First Visit
Miko is smiling in anticipation, not knowing what is in store... |
Special cold noodles. Different than Spicy City's, and not as good, but still tasty. |
Fish dish. GIANT portion!! We barely made a dent. |
Miko's notes on our official Convoy Conquest folder data sheet. |
Second Visit
Cold appetizers. SO DELICIOUS!! The whitish thing in the back is a potato dish--Jenne's favorite of the whole evening. |
Fish in spicy sauce. Delicious. |
Salt and pepper pork chop. Lots of bones. |
Beef wraps. Tasty! |
Lackluster fried rice. :-( |
Mass quantities of steamed rice, of course |
Duck with crispy rice...amazing seasoning! Also lots of bones. |
Awesome crab dish--if you don't mind getting your hands dirty... and Elise didn't mind AT ALL. |
Yummy cumin lamb! |
Xiao long bao. Don't even bother; just go to Dumpling Inn instead. |
Vegetable dish--not super exciting but a nice foil to the spicy dishes. |
Before. |
After. |
Public service announcement:
We recommend Coca-Cola to cool your mouth from the spicy food (and we're usually not Coke drinkers.) Don't know why it works but it does!
First Visit
Rating: Inconclusive
Date: 11/4/11
Time in: 7:49 PM
Servers' recommendations: Twice-cooked fish
What we ordered: Twice-cooked fish, special cold noodles, mapo tofu.
Number in our party: 2
Final check amount: $29.61
Notes:
Date: 11/4/11
Time in: 7:49 PM
Servers' recommendations: Twice-cooked fish
What we ordered: Twice-cooked fish, special cold noodles, mapo tofu.
Number in our party: 2
Final check amount: $29.61
Notes:
- The food was so spicy. Okay, I (Miko) admit that I'm a ginormous wimp. But Holy Jesus. I couldn't be a fair judge, since all I could taste was burning. Therefore, we decided that a second visit must be scheduled, and I would order items that were not marked with chili symbols.
- The portions are GIANT.
- The crowd was younger than we expected; they all look like college students. There were very few non-Asians.
- Convivial atmosphere and awesome decorations. The ceiling is amazeballs.
- The service is a little slow. It's a big dining area, and they only had 2 servers working. They really could have used 4.
- When we ordered the cold noodles, the server pointed to the lo mein and asked, "Don't you want this? It's more Chinese style."
- We liked how they packaged our food up for us.
Second Visit
Rating: Two thumbs up
Date: 12/17/11
Time in: 7:32 PM
Time out: 8:55 PM
What we ordered: Cold appetizers: pickles, potato salad, and cured meat; salt and pepper pork chop; beef wrap; steamed bun; boiled fish; fried lamb with cumin; house special fried rice; snow cabbage, bean curd, and green beans; crispy duck with rice; fried crab with rice cake; beer; Cokes.
Number in our party: 7 (Howie, Keith, Sarah, Elise, and Tracie as guest critics today)
Final check amount: $127.70
Notes:
Date: 12/17/11
Time in: 7:32 PM
Time out: 8:55 PM
What we ordered: Cold appetizers: pickles, potato salad, and cured meat; salt and pepper pork chop; beef wrap; steamed bun; boiled fish; fried lamb with cumin; house special fried rice; snow cabbage, bean curd, and green beans; crispy duck with rice; fried crab with rice cake; beer; Cokes.
Number in our party: 7 (Howie, Keith, Sarah, Elise, and Tracie as guest critics today)
Final check amount: $127.70
Notes:
- The food came out very quickly, which was fortunate, because we were all starved. A hush fell over the table as we ate; we were too busy eating to talk.
- The cold appetizers were delicious! The potato salad was particularly good.
- The boiled fish was not as spicy as it looked. Sarah and Miko's favorite.
- The lamb with cumin was Keith's favorite.
- The crab was well-seasoned and lent delicious flavor to the rice cakes. Yum.
- The duck was a minefield of bones -- watch out!
- The pork chop also had a lot of bone and tasted a little like pancake syrup. It would've been better if it had been more savory instead of just sweet.
- The fried rice is kind of meh. They were supposed to bring out the house special fried rice, but they brought out vegetable fried rice instead. It was tasteless.
Address: 3860 Convoy Street, Ste 105
Phone number: 858.278.5883
Website: http://www.sandiegospicyhouse.com/
Accepts credit cards? Yes
Parking: Crowded lot with teeny spaces.
Ideal group size: Any
Available vegetarian options: TONS (but they may have fish sauce in them).
Noise level: 3.5