{"id":12367,"date":"2012-04-10T14:00:21","date_gmt":"2012-04-10T21:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/?p=12367"},"modified":"2012-04-11T17:39:46","modified_gmt":"2012-04-12T00:39:46","slug":"chinese-lunch-with-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2012\/04\/10\/chinese-lunch-with-friends\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Lunch With Friends"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Had an unscheduled lunch with three close friends, Rodrigo, Sylvia and Mary. We thoroughly enjoyed some of the best Chinese food anywhere, at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yelp.com\/biz\/mandarin-canton-restaurant-chula-vista\" target=\"_blank\">Mandarin Canton<\/a> in Chula Vista. The three of us shared heaping plates of\u00a0Szechwan shrimp,\u00a0cashew chicken, and\u00a0salt and pepper chicken wings, and all three of which were extraordinarily good.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"570\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.pacsworlds.com\\\/blogs\\\/2012\\\/04\\\/10\\\/chinese-lunch-with-friends\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:21460605}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 570px; height: 489px;\" data-original-width=\"570\" data-original-height=\"489\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 327px; height: 489px;\" data-original-width=\"327\" data-original-height=\"489\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Mandarin-Canton01-04-10-12-lo-res.jpg?ssl=1\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\" rel=\"lightbox[12367]\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"323\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"485\"> <img data-attachment-id=\"12368\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Mandarin-Canton01-04-10-12-lo-res.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"480,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D70&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1334064766&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;24&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Mandarin Canton01 04-10-12 lo-res\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Mandarin-Canton01-04-10-12-lo-res.jpg?fit=200%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Mandarin-Canton01-04-10-12-lo-res.jpg?fit=480%2C720&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Mandarin-Canton01-04-10-12-lo-res.jpg?w=323&#038;h=485&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"323\" height=\"485\" data-original-width=\"323\" data-original-height=\"485\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Mandarin Canton01 04-10-12 lo-res\" alt=\"Mandarin Canton01 04-10-12 lo-res\" style=\"width: 323px; 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Wanted to try something new so I ordered the Caramel Chicken, which had a little bite to it but was really flavorful and I would order it again. Lannie and I ended up sitting and catching\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Food&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Pei-Wei01-11-09-11-lo-res.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":941,"url":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2010\/07\/29\/lunch-at-mandarin-canton-with-the-ladies\/","url_meta":{"origin":12367,"position":1},"title":"Lunch at Mandarin Canton with the Ladies","date":"July 29, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Had orange chicken and salt and pepper chicken for lunch at Mandarin Canton with Sylvia, Lannie, Heather and Kris. Oh, and Deaglan.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Food&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Lunch01-lo-res.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":4686,"url":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2011\/01\/29\/a-walk-and-then-some-chicken\/","url_meta":{"origin":12367,"position":2},"title":"Walking Dogs And Then Chicken","date":"January 29, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Had a great walk with Rodrigo, Sylvia, Stitch and Lilo at Fiesta Island on yet another beautiful San Diego day. Then went to Chick-fil-A by the Sports Arena for a very tasty lunch. Only downside was that \"Disney on Ice\" let out just as we were finishing our meal.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Fauna&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Fiesta-Island01-01-29-11-lo-res.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5867,"url":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2011\/04\/07\/lunch-with-lannie\/","url_meta":{"origin":12367,"position":3},"title":"Lunch With Lannie","date":"April 7, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Had a really good Chinese lunch with my old friend Lannie.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Food&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Pei-Wei01-04-07-11-lo-res.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":9809,"url":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2011\/11\/15\/birthday-lunch-tapia-style\/","url_meta":{"origin":12367,"position":4},"title":"Birthday Lunch, Tapia Style","date":"November 15, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Had lunch with the Tapias at Pei Wei Asian Diner in Mission Valley today to celebrate Rodrigo's birthday. 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