San Diego Visitors Guide - Spring/Summer 2016

Sab-E-Lee

This beloved destination for authentic Issan-style Thai food is worth the drive from anywhere in the county. Must-order dishes include thick and fragrant panang curry, chili-spiked drunken noodles, and larb salads with citrus and mint.

6925 Linda Vista Road, Suite B,
Linda Vista
Saffron

Owner Su-Mei Yu has received national press for her creative recipes and healthy approach to Thai cooking. Be sure to try the Thai-style rotisserie chicken with jasmine rice and refreshing Cambodian salad, tom yum soups, stir fry dishes and curries.

3731 India St., Mission Hills
Supannee House of Thai

The food here is big on presentation as well as flavor: Seafood curry comes in a coconut, tropical fried rice fills in a hollowed pineapple and fried fish is brought to the table whole. Start the meal with the Instagrammable ladyfingers appetizer—garlic shrimp wrapped in fried wontons.

2907 Shelter Island Drive, Point Loma
EXPLORE
TASTE OF
THAILAND

FILIPINO: OCEAN PACIFIC GRILL

This sleek eatery delivers a modern spin on Filipino cuisine. The chef, a veteran of Roy’s, puts pork sisig in tacos and flavors baby back ribs with adobo sauce. There’s also more traditional dishes like green papaya salad, lumpia and seabass with crispy skin.

531 F St., Gaslamp Quarter

Tip: Try the tocino (sweet, cured slabs of pork
belly) on toast with burrata, roasted tomatoes
and balsamic reduction.

VIETNAMESE: SOVEREIGN

Two-time Michelin Bib Award–winning chef Michael “Bao” Huynh presides over this modern Vietnamese restaurant in the Gaslamp Quarter, with an exciting menu stocked with items like fish sauce chicken wings, sizzling cuttlefish and banana spring roll sundaes for dessert.

467 Fifth Ave., Gaslamp Quarter

Tip: Food Shop, the restaurant’s grab-and-go
kitchen, serves a tasty selection of pho, banh mi
sandwiches and wok dishes at affordable prices.
ERITREAN/ETHIOPIAN:
MUZITA ABYSSINIAN BISTRO

Multiple vegetarian and vegan specialties pair nicely with a traditional honey wine called tej, favored in East Africa.

4651 Park Blvd., University Heights

Tip: Make sure to wash up before dining, as
you’ll be eating with your hands.
BRAZILIAN: REI DO GADO
BRAZILIAN STEAKHOUSE

This churasscaria offers an all-you-can-eat carnivore’s dream. Choose from 20 different cuts of mesquite-grilled beef, lamb and chicken presented on a swordlike skewer and cut at the table. Make a trip to the salad bar for hot and cold sides and wash it all down with a caipirinha.