I can be reached at laotao [at] gmail [dot] com

This website started as a place to record what I ate at which restaurant, and more importantly, whether it was good or bad. I’ve often gone to a restaurant and wondered “what did I order here last time?”, “was it any good?, “what was the best item at this place?”. And then sometimes I find myself ordering the same thing that was bad the last time I was here and later regretting it.

So I started the blog to record all these things I’m eating to make sure when I go to a restaurant, I know what are the best things to order there. Because it is very hard for one restaurant to have the best of everything - though a lot of places try and fail. So to eat well in the bay area Asian restaurants is to know what foods to order where. Hopefully this site will help everyone with what the best Chinese, Korean, and Japanese foods around the bay area are and where to get them.

I work for a large networking company in the valley. I come from a family of restaurant chefs and owners. My family and relatives have owned and operated over a dozen Chinese restaurants throughout Korea and the United States. Our ancestral home is Shandong, China. Shandong is known well in the Chinese populace as the home of 麵食 (Mian Shi) or wheat flour/noodle based food. It is a place famous for its dumplings, pot stickers, and noodle dishes. It is the food that I grew up on.

Therefore you may find more articles devoted to these types of food than others. However, I’ve also lived and traveled in countries such as Korea, Taiwan, and Japan to appreciate the cuisine of these places and also enjoy writing about them.

So feel free to look around learn about all the wonderful food that we have here in the bay area. If you have any questions or restaurant suggestions, please let me know also. I can be contacted at laotao [at] gmail [dot] com

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