Thanks for the responses to my query about San Jose Restaurants. Here's my current Silicon Valley (and nearby) Restaurant list with comments from net readers. Silicon Valley ============== 4-5-6 (San Jose) -- Chinese (ok, but not to die for) Anh Dao (San Jose) -- Vietnamese (Pho) Bella Mia (Saratoga) -- Italian Big Basin Way Carribean Cafe (Saratoga) -- Carribean Big Basin Way (try seafood with pasta in saffron cream sauce) Chattanoga (Santa Clara) -- Persian El Camino, nr San Tomas (great chicken kabobs) Chef Chu's (Los Altos) -- Chinese El Camino, Los Altos (still one of the best, tad more expensive) Chez Sovan (San Jose) -- Cambodian 13th & Taylor, East San Jose (family-run hole-in-the-wall, really good food, dicey neighborhood) Chef Wang's (Mountain View) -- Chinese 212 Castro St (try Spicy Seafood Noodle Soup & steamed dumplings) Chez T.J. (Mountain View) -- Eclectic French (exceptional & romantic, fixed price $54/$48/$40) Country Gourmet (Mountain View & Sunnyvale) -- Eclectic Natural Foods (fresh tasty good-size portions of wholistically-oriented foods) Empress of India (Sunnyvale) -- Indian El Camino between Flora Vista & Pomeroy (in small strip shopping center) Frankie, Johnny & Luigi Too! (Mountain View) -- Eclectic El Camino nr Castro (very good pasta, carmelized onions, and spinach salad) Fresco (Palo Alto) -- Nouvelle Cuisine nr Creekside Inn on El Camino (creative & delicious, open late; yummy red pepper soup, pasta & salads) Gaylord (Palo Alto) -- Indian In the Stanford Shopping Center (pricey, elegant, but very good) Golden Chopsticks (Campbell) -- Vietnamese from San Jose: 280 N -> 17 S -> exit Hamilton St going right -> left on Winchester (first big intersection) -> strip shopping center (superior food, get the Vietnamese Potstickers) Gordon Biersch (San Jose) -- Nouvelle Downtown San Jose (good food and excellent beer) Horn of Africa -- Ethiopian Il Fornaio (Palo Alto & San Jose) -- Italian 520 Cowper St, Palo Alto, 853-3888 (a wonderful restaurant, with excellent food) India Joze (Santa Cruz) -- Eclectic Jing Jing (Palo Alto) -- Chinese (perhaps best in bay area) Jose's (Palo Alto) -- Cuban El Camino so of Stanford Kamatsu (Cupertino) -- Japanese Korea House (Santa Clara) -- Korean El Camino nr Scott (great Korean place) La Pastaia (Palo Alto) -- Italian (terrific pasta, esp ravioli in herb/cream sauce; mediocre veal) Le Moutin Noir (Saratoga) -- French Big Basin Way, (very homey, very very good, expensive) Le Tandoor (Los Altos) -- Indian San Antonio & El Camino (possibly best Indian food in the valley) Niccolino's Garden Cafe (Sunnyvale) -- Italian Okayamas (San Jose) -- Japanese 6th nr Jackson or Taylor Ori-Deli (San Jose) -- Indonesian Snell Ave, a block north of Blossom Hill Rd, in La Mission Plaza (not fancy, but good inexpensive food, and friendly) Original Joe's (San Jose) -- American-Italian Osteria (Palo Alto) -- Italian (good italian food) Palermo (San Jose) -- Northern Italian S 2nd St betw San Carlos & San Antonio Pasand (Sunnyvale) -- Indian Passage to India (Mountain View) -- Indian 1100 W El Camino (betw Shoreline & Castro) (very good N Indian Food -- esp Chicken Tikkas & Karahi Chicken) Pho 54 (San Jose) -- Vietnamese (Pho) Pho 99 (San Jose) -- Vietnamese (Pho) Pho Hoa (San Jose) -- Vietnamese (Pho) Pho Xe Lua (San Jose) -- Vietnamese (Pho) Piccolo Mondo (Menlo Park) -- Italian El Camino Quoc Te (San Jose) -- Vietnamese 4th St nr San Jose State (very good!) Red Sea (San Jose) -- Ethiopian 1st St (mixed reviews) Scott's (San Jose) -- Seafood (very good fish, nice wine list) Shilpa (Sunnyvale) -- Indian El Camino & Flora Vista (nr Lawrence) Squizzi's (Boulder Creek) -- Italian Rt 9, south of Boulder Creek (a tad pricey, but awesome -- need resrvations) Thai Garden (Los Altos) -- Thai on El Camino, north of San Antonio (pretty good