Oh Yard House, how many ways do I love thee. I first stumbled across the Yard House several years ago at their downtown San Diego location. It was love at first site, that huge wrap around bar with endless taps of beery goodness. The food was pretty damn good too.
So when the Yard House opened at Town Square last year, we needed to stop in and check it out. The evening we were their last year, I remember it being noisy and kinda on they hip side. We being the anti hip crowd, decided to avoid visiting it again on a Friday night.
Well we finally made it back last night, before our screening of Watchmen. Our timing was good as we made it for happy hour and with many lovely half price appetizers to be had, we went crazy. I started out with a Stone IPA and poured over the menu. We finally decided on a fine array of items, heavy on the seafood and for the most part very good.
My inner Gordon Ramsey prompted me to pick the Blue Crab Cakes first, they were good but a bit bland. They had a mango relish on the side, and very little filler in the cake itself. But still for the most part not a lot really good crab flavor. We had no problem eating them, none the less.
Next up we went for the other hot item of our quad, they Moo Shu Egg rolls. These were easily the highlight both for flavor and ease of eating. The applesauce ish dipping sauce on the side was a bit meh, but the egg rolls themselves were spicy of ginger, filled with lots of chicken. Very tasty.
Next up the crazy California Roll, this thing was a challenge. Set on a giant cake of rice, about 6 inches in diameter, it was tough to navigate but tasted great. A mix of cucumber and crab layered on the top of the rice and fish roe on top of that as well. Garnished with additional crab, avocado and pickled ginger, it was surrounded by a plating of oil and a wasabi, soy concoction.
Last we had the huge Poke stack, not sure why I chose this rather than the seared ahi. Storm was about done by then opting to polish off the California Roll. I went straight for the tuna and avoided the accompanying carrot bean sprout mixture that was in the middle.
I managed to polish off a couple more Stone IPA's along the way, too busy eating to look for another beer to drink. All in all very nice and another enjoyable meal at this establishment.
So when the Yard House opened at Town Square last year, we needed to stop in and check it out. The evening we were their last year, I remember it being noisy and kinda on they hip side. We being the anti hip crowd, decided to avoid visiting it again on a Friday night.
Well we finally made it back last night, before our screening of Watchmen. Our timing was good as we made it for happy hour and with many lovely half price appetizers to be had, we went crazy. I started out with a Stone IPA and poured over the menu. We finally decided on a fine array of items, heavy on the seafood and for the most part very good.
My inner Gordon Ramsey prompted me to pick the Blue Crab Cakes first, they were good but a bit bland. They had a mango relish on the side, and very little filler in the cake itself. But still for the most part not a lot really good crab flavor. We had no problem eating them, none the less.
Next up we went for the other hot item of our quad, they Moo Shu Egg rolls. These were easily the highlight both for flavor and ease of eating. The applesauce ish dipping sauce on the side was a bit meh, but the egg rolls themselves were spicy of ginger, filled with lots of chicken. Very tasty.
Next up the crazy California Roll, this thing was a challenge. Set on a giant cake of rice, about 6 inches in diameter, it was tough to navigate but tasted great. A mix of cucumber and crab layered on the top of the rice and fish roe on top of that as well. Garnished with additional crab, avocado and pickled ginger, it was surrounded by a plating of oil and a wasabi, soy concoction.
Last we had the huge Poke stack, not sure why I chose this rather than the seared ahi. Storm was about done by then opting to polish off the California Roll. I went straight for the tuna and avoided the accompanying carrot bean sprout mixture that was in the middle.
I managed to polish off a couple more Stone IPA's along the way, too busy eating to look for another beer to drink. All in all very nice and another enjoyable meal at this establishment.
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