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Pearl tea (boba) chain in Santa Clara. This location seems to be decent, slightly better than the Mt. View location (just my opinion). I found that when with 75% sugar, it’s still too sweet. They offer organic milk/foam option.. go for it as it seems to taste better. Not my top choice for boba, but good enough. Read more...
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Stopped by this cafe on our way back home from Tahoe and was very impressed. The food was good, the coffee was good, the smoothies were good. It was a lively place and easy to get to. This is now my favorite go-to place for getting a quick lunch/bite and to stock up for the drive home from Tahoe. Read more...
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Yayoi is a modern Japanese comfort food place in Cupertino. You wait to get seated at the front, then you order through the iPads on your table. Additional requests for extra utensils and etc are also done via the iPad. Dessert ordering is done through the iPad too, as well as setting your status to “Ready for dessert”. At the Read more...
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Was chatting with my mom about rarely being impressed with Chinese food Stateside because of my few years of living abroad in China, and I mentioned this restaurant to her. Might as well put it here, because it shouldn’t be missed. This restaurant was formerly a palace built during the reign of Emporer Kang Xi, built around 1690. Today it has Read more...
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Pleasantly surprised at the opening of this little hole in the wall. Their street snacks has a few popular items, such as popcorn chicken, popcorn mushrooms and also the really obscure (aka. local) Mian Shian that they call Mee Sua (Fukinese dialect). Ever since our childhood location closed down, we were not able to get mian shian anymore and was Read more...
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Update 04/28/20: Unfortunately, despite loving this place, they have been very flakey with their stated operating hours. I am avoiding this place for now. Taiwan’s large dessert chain came to the Bay Area and draws lines out the door every weekend, evenings and often lunch times too. On this Sat weekend at 92F outside, we sit here waiting for Read more...
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After all these years of returning back to the Bay, this place still has the highest quality pearl teas out of everywhere else. Real taro, decent sugar and the pearls are the most balanced texture. Now their service has improved as well It’s still my preferred place and recommended over most other places, besides Mama Liangs – Cupertino (also high Read more...
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This used to be our top-secret Friday night dinner spot. Spacious seating, good service and great food. They have a yakiniku section for those that would like to grill at their table. The quality and artisan of the food here is above average. Pair with some nice sake, and post-dinner tea-based ice cream makes for a very pampered Friday night Read more...
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A small dessert and snacks joint that features their signature Roti Buns aka. coffee buns. Many other establishments have tried to mimick their exquisite roti buns, such as Paris Baguette, without success. So far no other place has managed to capture the fragrance, that coffee flavor, crunchy surface and soft interior of their buns. Their bobas are not recommended however, tends towards Read more...
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Authentic Vietnamese cuisine with a good range of traditional dishes (including frog). We really enjoyed it and is our Go To place for authentic Vietnamese (besides pho). There’s also Vung Tau, but it’s smaller and it as spacious for families. Read more...
