Category Archives: La Jolla

The Marine Room La Jolla

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The Marine Room

Where: La Jolla, CA

What: fine dining

Somehow this is the first time I’ve ever dined at the Marine Room despite it being my 23rd or so time to La Jolla. My family goes to La Jolla every August, and this time I got the pleasure of dining at The Marine Room. I fell in love with it without even walking through the cute double doors.

Take a few steps inside and this is what you sea. <— I meant to do that.

Started off with my favorite. Prosecco + St. Germaine.

Sorry for the photo..it got dark outside. I went with the halibut with red walnut, venere rice, tomato confit, chorizo and saffron sauce.

I also got a bite of this delicious table side made Caesar salad. It was everything a Caesar salad should be minus the anchovies–which is a good thing in my opinion.

If you’re ever in San Diego, head to La Jolla and dine by the sea. It’s a treat.

Bon Appetit,

That Foodie Girl

Delicious Thai food in La Jolla

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Chedi Thai Bistro

What: Thai (duh)

Where: La Jolla, CA

An interior filled with large modern lamps and sleek tables and chairs, I’m usually drawn into a restaurant just because of the looks on the inside of the building. Yes, I judge a restaurant by its looks. And by Zagat, too. And Chedi Thai (pronounced [je-dee]) lived up to its high markings on both Zagat and Urban Spoon (another one of my go-tos).

Thai food is one of my favorite cuisines–it’s almost always satisfying, yummy and it can sometimes be nutritious. But my favorite Thai dish has to be the Pad See Ew (pronounce however you please), with large flat noodles, chicken, egg, broccoli and a sweet brown soy sauce. Always great. Chedi’s Pad See Ew was good, but it was lacking my 2nd favorite part of the dish: broccoli. It had lots of asparagus, which was interesting, but I would have preferred more “trees”. The noodles and sauce were awesome.

We started with a few appetizers, one being the photo at the top of this post. Those are their steamed vegetable dumplings filled with mushroom, corn, tofu, spinach, peanut and garlic. They were just alright, but I had to show you all the photo of their innovative dishes that they use. Presentation is everything…almost. But I do love when a restaurant uses cool dishes. The photo above is the crispy root vegetable spring rolls with parsnip, carrot, beet, noodles and plum sauce. Those were a hit also, but the table’s favorite were the crispy corn cakes. Sounds weird, looked even weirder, but tasted amazing. I didn’t think I’d like them, but they were a surprising burst of flavor.

And for you meat lovers..above is the Panang Curry with Angus Beef. My cousin Phil seemed to enjoy it, and again, I loved the presentation of this huge bowl of curry. Looks good, huh? Ok, now I have to have Thai food for lunch. What are your favorite Thai food restaurants?

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Bon appétit,

ThatFoodieGirl

The best little brunch spot in La Jolla

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Hi devoted foodie girl readers! I have to apologize that I have been so absent the past few days. My final year of college is starting up on Monday, so I’ve had the world’s longest to-do list that still hasn’t been completed. So sorry I haven’t been posting as regularly!

As the semester begins, I will have more responsibilites like class (yeah, i know) and being the Arts & Entertainment editor for the SMU Daily Campus. The Daily Mustang is no longer, as we have merged with the Daily Campus for the “continuous news desk”. So stay tuned for fun little insider posts on restaurants and food events going on around the SMU area!

Ok, to the point.

The Coffee Cup.

What: breakfast/healthy/Vegan friendly

Where: La Jolla, California

I’ve been wanting to try The Coffee Cup since the last time I was in La Jolla, but being as popular and tiny as it is (and a Saturday morning), there was a line out the door and we weren’t willing to wait an hour to eat brunch. So this time, I went on a random day of the week and only had to wait about 5 minutes. This little brunch spot is so small, it only fits about 10 tables total. The waiters are tatted up, hip and edgy, and extremely friendly.

Pretty much the whole menu is very healthy (except the first item we ordered pictured above…we had to) and a lot of the items are vegetarian and even vegan friendly. Because half my family is vegan, we’re always on the lookout for vegan friendly restaurants while on family vacations. Sometimes eating vegan meals sounds dissatisfying and boring, but at this place, I wouldn’t mind eating vegan every single day.

