Hong’s Cave

Well, it was completely a surprise!
There once was this ramen-ya in San Jose called Do-Henkotsu. What made this place unique among a dozen or so ramen-ya in the area was its regional color and the owner’s (whose name I never got to know) pride in it.
The ramen itself was pretty good, maybe not the [...]

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Despite thinking that the book had too much of political/activist sidetracks that dragged out a bit, I thought it was quite informative overall. Michael Pollan follows three different paths that link the source of our food to our dining tables: industrial, organic (both industrial organic and “beyond organic”), and hunting/gathering. It was quite [...]

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903 Reed Avenue
Sunnyvale, CA
408.735.8989
M-F: 08:30 - 17:00
Sa: 09:00 - 16:30
Su: Closed
Another favorite lunch place…
Actually this is the first banh mi (Vietnamese sandwich) place I’ve ever been to (I think it was in 2000). The price is a little bit higher than Dackao ($2.50 vs $2.00 all tax inclusive), but the portion is bigger, so [...]

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1814 Hillsdale Avenue Suite C
San Jose, CA
408.445.9696
M-Sa: 11:30 - 22:00
Su: 16:30 - 21:30
I love sushi: Not the rolls, not sashimi, just nigirizushi. But I am also cheap. :p
For the past couple of years, the sushi place of choice for my wife and I were Sushi Maru in Sunnyvale, CA. It was a [...]

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72 South Abel Street
Milpitas, CA
408.946.3558
M-Su: 07:00 - 21:00
Continuing the lunch place reviews…
This is my favorite “Banh Mi” or Vietnamese sandwich place. If you are not familiar with Vietnamese sandwiches (I am sure a lot of people are familiar with “Pho” or Vietnamese noodle soups), you should. They are usually (always?) made with a [...]

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1498 Isabella Street
Santa Clara, CA
408.247.0745
M: Closed
T-F: 11:30 - 14:30 (buffet only) / 17:30 - 22:30
Sa/Su: 12:00 - 14:30 (no buffet) / 17:30 - 22:30
Another lunch place in the area. Since I have a lot of Indian coworkers, I’ve been enjoying many great Indian restaurants in the area.
This place, although marketed as “Indian and Pakistani”, [...]

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1505 Space Park Drive
Santa Clara, CA
408.567.9144
M-F: 10:30 - 21:00
Sa/Su: Closed
This is probably my favorite (and the best) Greek place in the area that I know. The surprising thing (at least to me) is that this place is hidden among the boxy office buildings where you would not normally find good restaurants.
I would not have [...]

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47890 Warm Springs Blvd.
Fremont, CA
510.353.1133
M: Closed
T-F: 11:00 - 15:00 / 18:00 - 22:00
Sa/Su: 11:00 - 22:00
I’ve heard about this place at Chowhound, but did not have a chance to visit. It’s in Fremont, so a bit far from the home, but not too bad from the office.
Their menu was similar to Santa, where you [...]

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368 Castro Street
Mountain View, CA
650.564.9931
M-Th: 11:30 - 14:30 / 17:00 - 22:00
F: 11:30 - 14:30 / 17:00 - 23:00
Sat: 11:30 - 22:30
Sun: 11:30 - 21:00
While doing a web search, I came across this name recently. It seems the shop is really new. It probably opened this year, or December last year at the [...]

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375 Saratoga Ave. Suite M
San Jose, CA
408.246.3933
M/T/Th/F: 11:30 - 13:30 / 18:00 - 21:30
W: Closed
Sat: 11:30 - 14:00 / 18:00 - 21:30
Sun: 11:30 - 14:00 / 17:00 - 20:00
This seems to be the latest ramen-ya in the South Bay. From their website, Ramen Halu (ラメン晴) opened in early 2003. I came across the [...]

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