Impeccable vegetable plate, everything is very fresh. This corner has so many quality dinning options was sort of overwhelming.