Thai food) Vung Tau (San Jose) -- Vietnamese Santa Clara St, betw 11th & 13th (said to be the best Vietnamese restaurant in town) White Lotus (San Jose) -- Veg Chinese Yee Lim (Santa Clara) -- Chinese 3160 The Alameda, Santa Clara By City ------- Squizzi's (Boulder Creek) -- Italian Golden Chopsticks (Campbell) -- Vietnamese Kamatsu (Cupertino) -- Japanese Chef Chu's (Los Altos) -- Chinese Le Tandoor (Los Altos) -- Indian Thai Garden (Los Altos) -- Thai Piccolo Mondo (Menlo Park) -- Italian Chef Wang's (Mountain View) -- Chinese Chez T.J. (Mountain View) -- Eclectic French Country Gourmet (Mountain View) -- Eclectic Natural Foods Frankie, Johnny & Luigi Too! (Mountain View) -- Eclectic Passage to India (Mountain View) -- Indian Fresco (Palo Alto) -- Nouvelle Cuisine Gaylord (Palo Alto) -- Indian Il Fornaio (Palo Alto) -- Italian Jing Jing (Palo Alto) -- Chinese Jose's (Palo Alto) -- Cuban La Pastaia (Palo Alto) -- Italian Osteria (Palo Alto) -- Italian 4-5-6 (San Jose) -- Chinese Anh Dao (San Jose) -- Vietnamese Chez Sovan (San Jose) -- Cambodian Gordon Biersch (San Jose) -- Nouvelle Il Fornaio (San Jose) -- Italian Okayamas (San Jose) -- Japanese Ori-Deli (San Jose) -- Indonesian Original Joe's (San Jose) -- American-Italian Palermo (San Jose) -- Northern Italian Pho 54 (San Jose) -- Vietnamese Pho 99 (San Jose) -- Vietnamese Pho Hoa (San Jose) -- Vietnamese Pho Xe Lua (San Jose) -- Vietnamese Quoc Te (San Jose) -- Vietnamese Red Sea (San Jose) -- Ethiopian Scott's (San Jose) -- Seafood Vung Tau (San Jose) -- Vietnamese White Lotus (San Jose) -- Veg Chinese Chattanoga (Santa Clara) -- Persian Korea House (Santa Clara) -- Korean Yee Lim (Santa Clara) -- Chinese India Joze (Santa Cruz) -- Eclectic Bella Mia (Saratoga) -- Italian Carribean Cafe (Saratoga) -- Carribean Le Moutin Noir (Saratoga) -- French Country Gourmet (Sunnyvale) -- Eclectic Natural Foods Empress of India (Sunnyvale) -- Indian Niccolino's Garden Cafe (Sunnyvale) -- Italian Pasand (Sunnyvale) -- Indian Shilpa (Sunnyvale) -- Indian By Cuisine ---------- Chez Sovan (San Jose) -- Cambodian Carribean Cafe (Saratoga) -- Carribean 4-5-6 (San Jose) -- Chinese Chef Chu's (Los Altos) -- Chinese Chef Wang's (Mountain View) -- Chinese Jing Jing (Palo Alto) -- Chinese White Lotus (San Jose) -- Chinese (Vegetarian) Yee Lim (Santa Clara) -- Chinese Jose's (Palo Alto) -- Cuban Chez T.J. (Mountain View) -- Eclectic Frankie, Johnny & Luigi Too! (Mountain View) -- Eclectic Fresco (Palo Alto) -- Eclectic Gordon Biersch (San Jose) -- Eclectic India Joze (Santa Cruz) -- Eclectic Horn of Africa -- Ethiopian Red Sea (San Jose) -- Ethiopian Le Moutin Noir (Saratoga) -- French Empress of India (Sunnyvale) -- Indian Gaylord (Palo Alto) -- Indian Le Tandoor (Los Altos) -- Indian Passage to India (Mountain View) -- Indian Pasand (Sunnyvale) -- Indian Shilpa (Sunnyvale) -- Indian Ori-Deli (San Jose) -- Indonesian Original Joe's (San Jose) -- Italian-American Bella Mia (Saratoga) -- Italian Il Fornaio (Palo Alto & San Jose) -- Italian La Pastaia (Palo Alto) -- Italian Osteria (Palo Alto) -- Italian Niccolino's Garden Cafe (Sunnyvale) -- Italian Palermo (San Jose) -- Italian (Nothern) Piccolo Mondo (Menlo Park) -- Italian Squizzi's (Boulder Creek) -- Italian Kamatsu (Cupertino) -- Japanese Okayamas (San Jose) -- Japanese Korea House (Santa Clara) -- Korean Country Gourmet (Mountain View & Sunnyvale) -- Natural Foods Chattanoga (Santa Clara) -- Persian Scott's (San Jose) -- Seafood Thai Garden (Los Altos) -- Thai Anh Dao (San Jose) -- Vietnamese Golden Chopsticks (Campbell) -- Vietnamese Pho 54 (San Jose) -- Vietnamese Pho 99 (San Jose) -- Vietnamese Pho Hoa (San Jose) -- Vietnamese Pho Xe Lua (San Jose) -- Vietnamese Quoc Te (San Jose) -- Vietnamese Vung Tau (San Jose) -- Vietnamese
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