Studio Diner & At Last Cafe

This week I will introduce 2 restaurants.

Studio Diner (San Diego):
This is actually one of those unless you have the intention to search for it or found out by someone; otherwise, this isn't a regular restaurant that you would spot very easily. First of all, this stands alone on the side of the street, and the size of its parking lot can only park 10 cars. The theme of the place is Studio, but you will only notice the theme due to the spot lights by the table, which they don't turn on..., but the food is amazing. We ordered a lobster roll, which contains 6oz of lobster meat in a small roll, a grilled portobello sandwich, and a Samson's Steak Sandwich with sweet potato fries, which is similar to a philly cheese steak sandwich taken to another dimension!

Lobster Roll

Samson's Steak Sandwich

Menu: Studio Diner has a unusual way in naming their menu. For example, breakfast is called First Shot the Day, salad is called Mom said, "Eat Your Greens," and wine is called Stuff You Drink But Not Drive With.
Price: It is a little pricy because the samson's steak sandwich costs $11.95, but it truely is a great experience in taste.
Hours: 24hours!!!!!
Location: 4701 Ruffin Road
San Diego, CA 92123
Phone #: 858-715-6400

At Last Cafe (Long Beach):

Bread Pudding

Brick Chicken

Interior

This is one of the MUST try restaurants in California. I was on my way up to LA last weekend due to Chinese New Year, and I remembered one of the restaurants Guy Fieri introduced on his show Diners Drive-ins and Dives, At Last Cafe is over at Long Beach, so I decided to stop by to have lunch. This is somewhat a ghetto area, and this is even harder to find than Studio Diner because this is smaller than the average size of McDonald's, but the food definitely doesn't match its appearance. Since its size roughly holds 30 people and most tables are 2 seaters, so this is a place for less than a party of four. I ordered a lamb shoulder, a brick chicken, and a bread pudding for dessert.

Lamb Shoulder

Price: moderate to high, depends on what you order the entree ranges $10 to $22, but considering this is one of the restaurants introduced by Guy Fieri, and the food have lived to its expectation, so I guess this will be a worthwhile experience for you too.

Awards & Newspaper cutouts over the year

Hours: Tues~Sat 11:30am~8:00pm
Location:

204 Orange Ave
Long Beach, CA 90802

Phone#: (562) 437-4837

First Entry

Whichwich? (San Diego)
Ever since two months ago, my girlfriend and I decided to try at least one new restaurant per week in San Diego. How do we pick the places? I would go to Yelp to look for any particular type of food we would like to eat and just try it out. This week I happened to have a craving for bread pudding, so Yelp led me to a place called Bread & Cie over at Hillcrest. However, when we get there, I begin to feel disappointed because first of all, they don't have bread pudding, and second, the environment just doesn't fit the food it serves, so we decided to take a walk around the block to look for other places.
After 30 minutes of walking around the block, we have come to a place called Whichwich?.

Overall this is just another type Subway, but with significant minor details.
First, which I found very interesting was the way of how you would order and customize your sandwich. You would pick out a paper bag with your choice of meat or vegan in one of these boxes, and then you would work your way down marking the type of bread, white or wheat, whether you wanted it toasted or not, and the ingredients such as cheese, topping, dressing and vegetables. At the very bottom you get to write your name

Second, you will find yourself stress free and you can take all the time you need before handing the bag to the register and pay for it, unlike Subway you usually have a line of people behind you waiting for you to complete your customization.
<----After you paid, they would clip your bag on this wire

Third, the interior is pretty interesting.

<----a 20-feet wall of paper bags with people's drawings.----->




Unfortunately, I didn't take any picture of the sandwich I got because we were to hungry, but this will also give you a reason to go down there and see for yourself. =D