Everything Bianca

No pictures this time. I went by myself, and I'm no good at picture taking. However, since there were no pictures, I'm not as apathetic about talking about my trip, as I seemed to be about Oahu. I mean, if you can *see* where I was, what's there to discuss? Plus. I'm sure the internet will do me fine.

I arrived in San Diego Thursday morning. I took a cab (one of probably 15 companies, *laughs*) to the Marriott Marina.

See? Lovely photo. Lovely hotel as well. I had a nice room where I could see downtown San Diego, part of the harbor, and the stadium from my balcony.  The staff at the Marriott was also quite helpful. I was given a map of the Gaslamp Quarter and walked that area to my heart's content. Excellent pedestrian area: wide sidewalks, clear signage, and a glut of shops, eateries, and entertainment.

Thursday Lunch: My first meal was at Tabule International Cuisine. I had a delicious Salmon Ceviche. I've never eaten Ceviche, but it was delicious. A very cool lunch, and a great start to my culinary exploration.

Thursday Dinner: I had Rama Thai for dinner. First: Atmosphere. Atmosphere. Atmosphere. Very elegant space. I was immediately struck by that. The photos on the website are bright, but at dinner the restaurant was at 'candlelight' brightness. I can see the place where I sat in the first picture in the photo gallery! The brick wall at the back was a large waterfall. Oh, to eat... I had coconut soup and shrimp red curry. Both quite delicious, though I was a bit disappointed at how 'unspicy' the curry was. Amusing though, because the table next to me had asked for mild and was saying that was still too spicy. I asked for 8/10 on the spicy scale. Maybe the chef thought I was kidding. Oh well. It was still good mild.

Friday Breakfast: I took a morning stroll to the Cheese Shop and had a veggie omelet. It was a sizeable omelet with spinach, mushrooms, green peppers, and cheddar cheese. It came with hash browns and toast, but I concentrated on the omelet. It was very fresh and delicious. I ordered a fruit bowl to go so that I'd have something during my meeting.

Friday Lunch: I shared the fruit bowl (large portion, seriously) with the sandwhiches we had during the work meeting. It was enough to share with 5 people, and was filled with at least 5 different seasonal fruits.

Friday Dinner: I had dinner at Masala Spices of India. My server was exceptional. I know I enjoy eating Indian, but I couldn't speak eloquently on the cuisine. I told him I liked my food spicy; I love vegetables and meat equally, and would like to have lamb in my main dish. He gladly took the menus out of my hand and told me what he would select. According to my receipt I had Desi Chatt, Chutney Tray, Jeera Rice, Rogan Josh, and a Bombay Breeze (that was a fruit juice mix). I loved it all. Very good.

One could argue that's there isn't anything I'd eat that I wouldn't find delicious. That's okay. I like finding everything delicious, delectable, and awesome.

Okay, wait, there was one meal I had that I really wanted to regurgitate - Saturday Breakfast. I got this egg & cheese croissant in the SAN airport. It's the kind of sandwhich that makes you hate yourself while you eat it, and you know there's nothing good about it, and you probably would have gotten more nutrition eating a protein bar (which I consider fortified cardboard). So no, I don't eat everything indiscriminately.

However, there was a final pleasing meal.  In the Memphis airport, where I was laid over for a good 2 hours there was this superb sandwhich shop in the B terminal. I had smoked turkey with gouda on a rich bread I cannot identify. With some olive oil / herb red potato chips. *That* made me feel good to eat.

See? My trip reports are much richer when there are no pictures.