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Pupusas and a Balinese rice house on Gareth Eats' backyard tour

Two San Diego home kitchens offer very different dinners, from handmade Salvadoran comfort food to a tasting menu costing $667 for two.

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$20 vs $600 Backyard Restaurants in San Diego, California

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0:35Gareth meets Yanira and Martha at Love Pupusas, their family-run home kitchen in Rancho Peñasquitos.
2:40An apron goes on as Gareth attempts to fill, shape and griddle his own pupusa.
4:26The tasting expands to Salvadoran drinks and snacks, with curtido and salsa accompanying the pupusas.
9:10Warung RieRie's backyard dinner costs $667 for two; Dave then tours the garden and antique rice house.
13:34Blowtorched bluefin tuna precedes a babi guling platter with coconut pandan rice, skewers and three sambals.
18:04Coconut, mango and dragon fruit gelato arrive in a halved coconut shell.

Gareth Leonard puts on an apron before he sits down to dinner. At Love Pupusas in Rancho Peñasquitos, Yanira and her mother Martha let him try molding, filling and griddling his own pupusa, a hands-on introduction to San Diego's home-kitchen dining scene.

That visit supplies the affordable half of "$20 vs $600 Backyard Restaurants in San Diego, California", Gareth Eats' only new upload of the week. The other half takes him to Warung RieRie in Serra Mesa, where Dave and chef Rie Sims host dinner inside an antique Indonesian rice house reassembled in their backyard. Pork belly bites, blowtorched bluefin tuna and a babi guling platter make this rather different from popping round for supper. The video includes a sponsored segment for Homebase.

The episode has drawn about 68,000 views and is comfortably the channel's busiest upload right now. Its price contrast has also given viewers something specific to discuss: several weigh the tasting menu against repeated visits for pupusas, while others focus on the appeal of eating food made in a family kitchen. One recalls how much they would give to cook with their grandmother again.

Subscribers held steady over the week, and daily views are currently below Gareth Eats' usual pace. Nearby food channel HARI ROKAYA had a similar weekly view gain and also held steady on subscribers; Addison Bowley had a more expansive week for subscriber growth.

Behind the backyard visits, Gareth's Korean-food tour and Chicago pizza crawl are drawing almost identical daily audiences. The latter stretches from Vito & Nick's tavern-style pies to deep dish at Burt's Place, keeping another city's dinner options on the menu.

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What viewers say

What an amazing find, and those pupusas look perfect. Having grandma in the kitchen is not just part of the experience, it is the experience. I would give any amount of money to cook and eat with my grandma one more time. That is what they are really offering here, and you cannot put a price on it.
@WheretoEatCaliforniaSee it on YouTube
This is actually a cool niche of food blog content that I rarely see. Props Gareth.
@kishin7See it on YouTube
I’d love to try both! I did not know this was an actual thing!!! San Diego is so amazing. The diversity in our city is such a precious commodity and makes us very lucky to call SD home. I hope both of these families have great success with their in home cooking businesses. ❤
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Those papusas look so good!
@NoelJordan-n5j5mSee it on YouTube
The backyard looks like visiting Southeast Asia! Tropical vibes !!!
@biancabflySee it on YouTube
I was introduced to pupusa‘s roughly 5 years ago and oh my God they’re the greatest dish I’ve ever had
@1citiboy3See it on YouTube
Gareth you are overdue for a pupusas (Salvadoran spots) video! Hehe 😄 I hope you tried the nuegados and quesadillas featured in the video!
@kiquedcSee it on YouTube