Restaurant Review Happy Hour at Candor by Giuseppe, La Jolla

The first thing I want you to do is: Order dessert first and make sure it’s their Pot de Creme. So good, you’ll want a second just for yourself.

Second on our list are the Roasted Market Vegetables. Whether it’s a mixture of broccoli, squash or yellow beets, mushrooms and more, they are done perfectly.

Great vegetables are rare at happy hour prices, so bravo!

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Fun in San Diego/North County this month

I was in the mood for comfort food. What better place to go than a ‘tavern’. Don’t get your hopes up. It’s not like a pub in England. Not an incredibly great kind of place where you can’t go wrong. But my job is to tell you what to order so you can go right!

So start with a nice cocktail and then a cup of white traditional clam chowder. Make sure you always ask, when you go out, to separate the ‘courses’ and explain: first the soup, then the salad, then the Pot Pie. 

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Zen Modern Asian, Sky Deck Highlands Town Center, Del Mar

We start with BBQ Spareribs. That’s the one of two choices I judge a Chinese Restaurant by. The are yummy, yummy bbq pork ribs. Laurie says: “The ribs are delicious”. Like me, Laurie is from NY and we certainly know our pork ribs at Chinese Restaurants!  Not too fatty, lots of meat and great seasoning, great flavor. And yes, everyone at the table loves the ribs.

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Four Restaurant Reviews in Ocean Beach

Steve, Robyn and I go in one car to meet Phyllis and Ana Maria for dinner at Caio Elvira. But that’s not till 5 PM and being the foodie that I am, I talked them into going down early and driving around with me stopping into three additional restaurants just to try a bite here and a bite there and get a feel for the restaurant. I put the CD I created with lots of Neil Young and Crosby stills Nash and Young on in the car ride down.

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Table of 4, Restaurant Review, Michelin Star Lilo, Carlsbad

So many wonderful flavors, beautifully plated. One of the first things we get to try in the courtyard is Black Truffle Sable. It’s goat cheese and more between a thin roasted Chicken Skin. That plus a few other tastings. What a great way to start a meal sitting around a beautiful tree

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