Hidden away in the Lions Plaza of Newark near I-880 and Mowry is another Korean-Chinese restaurant where owner/chefs are Chinese from Shandong. Like Palace Chef in near-by Fremont, it serves traditional Shandong-based dishes such as Zha Jiang Mian and Chao Ma Mian. But why they named the place “Formosa” is beyond me. Formosa usually refers [...]

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Tai Kee Won Ton is a new Taiwanese restaurant that hails from the eastern Taiwan city of Hualien, near the tourist area of Taroko Gorge. The original shop in Hualien was supposedly famous for it’s “bian shi” or wonton soup. When this place opened a couple of months ago, I was excited at the prospect [...]

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I attended a Chowdown lunch event hosted by Melanie and the Chowhound gang at Chili Garden. It was nice having the company of fellow hounds and trying many different dishes. Thinking back, it now seems that the place may have had yet another change in ownership or the kitchen staff. I thought the cold dishes [...]

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Last summer, a three-alarm fire broke out at China Way Restaurant in Santa Clara and burned the place down. China Way was a place for serving Shandong noodles and other Korean-Chinese dishes popular with the local Korean and Chinese population alike. They were one of the two Shandong-style restaurants on El Camino Real in Santa [...]

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