China Camp
2137 Pacific Highway
San Diego, CA 92101
Short: Excellent Chinese food. Avoid at peak because tourists pack in with kids that seem to want to cry all the time.
Longer:
I felt like Chinese and the closest to my pad is a place called the “China Camp”. Oddly, it shares a building with Denny’s, and Fat City steakhouse. But it works. The theme is “gold rush”, but the net effect is that the booths are private, which I liked.
China Camp is right on the PCH and gets a lot of hotel / tourist driven traffic. San Diego is a family attraction – and that means KIDS. I have kids, and I love kids, but I don’t like parents that let their kids scream and cry in restaurants. In thousands of dining out experiences, mine NEVER have. Apparently some small, but vocal, set of parents can’t handle their kids and the place was loud with their screams. Eat OFF hours for a pleasant aural experience.
The food was EXCELLENT. I got hot & sour soup – just spicy enough to be good but not painful. I then got the sizzling plate “Dragon and Phoenix” – awesome. I’d intended to eat half and then take the rest home for later. But I ate it all.
I then felt obliged to work it off, so I road the harbor loop down to the Hilton and back. All in all, an enjoyable evening.