Pit Stop

Today I  was in the mood for some fish and chips so I decided to try out the "Pit Stop" in Oceanside a kind of 50s diner style restaurant that serves a wide array of American type food, to get some.

For 3 pieces of fried fish, fries, a small salad and a medium fountain drink the total came to $5.75 which is okay I guess but it was enough to fill me up so im satisfied with the price.  The fried fish in the meal was fairly tasty it but it was a little bit undercooked for my taste. Also they seem to have fried the fish in breadcrumbs instead of the more typical beer batter, which I like more. The fries also seemed alright nothing really special going on there. The tartar sauce that came with it however tasted a bit weird so I barely used it on my fish (normally I will use a good amount of it). The salad had cheese, bell peppers and a bunch of other junk on it but underneath all of that was a bunch of iceberg lettuce, so when I saw that I decided to just skip the salad.

In some contrast with the food the decor of the restaurant is quite elaborate and unique. It consisting of license plates arrayed across the walls, gas pump and road sign props, and the most interesting part a large car parked in the middle of the restaurant from the same era the restaurant takes inspiration from. In the end though the food simply was not that great and I am not really all that keen on coming back here again, especially for fish and chips.

                                          

I think I will give the "Pit Stop" a 3 and a half out of 5 stars.





Luk's Kitchen

Today I got hungry and realized that my parents were not going to make me anything to eat so I decided to go to "Luk's Kitchen" a Chinese restaurant near my house.

I would always pass by this place when driving around my neighborhood but never bothered to try it out

Well I was not missing much

Luk's Kitchen is a small hole in the wall place seemingly owned a operated (at least from what I could tell) by two people, only having about three sets of tables in the restaurant and despite its lack of noticeability and size it was a fairly clean and orderly place. There I had ordered some beef Chow Mein which I admit was fairly tasty but compared to all the other places I have had Chinese food was really just ok. The noodles like most Chow Mein noodles where somewhat greasy and the food seemed to be a little bit on the salty side. However this is nothing I did not expect from this meal. They did give a good balance of beef, noodles and vegetables in the Chow Mein, which I was happy for (as opposed to getting a lot of noodles and very little meat). The price for the meal at about 6 dollars was not bad seeing as how the amount of food I got was enough to fill me up, though I wouldn't say it was a deal. Overall however the food from this restaurant was just kind of average so I do not think I will be coming back here anytime soon.

I give luk's kitchen 3 and a half out of 5 stars