It is rare opportunity to be able to taste niu rou mian on par as those found in the streets of Taipei. One such place is the oddly named ASJ Restaurant in San Jose. The restaurant used to be called A&J, part of a small chain with locations in Cupertino and Irvine, CA. Supposedly it [...]

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Probably most people who grew up in China, Taiwan, or Korea will remember eating roasted sweet potato (烤地瓜) as children. The specific variety is known as Japanese Yam in the Asian grocery stores here. It is yellow on the inside and has a sweet taste. I had not expected to taste it again in the [...]

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I was excited to hear about a new hand-pulled noodle place that opened recently in Fremont. I wanted to try it out to see if there can be a truly good Northern Chinese style noodle shop in bay area. We went on a Saturday and it turned out that it was the busiest day of [...]

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BaoZi is not often a “restaurant dish” so it’s not found frequently here. But most of the Chinese grocery delis have them, especially on weekends. While I haven’t tried most of them, I did try the one in Fremont Lions Plaza (880/Mission) and it was pretty good. The reason is probably the BaoZi there is [...]

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