~ Chedi Thai Bistro in La Jolla ~

One relaxing week night, we had a wonderful dinner at this small Thai restaurant called Chedi Thai Bistro in La Jolla.  I love the ambiance there, very colorful, but relaxing with it's waterfall displays, buddha statues and big bird cage lights.

First off, we ordered some Thai Ice Tea.  It was yummy!  Not as sweet as some other restaurants I have had. 

For appetizers, we had some shrimp pancake thingies.  These were good!  Love the sauces and the little fried lotus root on top.  The details are awesome!

We had curry, which was very flavorful and has a decent kick.  The portions were good too!

I think this was grilled pork chop.  I love grilled stuff and it was so good.  Tender and not too salty.

Drunken noodles was also good.  Very spicy!  I had just a little bit and I needed to cool my tongue with that Thai Ice tea.  My husband loved it though! 

If I live around this area, I would consider eating here every time I am too lazy to cook.  It's easy and relaxing and very good!

~ The Prado at Balboa Park ~

Just like the museum area in DC, San Diego has an area just for museums called Balboa Park which includes the famous San Diego Zoo. The museums are cool and the zoo is awesome, but the museums there are just not as cool as the museums we have in DC. So, I will only talk about the awesome lunch we had at Balboa Park at The Prado.

The decor is interesting.  Very bright and very fun!  It's filled with all these glass art work, but the chairs are strange.  They are too high for the tables and the booths are too low.  Very strange.

The food was great thought.  I love this complimentary pita bread thing.  It got me excited for the food.

We started with the appetizer which is an Asian style calamari with thai sweet chili sauce served over a tangy salad.  I love the sauce and the calamari is very lightly breaded with is awesome.

I had the Baby Greens salad.  It has "greens, pomegranate seeds, hazelnuts, midnight moon cheese, caramel cider vinaigrette".  I usually don't get fancy salads because some of the fancy stuff tastes weird.  But, I really like the name "midnight moon" cheese.  That just sounds magical.  And it was so good!  I loved the hazelnuts and the dressing!  The pomegranate adds a little bit of fresh tartness and the cheese added richness and saltiness to the greens.  

This is the roasted jidori half chicken with "mascarpone polenta, sauteed spinach, fennel confit, truffle pan sauce".  It looks similar to the jasmine lemon chicken from 8407 and it's just as tender.  It's not as tart because it doesn't have the lemon, but it was still very flavorful.

This is the 8oz kobe burger.  Very yummy.  Comes with grilled purple onions and taro chips!

It's nice to see something other than fries and these were very good!  Not as greasy and heavy as fries but has the good friedness that every one likes.

I loved everything here!  Price is reasonable I think.  The chicken dish is $18 which may seem high for lunch, but this is Balboa Park.  Everything is expensive, just like how it's $8 to get a hot dog in the Natural History Museum cafe in DC.  I would definitely come back to eat if I ever go to Balboa Park again.

~ The Steakhouse at Azul at La Jolla ~

Next stop!  Happy Hour at the Steakhouse at Azul at La Jolla!  We went in for dinner but got enticed by the happy hour menu so we just got pretty much one of everything!

First off....the yummy corn chowder!!

Even the bread is good!  The butter is special!

Yummy chicken on a stick.....  love the sauce!

This flat bread was so awesome!  My mouth is watering just thinking about it.

This fried yam was awesome too.  The steak was so soft and tender!

Ok, this one is a little funny.  The menu said steak fries.  So, I thought it would be like big plate of thick fries.  Surprise!  There's a big piece of steak on top of the fries.  Haha, I guess I didn't know what steak fries was....

I really want to go back to this place!!!  I like the decor here.  It seems like such a high class place and it had the most awesome fire place.  I love how open it was.  Happy hour is such a good deal too!  *Drool*

~ Little Korea in La Jolla ~

It's time for food pictures!!!  First stop at La Jolla is Little Korea!  Little Korea is a small Korean restaurant on the second floor of a small building close to the beach.  It's sunny and bright and spacious. 

We ordered some lunch specials and of course we get these little appetizers too.

Love these little dishes!  They look even cuter with these bright yellow radishes!

Who wants some yummy kimchi? 

These dumplings were good.  Not too oily and goes well with the little salad.

I think this was the chicken.  Spicy!

This is bul go gi.  Very yummy! 

Kimchi Pancake.  Also good.  It's been too long since my trip so the specific tastes are a little vague in my memory.  I just remembered that it was a very relaxed meal.  I loved sitting by the window and eating spicy food.  Everything was surprisingly not greasy and the proportions was just the right size.  Perfect little place for lunch and a nice brisk walk to the beach afterward!

Here are a couple of pictures from our walk.  Who doesn't love the blue sky, blue waters and greenery?