Mitch S. wrote: >Someone wrote: >: >: Try Krung Thai in San Jose. This is the best Thai food I've had in the >: South Bay area. They will also make it very spicy if you ask. > >I'll second that suggestion. The best in the area. I'll third it (especially the satay), but they're not perfect, either. We've mostly gone to Bangkok Cuisine (Prospect between Saratoga and Lawrence) because they're almost as good and much closer. Though I have to say I was pretty disappointed with their Musamun Curry the last time I was there. Can anyone tell me what Thai place is considered best close to San Carlos? (We've just bought a house there; in fact, *any* and all recommendations will be gratefully appreciated. Note that we're looking more for the cheap places, I already know about 231 Ellsworth.)
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Someone wrote: > >I can't tell you which is "considered" best, but I can provide a >recommendation: Chao Praya, on El Camino at the Belmont/San Mateo >border (it's actually in San Mateo). Last time I was there the food >was both good and quite hot, but the service was inadequate. In par- >ticular, my waitress was not only completely inattentive to the need >for water refills (I can't tolerate really hot food without a cold beverage), >but effectively invisible, so it was hard to even ask. However, I >did not have that problem on a couple of earlier visits, and I still >recommend the food. We have what we call "the water meter"; it's a rough measure of how much we're going to tip. ;-) I sincerely hope that was a one-time occurrence, because if it happens on our first visit, we shan't return. >In adjacent Redwood City, Estampas Peruanas - on El Camino between Broadway >and Brewster - is terrific (Peruvian food, moderately priced, big portions). >Highly recommended. We went there on Wednesday; I wouldn't give it a high recommendation, but it was indeed good. I was a little startled at having the potatoes in the calamari dish be french fries. >In San Carlos itself, try Broiler Express, on Laurel St., for a burger better >than any of the chains; other nice lunch-type choices. At the north end of >town on El Camino is a branch of Kabul - a good Afghan place, although >I like Afghani House (Sunnyvale?) better. And some people here have recom- >mended Anapurna, a Nepalese restaurant on El Camino near downtown San Carlos; >I personally found it rather uninteresting on one visit. We love Afghani House, but it probably won't be worth our time to come all the way down here. Thanks!
Aahz wrote: > >We love Afghani House, but it probably won't be worth our time to come >all the way down here. Heh. Better get used to the idea of putting a few more miles on the odometer; there simply aren't many good places to eat in that neck of the Peninsula. I'd rather spend a few more bucks and go to Clarke's Menlo Park for a burger, though Broiler Express is certainly inexpensive. It used to be cheap and fast, now it's just cheap. We had not gone to the Pine Brook Inn (Belmont, Ralston/Alameda) for dinner before, so we tried it last Saturday. It bills itself as German cuisine, though there are only about four German entrees on the menu...the rest is pasta, fish and meat. It's the kind of place where you can get a chicken breast done four different ways. OK if you're taking Aunt Mildred to dinner, but unlikely to excite anyone. There are a number of courses, though, and they start with an assortment of fresh breads and flatbread. Then they bring you four bowls of salad fixings and you make your salad yourself. Salad is followed by a vat of soup and what we immediately dubbed the sherry-whizzing ceremony. The waitress comes 'round with a goatskin of sherry and, standing some feet away, lets loose with a thin stream of wine into the soup vat. As far as we could tell, she didn't spill a drop. Some diners actually applaud this performance. After your entree arrives and is consumed, you are brought a tiny cup of plum wine, the check, and a 10% off coupon for the Sunday brunch. You will get plenty of opportunities to witness the birthday ritual, as the Pine Brook Inn seems to be a popular place to take people who have turned over a digit on their personal odometer. I won't spoil it for you but will mention that it involves a gorilla. Charleen
In article , Don Charles Lundell Someone wrote: > Aahz wrote: > > > > In article , Mitch Sako wrote: > > (stuff deleted) > > > > > Can anyone tell me what Thai place is considered best close to San > > Carlos? > > There's a place near San Carlos (in Redwood City), at > 825 El Camino, that's supposed to be good. I haven't > tried it yet, but it's on my list. The name is Bangkok Bay. I'm no true judge of authentic Thai, but Bangkok Bay is very tasty stuff, indeed. I would not, on the other hand, recommend that you go to Thai Time on El Camino Real. My experience there may have been colored by the fact that I adored the place when it was Vandee's, but I found it wanting on several levels. I also second the Chao Praya recommendation someone else made. There is also a place called (I think) Sinee's Thai Bistro on Laurel which I haven't made the time to check out yet, but it might be good. It's been around for a few years, though, so they're definitely satisfying some people. -Brenda
Brenda D. wrote: > Aahz wrote: >> >> Can anyone tell me what Thai place is considered best close to San >> Carlos? (We've just bought a house there; in fact, *any* and all >> recommendations will be gratefully appreciated. Note that we're looking >> more for the cheap places, I already know about 231 Ellsworth.) > > Ozuma on > Laurel is probably the best sushi you'll get there out of the three > restaurants of that type in San Carlos (their sushi chef is the only one I > know by name for a good reason), but do *not* expect Sono Sushi out of any > of the three and you'll do all right. Ozuma is also a pretty good place for noodles (soba/saiman (sp?) types). Al Eisner ([email removed]) San Mateo County, CA