From Roger’s notebook

Chinese

Food history

Latest recorded visit2016-12-23
“You get to handpick from a variety of skewers ranging from veggies, seafood and some odd organs.”
Roger, Google Maps review (2016-12-23)

Chinese

Private Kitchen - 馬大嫂

Clairemont, San DiegoClosed

Now closed. Roger's opening-week review of this Clairemont hot pot spot covered a handpicked skewer bar (veggies, seafood, organs like duck gizzard) and the option to add ramen to an extra-spicy pot, shared or individual.

Closed

Private Kitchen - 馬大嫂 is listed as closed on Yelp; M.O.M Kitchen now operates from the same Clairemont Mesa Blvd address. Roger's opening-week review is kept as part of the dated record.

Yelp — Private Kitchen listed as closed (checked 2026-09-17) (2026-09-17) ↗

The call

This page is kept as part of the dated record. The order notes below describe the place as Roger recommended it, not as it operates today.

What to order

  • Skewers (veggies, seafood, organs)
  • Spicy pot with ramen added

Best for

  • Food history

Source-backed notes

Visit history

Checked in 1 time on Yelp, most recently Dec 23, 2016. See the check-in log

2016-12-23day precision · source explicit
★★★☆☆
“You get to handpick from a variety of skewers ranging from veggies, seafood and some odd organs.”

Reviewing during opening week, Roger described handpicking from a wide skewer selection — vegetables, seafood and less common organs like duck gizzard — then adding them to a pot ordered extra spicy, with ramen mixed in. He noted diners could choose an individual pot or share one big pot as a group, and said the table left still hungry after nearly three dozen skewers.

Source 1 ↗

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