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Ultimate Bay Area Casual Food Recs🥡🍲
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items This is specifically for South Bay! I personally go to these a lot and also recommend these awesome places to my friends and they love it so you know it’s gooood.
I separated by sections so it’s easier to find whatever you’re craving!
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Vietnamese
Chinese
American
Korean
Japanese
Mediterranean
Vietnamese
my all time fav Vietnamese spots here! From a fellow nguoi viet (;
amazing beef pho and crispy chicken roti with crispy rice! People say it’s overhyped, but as a Vietnamese person I personally love it!
Tip: get fresh noodles and ask for chili red sauce on the side
PHO HA NOI
best pho - soup flavor wise and meat quality! the meat is so soft and tender I absolutely love it. They also add a lot of meat so that’s always a plus! Get fresh noodles that’s a must. Also their handmade sauces are to die for, other places don’t hav...
Pho Dang
if you’re sick, go get chicken pho here. The broth is so hearty, heavy on the chicken flavor and overall delicious! and no other place does their chicken pho like this one!
Phở Gà Nhà
get the banh canh mien 3, it’s a huge bowl and you can certainly share with another person! The amount of crab they add is ridiculous but it’s sooo good. The broth style is a orange thicker soup, so based from central Vietnam which in my opinion is t...
BANH CANH 3 MIEN
get 4 large get the 5th free! i love the dac biet (cold meat deli) and thit nuong. get veggies on the side and ask for garlic bread!
Duc Huong - Banh Mi
Chinese
Cupertino aka iPhone city is known for amazing Chinese food and most of these places are there
the best Chinese restaurant that has literally everything! My favs are spicy fried chicken wings, orange chicken, spicy satay wok, beef wrap, hunan beef, chow fun, fried rice! I think I’ve been here around 30 times so I’ve tried almost everything and...
Home Eat
the best Chinese hot pot ever! Literally prefer this place way over haidilao, it’s super authentic and they have unique dishes here as well if you want to be adventurous. I get 4 pot to try all soups and any of their beef is good. Also get rice cakes...
Feng Hotpot 冯校长老火锅
fav Chinese boba spot! Order online for more convenience as lines can be super long. My go-to’s are strawberry daifuku, durian smoothie and yogurt breeze
Shu Shia 树夏
Stone pot is my fav thing to get here. The soup is spicy and has sichuan but man do they pack it with noodles and beef. Also their crispy fried chicken bites are amazing! They are famous for their pan fried dumplings and also XLBs, which are so good,...
四姐 SPECIAL NOODLE
i know i said South Bay, but if you are a rice roll fanatic, this place does it right! my fav is the beef number 1 dish, you can add 1 topping for free and i like to add scallion, it comes with egg as well and the rice roll is so silky and soft
Rice Roll Express
American
These halal burgers are the same price as in n out but even better! They are smashed burgers and omg it’s so good, get the double patty since smash burgers have a thinner patty that regular burgers. Can also order online to skip the line! I get sauce...
Dough Burger
Korean
fav fast casual Korean Chinese cuisine, love the crispy pork, stir fried jjajangmeon, spicy jampong and creamy shrimp!
Paik's Noodle
on the higher end (they have this fancy location and another more casual location) but the bonchan here is sooo good. i love the steak bibimbap and the seafood tofu soup.
Kunjip Tofu
perfect for sharing with a group of people! galbijim is delicious and tender. love they give you purple rice as well, and don't forget the kimchi!
Daeho Kalbijjim
Japanese
my all time fav ramen is here. The tonkatsu broth tastes so clean and it’s not oily which I love. Get the Kiwami with pork shoulder butt it’s delicious! love that their meats are so thinly sliced it’s as thin as paper. Also lines get long so make sur...
Ramen Hajime
Mediterranean
get the half fries half rice with butter chicken & beef on top omg it’s heavenly. Also it’s such a reasonable price and they fill it up to the max I cannot finish in 1 sitting
ShaQ
Indian
Garlic naan and butter chicken. All I need to say, the curry is so buttery and silky I literally finish a whole dish in a ridiculously fast amount of time! this is a classic
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