Best local place to eat - your recommendations? (Simi Valley: wage, suburbs)

[Winston Smith]

Originally Posted by user_id

When you make something fat-free and sugar-free is it still actually food? Isn't it at that point just some synthetic chemical subsistence?

Don't know, but it might be fodder for something we can argue about ad infinitum.

[user_id]

Originally Posted by Winston Smith

Don't know, but it might be fodder for something we can argue about ad infinitum.

Your appetite for banal commentary on my posts appears infinite..

Did city-data disable the ignore feature?

[Winston Smith]

Originally Posted by user_id

Your appetite for banal commentary on my posts appears infinite..

Did city-data disable the ignore feature?

My appetite for the ignore feature is finicky, and my taste for your posts is something along the lines of, uh, the stuff "served" at Target food court: I'll survive it for now, but probably best if avoided.

[LadyKLO]

Originally Posted by Winston Smith

My appetite for the ignore feature is finicky, and my taste for your posts is something along the lines of, uh, the stuff "served" at Target food court: I'll survive it for now, but probably best if avoided.

You know the Target food court is good...try the caesar salad....lol...just don't eat too much of the dressing!

[HSP1161]

Originally Posted by LadyKLO

You know the Target food court is good...try the caesar salad....lol...just don't eat too much of the dressing!

... said the girl who is spoiled by the Target in River Park!

[LadyKLO]

Originally Posted by OpenSky

... said the girl who is spoiled by the Target in River Park!

LOL, you know it! At least I do branch out...been in Ventura eating froyo these days!

[user_id]

I never understood the appeal of food being served at big box retailers. Is it to help parents make their kids even more obese? Mostly I see families getting stuff....

[Winston Smith]

Originally Posted by user_id

I never understood the appeal of food being served at big box retailers. Is it to help parents make their kids even more obese? Mostly I see families getting stuff....

I almost repped you on that one, user_id! Just the dower "what the h311 do you want?" attitude of the food-service employees at those places should be enough to ruin anyone's appetite. But, as in the case of the new Riverpark Target, they have you a bit captive in there. The greater of two evils is to climb back down those stairs, hike to your car and drive somewhere else....

Sorry, Lady, but I've taken a dislike of the new RP Target. Much prefer the old one -- it was convenient, even though I didn't eat there, either.

[LadyKLO]

Originally Posted by Winston Smith

I almost repped you on that one, user_id! Just the dower "what the h311 do you want?" attitude of the food-service employees at those places should be enough to ruin anyone's appetite. But, as in the case of the new Riverpark Target, they have you a bit captive in there. The greater of two evils is to climb back down those stairs, hike to your car and drive somewhere else....

Sorry, Lady, but I've taken a dislike of the new RP Target. Much prefer the old one -- it was convenient, even though I didn't eat there, either.

LOL, the only time you will see me eating there is when I go on a binge in search for popcorn.....

[American Pie]

Who here is into Thai?

We recently ate at Sawadee, a little restaurant we've probably driven past hundreds of times but wrote off as just another mediocre eatery. It's located at 217 Arneill in Camarillo, just off the 101.

I've been enjoying Asian foods for decades (my wife is Hong Kong Chinese, so she knows good food) and this is among the best I've tried in Ventura County. (Sadly, our favorite local restaurant, Chen's Szechuan in Thousand Oaks, closed last year when the owners retired.)

Too often restaurant owners, after their reputation has been established by employing truly skilled cooks, will fire the good cooks and hire the cheapest help they can find. From what I could tell Sawadee is family-owned and the cooks are family members (not minimum-wage workers). The food was excellent. We tried the Signature Pad Thai with shrimp, and a couple of curry dishes. Unfortunately there were a couple of kids in our group so we couldn't get too adventurous with the heat, but we left very satisfied. We'll be going back.