It’s been a great week to be a foodie in San Diego! Why? Because January 13 through today was San Diego Restaurant Week, a culinary bi-annual tradition here when tons of restaurants (over 180 this time!) offer prix fixed menus at discounted prices. Yummy eats at cheaper prices? Yes please! Lunch courses run from $10-20, and dinner menus range from $20-40.
I had two fun dining experiences this week. My favorite meal was today, when I met my friend Tiffany for lunch in Del Mar at a restaurant called Kitchen 1540. It was an awesome place within the gorgeous L’Auberge Hotel.
The restaurant had a cool vibe to it, and we sat outside on the spacious patio. It was perfect out! Both of us got super yummy salads as one of our courses:
I’ve mentioned before that I am not a big fan of kale sometimes, but this salad was awesome! The dressing was tangy and flavorful, and the kale wasn’t tough at all. We also split a dessert – carrot cake with spiced ice cream and candied walnuts:
Scrumptious!
I definitely want to go back to Kitchen 1540 on a nice night to sit outside with a view of the ocean and enjoy a martini or two.
The other restaurant I tried during restaurant week was Gabardine, a spot in the Point Loma area. Adam and I went there last Sunday night and each had 3 courses for $30 a person.
First up, I had tomato soup with a mini grilled cheese on the side:
My main entree was a dish of artichokes, roasted tomato, fennel, mozzarella and white beans:
I liked both of my courses, but only ate about half of each. The main reason was because I knew that dessert was coming up, and I wanted to try some but didn’t want to stuff myself. I hardly ever order dessert out, so trying a few of them was part of the fun in going out for restaurant week! Dessert at Gabardine was 1.) cinnamon munchkins with chocolate mousse on the side and 2.) a peanut butter ice cream sundae:
Drool.
I love restaurant week and think it’s an awesome way to showcase some of the great places to dine at in San Diego!
Amy says
I’m drooling over those cinnamon munchkins! Love your top in the pic (and your nail polish) 🙂
foodielovesfitness says
Tell me about it! Thanks Amy. The funny part about my nails is that I got gel polish done on them for the holidays over a month ago, and I can’t get it off! haha