Shangri-La and Chuy's taqueria

Since we are moving this week, we haven't been cooking in the apartment. Yesterday, we ate at Shangri-La on 8th Street and today we ate at Chuy's on Lake.

The reason I decided to eat at Shangri-La yesterday was that they had listed on their menu "Crabmeat and fish maw soup." This is one of my favorite soups and it's so good down in LA that I had to see what it was like in Davis. I think my expectations were too high, because at Shangri-La it was nothing like what it was supposed to be. Fortunately, the soup was still good, if I tried not to think about what it should have been.

We also ordered their peking spare ribs and spinach with garlic. I wanted Chinese spinach with garlic, but they didn't have that. Everything was good, and the ribs weren't that bright reddish color that I'm used to seeing. The spinach was so delicious, I might have to go back just for that. I've never made spinach that good before. The only thing was that eating there was kind of depressing because we were the only ones there.

Today, at Chuy's, I ordered a tostada plate with carnitas, and a fish soft taco. Nick had the special, which was the taco salad. The fish taco was good as always, with salsa, great seasoned white fish, lettuce, and slices of avocado. Drizzled with a bit of lime, it was great. My tostada plate was good, but it was too much for me. I liked the guac and sour cream on top.

Nick's taco salad was served in this taco bowl that had a flaky, buttery texture. It was very different. He was surprised to find a layer of beans down at the bottom as well. I think he liked it. I decided to order a Mexican coke to see if it really did taste better because it has cane sugar instead of high fructose corn syrup. It was good, but I don't think I'll pay $2 regularly for one.

The guy that works behind the counter is extremely nice, and offered to wait on us once he knew we planned to eat there. The salsas there are delicious, especially the chunky one.

I forgot to bring the camera, but I can assure you everything looked delicious.

Shangri-La Restaurant
1750 8th st.
Davis, CA 95616
(530) 753-3398

Sun-Thurs 11:30AM-9:30PM
Fri-Sat 11:30AM-10:00PM


Chuy's Taqueria
1260 Lake Blvd. Suite 103
Davis, CA 95616
(530) 756-4183

Mon-Thu 10:00AM-8:30PM
Fri 10:00AM-9:00PM
Sat 8:00AM-9:00PM
Sun closed