Lawrence Plaza is one of the newest Korean food court / shopping center located in Santa Clara. It is also one of the first and largest Korean food court in Northern California, taking a cue from similar centers in L.A. area.

I like to call it “LP” Plaza since their logo actually spells out “LP”. (If [...]

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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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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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San Tung is a very popular Chinese restaurant located in the sunset district of San Francisco. It is known for its garlicky fried chicken wings. Lesser known is that this dish is called Gan Pong Chicken, a popular dish in Shandong style Chinese restaurants in Korea. The most authentic and original version of this dish [...]

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