San Diego Restaurant Review

Shogun Japanese Restaurant

  Welcome stalwart followers of Brent’s World, except for a possible wrap up blog, this will be the final article in our “There Is No Place Like Home” series.  It is a great feeling to be able to put this series to bed!  I really enjoyed sharing our experiences visiting San Diego after being gone 5 years!  If everything works out schedule wise, I am looking to go back to visit sometime in 2018.  I cannot wait to get some more great content, and catch up again with friends and family.

  From almost the moment, we landed in Los Angeles, Mi Jung wanted to get Asian food, which we all found quit humorous, traveling all this way, and a whole bunch of new food options. Mi Jung wanted Asian food!  I was finally able to keep my promise by taking Mi Jung to Shogun, a Teppanyaki style Japanese restaurant in Kearny Mesa that I have been to a couple of times in the past. We have tried a couple of Teppanyaki style restaurants in Korea (Teppan –  https://www.catracing.org/hendrb/seoul-restaurant-review-teppan-hongdae/, and Dae Han Min Guk Han – https://www.catracing.org/hendrb/대한민국혼-republic-of-korea-horn-teppanyaki-korean-fusion-restaurant/). So, I was looking forward to hear Mi Jungs opinion after comparing our experience in Korea.. Shogun did have the advantage from the beginning with the fact that they served Sushi..  Mi jung loved the Ahi Tuna, and Salmon.. The presentation here is awesome.

Following the sushi we were served traditional Miso Soup, and some Chicken Yakitori.

After our soup and Yakitori our Teppan chef arrived, and began cooking our lunch, with the traditional Teppanyaki show. Here is the classic onion volcano.

 Tossing around the egg for our friend rice just takes way for coordination and manual dexterity than I possess.

Our final lunch entrée was the spicy chicken.

I really enjoyed our lunch experience, the food was great and the teppanyaki show is professionally done and humorous.  The show is much more refined then what we have seen in Korea.. A great dining experience.. We had no trouble walking in without a reservation for lunch, but if you are planning on going for dinner making a reservation is highly recommended.

Menu:

https://www.allmenus.com/ca/san-diego/29332-shogun/menu/

Phone #, Address, and web site:

(858)560-7399
5451 Kearny Villa Rd San Diego, CA 92123
Website: https://www.restaurantshogun.com/shop02.html

Hours:

Lunch
Monday – Friday: 11:30am – 3:00pm
Saturday & Sunday: 12:00pm – 3:00pm

Dinner
Monday – Thursday: 3:00pm – 9:30pm
Friday & Saturday: 3:00pm – 10:00pm
Sunday: 3:00pm – 9:30pm

How to get there:

Take 163 to Clairemont Mesa BLVD
Go East on Clairemont Mesa BLVD and make a left on Kearny Villa Rd.
Make a right into the parking lot at 5451 Kearny Villa Road