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Community Survey: Dan Dan Noodles (Simplified: 担担面 Traditional: 擔擔麵 Pinyin: dàndànmiàn)

I really like the Japanese version of tantanmen at Halu Ramen in San Jose, their's is a noodle soup with sesame & chili level of your choice!

Feb 28, 2013
winodano in San Francisco Bay Area

Favorite SF Korean?

I would have to agree with the Sunnyvale/Santa Clara area on El Camino Rd. has really good variety & choices. My 2 favorites are Sui Tofu (homemade tofu, always changing selection of ban chan) & next door is 99 Chicken (best Korean Fried Chicken) & Hana DVD (they specialize in English subtitled Korean dramas & movies for rent).

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99 Chicken
2781 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA 95051

Sui Tofu
2777 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA

Jul 04, 2011
winodano in San Francisco Bay Area

Best Mi Bo Kho (Vietnamese beef noodle stew) in the Bay Area is at Thanh Lan in San Jose!

- I've been going to this place called Thanh Lan in San Jose on The corner of Lucretia & Story Rds. for a little over a year & they consistently serves the beat Mi Bo Kho ( Vietnamese beef noodle stew) around. The reason I'm even more surprised by this is because they are a small general store/ restaurant & sandwich shop too.

- The broth is more rich & viscous than any other place - it gives me a "full" or "round" mouth feel to it; the tendon & the beef stew bits all practically melt in the mouth too. Its a very "heady" aroma of flavors.The noodles are pretty generic Asian egg noodle but go well with the dish though.

- I've tried many other places (Phuong Thao, Pho Quyen 2 Noodle House, Pho Nam, My Khe Quan Hue to name a few) in the South Bay area but not like this - for those of you that like Halu Ramen's namesake ramen then I would highly reccomend them for the Mi Bo Kho.

- I'm still searching for some place in the San Francisco though!! Any suggestions??

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My Khe Quan Hue
960 Story Rd, San Jose, CA 95122

Thanh Lan
1130 Lucretia Ave, San Jose, CA 95122

May 23, 2011
winodano in San Francisco Bay Area

Best Mi Bo Kho (Vietnamese beef noodle stew) in the Bay Area is at Thanh Lan in San Jose!

Ive been going to this place called Thanh Lan in San Jose on The corner of Lucretia & Story Rds. for a little over a year & they consistently serves the beat Mi Bo Kho ( Vietnamese beef noodle stew) around. The reason I'm even more surprised by this is because they are a small general store/ restaurant & sandwich shop too.

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Thanh Lan
1130 Lucretia Ave, San Jose, CA 95122

May 23, 2011
winodano in San Francisco Bay Area

new ramen place in Santa Clara called Orenchi

I just heard about a new ramen place in Santa Clara,CA called Orenchi, owned & operated by the people that own Sumika in Los Altos, CA. They just opened this last weekend at 3540 Homestead Rd. and Lawrence Expressway, across the street from Kaiser Medical's Santa Clara campus. Has anyone been there yet?

Jan 18, 2010
winodano in San Francisco Bay Area

Cupertino - suggestions please?

Halu offers 3 choices of broths: shio, shoyu or the Halu (pork and chicken with pieces of pork fat). You ask for light fat and light salt if you like.
Also, Kahoo (in the Mitsuwa market plaza 1/2 mile down Saratoga Rd.) is another good one too; they also offer a more Chinese style ramen that is very good (I add pork belly to my spicy ramen, kind of like dan dan noodles)

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Kahoo Ramen
4330 Moorpark Ave, San Jose, CA 95129

Ramen Halu - duplicate
375 Saratoga Ave, M San Jose, CA

Apr 20, 2009
winodano in San Francisco Bay Area

Korean Style Fried Chicken?

Tutti's Cafe and Grill
3075 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA

Apr 20, 2009
winodano in San Francisco Bay Area

Korean Style Fried Chicken?

Do you mean Tutti Cafe & Grill, same side of El Camino about 1/2 mile down?

Tutti's Cafe and Grill
3075 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA

Apr 20, 2009
winodano in San Francisco Bay Area

Korean Style Fried Chicken?

I would say 99 Chicken for fried wings and legs; Corner Place (next to 99 Chicken) for whole poached Ginseng Chicken Soup (you need to order ahead for it, as it takes at least 2 hours to prepare it ); and Tutti's Cafe & Grill (but sign says Tutti's Korean Cuisine BBQ) for their whole rotisserie or fried chicken, they are 1/2 mile west on El Camino.

99 Chicken
2781 El Camino Real Santa Clara CA

Corner Place Korean Restaurant / Gilmok
2783 El Camino Real
Santa Clara, CA 95051
(408) 249-8990

Tutti's Cafe and Grill
3075 El Camino Real
Santa Clara, CA 95051
(408) 246-9292

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Tutti's Cafe and Grill
3075 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA

Apr 20, 2009
winodano in San Francisco Bay Area