While driving by Homestead in Santa Clara, we noticed the location previously occupied by an Italian restaurant (Giovanni?) has closed and been replaced by a Korean restaurant called The Octagon.
We went and tried their lunch buffet for 6.99. The main dish includes the grilled ribs (LA style), chap chae (mung bean noodles mixed with spinach, [...]

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We went to Szechwan Home in Union City the other night. The Chinese sign outside advertised a special deal of 3 entrees for $15.99. This sounded pretty good, [...]

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Upon reading Ruth’s report on ABC’s dim sum disappointment, I went there the other day at lunch with a friend to check it out. It’s been awhile since I’ve been there. We sat down and ordered the following:
Har Gao - This was the first dish we tried and immediately I knew something was not right. [...]

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There is also a Lions Plaza closer to Sunnyvale off of Saratoga Ave exit of 280.
For one of the best (all you can eat) Korean BBQ, go to Palace BBQ in Sunnyvale on El Camino Real, next to the Hankook Korean market, one of the largest Korean supermarkets in the area.
Also Seoul Gom Tang in [...]

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Actually we usually have Shabu Shabu at home, you just have to make sure to get the good quality, very thinly sliced meat. Oftentimes you can find the better versions at Korean groceries (or Japanese groceries for a higher price)
But one other place which I’ve wondered about but haven’t been to is Ningji Ma-La in [...]

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We went to Manna Korean restaurant the other night. We ordered the Yuk Ge Jang (spicy beef soup) and the Kimchi Ji Ge (Kimchi stew). We were first served a couple of complementary home made Bin De Duk (mungbean flour pancake) The outer layer was pan-fried to a crispy finish, but it’s still a little [...]

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