So, I had some errands to run around SD today, with the anterior motive of finding somewhere absolutely delicious to eat. Last night before bed, I was browsing Alice Q. Foodie's blog when I came across this picture sent from HEAVEN
I would have dreamed about this shrimp if I could. But I had plans to actually eat it today. GOD, the thought of shrimp like that...
Anyways, so I hit the town, sure I'd pass a Mexican Seafood restaurant at SOME point. It's strange how Mexican food runs rampant when you aren't looking for it, but when you ARE it seems like they all skipped town....figures...
After 3 hrs of errands, I hit up India Street for El Indio. I had yet to try this place but was hopeful that they'd have some tasty shrimp inside.... NOPE. NO SEAFOOD. FOR CHRISTS SAKE ALL I WANT IS SOME SHRIMP THAT I SAW ON THE FOODIE WEBSITE WHYYYYYYYY. And if I had read the reviews on it beforehand, disappointment could have been easily avoided. COME ON it says "World's Best Chips & Salsa" on the front for Christ's sake!!! You can't have shrimp??!?!?
On a whim I crossed the street and went to Saffron. At this point, I'm a little delirious with hunger. I figure a good, rich curry will serve as a solid substitute for flavorful, mexican shrimp (yeah, that comparison doesn't make any sense now...but it did at the time). I think i just wanted to be bombarded by spices and flavor.....I guess.
So anyways, THEY DONT HAVE ANY SHRIMP DISHES other than some Pad Thai and soup. NO SHRIMP CURRY. lame. But, they DID have a Panang Salmon dish....sounds amazingly delicious, no?
It wasn't.
Now, I make Panang at home and know that the secret to amazing Panang is time. You've got to wok that spice paste shit and let it simmer in coconut milk for almost 10 minutes to get DECENT Panang. And I'll WAIT for good food. So you can imagine my concern when I got my dish in 3 minutes flat.....
Ugh, it was flavorless in comparison to the Panang I've had. The sauce hadn't been mingled nearly long enough. It was grainy and kinda tasteless, so I'm kinda mad and i feel kinda crazy and I really want my 10 bucks back....
And it kinda would've been smart to actually see where Alice got that tasty shrimp.... looking now it was at Mariscos German in Logan Heights, where i wasn't even ANYWHERE remotely close to, so I guess today's eating expedition was destined to fail. Damn you Saffron!!
On a happier note, Saffron's Drunken Noodles are to die for. :)
For Tomorrow,
Sade
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