San Diego Dining, Day Three

Jan. 5
This was the first day of real paper sessions, so we had to have a boring lunch in the Marriott. But at dinner we, Kathy, Bert and Susann foraged out - okay, walked eight or ten blocks - to the Royal Thai restaurant. Fortunately, the group was congenial to ordering in the proper way, with everything available to share. Appetizers included a platter of fish-spam-filled crabcakes, shrimp salad, chicken saté, spring rolls, and various cups of spicy and unidentifiable things. Main courses were pad thai; deep-fried chee-chee duck; a dark and devilish melange of seafood (shrimp, scallops, mussels, squid) called the Red Sea (isn't that the name of every Ethiopian restaurant?); and "crying tiger beef" - nicely spiced and sliced flank steak. Not your usual Thai menu, and low-cost as well.