3 /5 Tawny V: After reading the reviews I was excited to visit Viewpoint Neighborhood Kitchen at Sycuan. Of course, I had to look at the menu prior to arrival. I was set on the calamari, chorizo mussels and bone in pork chop. You know it’s bad when the bread comes out and one of them is hard as a rock. I felt terrible sending it back but c’mon first impression.
Calamari – Jalapeno, fennel, charred lemon, meyer lemon aioli and cocktail sauce
Chorizo mussels – Chorizo, garlic, fennel, pitted olives, confit tomato, white wine, tomato sauce and grilled bread
Pork chop- Grilled pork chop, grilled asparagus, garlic mashed potatoes, apricot cranberry chutney
We asked for all three dishes to come out at the same time and all three did but the Calamari came out room temp and didn’t taste freshly fried we mentioned it to our server and he was more than willing to get us a new order. The chorizo mussels had great flavor but the olives were bigger than the mussel meat themselves which made it harder to eat. The pork chop was seasoned well so were the potatoes, the asparagus were a bit cold but I wasn’t going to be that gal. Also, it should be noted…. the menu says apricot cranberry chutney and the overload of the apricot was quite drastic, just my two cents. The second time the calamari came out, it was hot but goodness gracious I thought I was going to die from the extra sodium sprinkled on them. I held my tongue but it was so salty it literally was inedible so I apologized and just told them to take it away. Our server Carlos did the right thing and took it off the bill, he was also extra patient with us, thank you for that.