My brother Matt’s (vegan) girlfriend Lindsay (vegan) ordered this lunchier item that looks like heaven. I immediately had orderers-remorse (yep, I just coined that term) because her dish smelled delicious and just looked yummy and healthy.

I ordered the avocado scramble. I would’ve never thought to add avocado to scrambled eggs, but it made it a lot more savory and filling, not to mention healthy. On the side is their version of hash browns–a much heartier, more natural-looking, tasty mound of perfectly crisped potatoes and tomatoes.

My cousin Phil (sometimes vegan) ordered this dish–broccoli, tofu and veggies with a tortilla for making tacos. I decided I should introduce everyone to you all since they were nice enough to take photos of their dishes at the restaurant :)

My friend Katie ordered the pesto scramble that came with a side salad and grilled zuchinni. YUM. Looks awesome, and also came with a giant tortilla for taco-making pleasures.

This place is a must when in the San Diego/La Jolla area. You will leave full and satisfied, and definitely not guilty. I don’t care if you’re vegan or if you have veggie-phobia, get yourself over there if you’re on the West Coast. Oh, and there are plenty more lunch items and breakfast items that include chicken and beef too, if you’re into that.

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Bon appétit,

ThatFoodieGirl

That Foodie Girl is back!

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Sadly, I am back from vacation. Back from cool weather, family filled, relaxing La Jolla, California. I spent about 4 days in Lake Tahoe with my boyfriend and some friends, then flew to San Diego to spend a few days with my dad’s entire side of the family in La Jolla. It’s been tradition since my grandmother was a baby, so it’s like my second home there.

The weather wasn’t too nice to me…I only spent about a total of 3 hours on the beach as it was very overcast (you can probably tell from the photos), and it was very cool. I didn’t mind too much though, I was there to be with family and even got to hang out with one of my best friends who lives in San Francisco!

So enough about ME. This is about the FOOD you’re probably thinking right now. As you may have noticed, I took the week off blogging… but definitely not eating. I got to try plenty of new spots in Lake Tahoe, La Jolla and one in Dallas this morning. It was also nice talking to cousins and family members who read my blog and are so very encouraging to me :) I am very blessed to have such an awesome family. You guys rock!

The point is I have lots of new material to share with you. Stick around for a fun-filled next few weeks of exciting eateries scattered across the West Coast.

First up: a cute little cupcake shop in downtown La Jolla.

Cups

Kind of looks like a sleek Apple store for cupcakes, doesn’t it? This little cupcakery is located in the quaint town of La Jolla serving up cupcakes and coffee. It’s always fun to stumble upon hip and trendy little spots in my vacation town. I got 4 mini cupcakes for everyone to try. I got the creme brulee, old school vanilla, milk chocolate and red velvet. I tried the creme brulee and it was perfection. I love the classic creme brulee, so it was the perfect creme brulee atop a (i hate this word) moist cupcake.

How cool are those stickers they place on top of the cupcake case? I thought it was a nice touch. My mom and I also ordered our 3pm pick-me-up coffees there and really enjoyed their all organic coffees. Their cool factor didn’t stop there. We went to fix up our coffees and they actually offered tiny tubes of agave nectar (the good for you sweetener! all natural). I’ve never seen a coffee shop that offers agave, especially in the fun little tubes. And for sleeves for your hot/cold coffee, it was a thin piece of cork that you stuck onto your cup. Way cool design and probably a lot cheaper for them.

As if you weren’t sold on this place already, I noticed something else cool. There was a group of girls that came in, ordered their cupcakes and sat down. One of the Cups employee came over to serve them their milk which came in these little old school jars and a fancy red and white striped straw. I love it! It’s little things like this that keep me coming back to restaurants.

If you’re ever in the area, or have friends over there who haven’t tried this cupcake shop, do it. Plus, if you don’t feel like eating a whole cupcake, you can order a mini one.

It’s nice to be back! Please comment with ideas for blog posts if you have any. I want to hear my readers out!

Bon appétit,

ThatFoodieGirl