

Most sushi is $2.50 per plate and menu items are priced between $3-$10. This place keeps eating interesting by serving plates of sushi on conveyor belts that travel throughout the restaurant. Plus, you get the typical mini side dishes (known as banchan) with your meal - and those are all-you-can-eat, too. Choose from different cuts of beef and pork, seafood and a variety of vegetables. Did someone say all-you-can-eat? At this hidden Korean barbecue gem in the Plaza Del Sol strip mall, you can eat as much as you want but you’ll have to do all of the cooking on your own using your table’s built-in grill. Considered by many to be one of San Diego’s best Japanese restaurants, Tajima satisfies customers’ cravings for piping-hot bowls of their signature ramen and authentic Japanese dishes such as the okonomiyaki (a Japanese-style pancake with various fillings and toppings). Yelp users give this restaurant’s pho (Vietnamese beef- or chicken-based soup with rice noodles and a distinct herbal flavor) a thumbs up. But from everything we’ve heard or read about this spot tucked away in a strip mall across the street from an auto care store, the thing to order is the garlic chicken wings with butter. If you have to try one thing at Pokirrito, it’s definitely a signature sushi burrito! Besides the Convoy Street location, you can find Pokirrito restaurants in Little Italy and at the Liberty Public Market in Point Loma.

Created by chef Junya Watanabe, Pokirrito presents its own creative take on sushi, salads, wraps and bowls. It’s fast-casual, with a twist on Japanese cuisine. Please note that Jasmine serves dim sum from the time it opens until 3 p.m. The beauty of dim sum is the variety of dishes to choose from some recommendations include pork or shrimp siu mai, steamed BBQ pork buns, shrimp har gow, Peking duck and soup dumplings. Dim sum, for those unfamiliar, are small dishes wheeled out on carts right to diners’ tables by servers. The award-winning restaurant that serves authentic Cantonese cuisine is best known for its dim sum dishes and the long lines of people waiting to get their hands on them. There are so many places to choose from, but we managed to come up with 10 restaurants on Convoy Street we think you ought to try out! PHOTOS: 10 great places to eat on Convoy Street Whether you’re craving Chinese dim sum, ramen or Korean BBQ, there seems to be something for everyone if you go up and down Convoy Street, between Clairemont Mesa Boulevard and Aero Drive. Take a trip to "Convoy" (Street, that is) and you’ll come across dozens upon dozens of restaurants that specialize in unique cuisine from different Asian countries. Otherwise, because we are not Chinese, we may not always be offered the chicken feet.(KGTV) - Over the years, a stretch of road in San Diego’s Kearny Mesa area has become known as a go-to destination for those seeking an Asian food fix. So we ask for them, and they make sure we get them. For instance, my husband must have the chicken feet. Decide which dishes you must have ahead of time, and hold out for those. Unless you have a very large appetite, or you are expecting lots of leftovers to take home, aim for no more than four dishes per person. But keep your composure, use your right to say no, and take your time no matter how much pressure you get. When first seated, the diner may be bombarded with a procession of carts, and women trying to get the table to take one of each item. The art of ordering dim sum is about patience. After all, it’s been doing laps around the dining room in an unheated cart. Don’t expect this meaty indulgence to be as piping hot as our American palate has come to demand, however.
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It’s juicy and crispy and full of flavor.
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The fatty skin that separates from the meat is really the star of the show. We’ve spent several mornings driving up and down that street looking for an open restaurant, to no avail.

If you’re like me and my husband, you know that there aren’t too many restaurants on Convoy Street open at that hour. Dim sum is not as easy to find in San Diego as in Los Angeles, but if you want to avoid the traffic, parking fees and the chaos of a huge dim sum restaurant, go to Emerald.Īnother advantage of Emerald is that it opens at 9 am on Saturday and Sunday, even though it may look closed. Emerald Restaurant is one of my go-to spots for breakfast.
