San Diego Dining...

I've spent this past week in San Diego and ate at a few interesting places:

Sammy's Woodfired Pizza: we started wtih steak skewers, then a five-cheese pizza and angel-hair pasta with sundried tomatoes. The pizza was the best of the three, excellent sauce.

McGregor's Pub: Just bar food (nachos) and Guinness, but both were tasty.

Roppongi: An asian-fusion place in La Jolla. Had Seafood Bento Box:

That's a tempura shrimp, marinated ahi on the left, a couple of pieces of California Roll, Tuna Sashimi, Yellowtail Teriyaki over steamed rice, pickled cucumber, and seaweed salad. I washed it down with a sake sampler:

Sadaf: This is a Persian place on Fifth Ave. in the Gaslamp Quarter. I started with Kashk-E-Bademjan, which is Sauteed Eggplant, Onion and Garlic, blended into a paste. Topped with Kashk (Whey) and fried Mint:

Followed this starter with a Cornish Hen Kabob with Cherry Rice. Dessert was Bamieh, which are small fried pastries with honey in them, and hot tea.

While eating at Sadaf, I noticed a wine bar across the street called The Grape. I walked over there after the meal and had a flight of Ports, 10-, 20-, and 30-year vintages. That was just what I needed to fall asleep on the redeye home!