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Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 4:06 PM
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I'm gnoig to witre all my dcos lkie taht form now on.
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> From: ???????????
> Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 3:52 PM
> To: ???????????
> Subject: read it to believe it
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> fi yuo cna raed tihs, yuo hvae a sgtrane mnid too.
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> Cna yuo raed tihs? Olny 55 plepoe out of 100 can.
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> i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The
> phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at
> Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in
> a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat
> ltteer be in the rghit pclae.
> The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit
> a pboerlm.
> Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by
> istlef, but the wrod
> as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was
> ipmorantt!
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Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Raed tihs!!!
Thursday, January 25, 2007
House of Noodles - Episode 2
Carol and I went there again on Tuesday night. This time round we ordered:
Bran Dough(item 36): this is absolutely delicious. I'm usually pretty critical of food when I'm eating out. But, this is VERY VERY GOOD! Best I've ever had out side of China. I gotta take my mom and dad to there.
Rice Cake cooked on Barrel(item 191): Not sure how to describe this, it's not "rice cake" rice cake, but just some rice pressed into a bamboo(?) barrel and cooked. The only reason I see it gets called a "rice cake", it's in the shape of muffin. Topped with some slight spicy and sweet sauce, and a bit of pork fluff. Tastes OK.
Deep fried Stinky Tofu(item 196): I can't believe I let Carol ordered it!!! OMG, it's very stinky..., no wonder it's called stinky tofu... I took a tiny bite too, between 2 of us, we didn't even eat half a piece(came in 9 tiny pieces). We had to had it taken away after a short while - couldn't stand the smell. The server and the chef had a good laugh at us...
Green Chive Cake(item 132): very yummy. Green chive with fried egg and rice thin noodle stuffing. Cake is lightly fried/baked outside.
Little Steamed Buns stuffed with pork(item 136): all I can say is it's better than the place in Cupertino Village.
Spicy Sauce Wonton(item 138): OK I guess, what made this stand out is it's served dry - not in a bowl of soup, and topped with chili oil.
Great place, it's like Chinese tapas.
Bran Dough(item 36): this is absolutely delicious. I'm usually pretty critical of food when I'm eating out. But, this is VERY VERY GOOD! Best I've ever had out side of China. I gotta take my mom and dad to there.
Rice Cake cooked on Barrel(item 191): Not sure how to describe this, it's not "rice cake" rice cake, but just some rice pressed into a bamboo(?) barrel and cooked. The only reason I see it gets called a "rice cake", it's in the shape of muffin. Topped with some slight spicy and sweet sauce, and a bit of pork fluff. Tastes OK.
Deep fried Stinky Tofu(item 196): I can't believe I let Carol ordered it!!! OMG, it's very stinky..., no wonder it's called stinky tofu... I took a tiny bite too, between 2 of us, we didn't even eat half a piece(came in 9 tiny pieces). We had to had it taken away after a short while - couldn't stand the smell. The server and the chef had a good laugh at us...
Green Chive Cake(item 132): very yummy. Green chive with fried egg and rice thin noodle stuffing. Cake is lightly fried/baked outside.
Little Steamed Buns stuffed with pork(item 136): all I can say is it's better than the place in Cupertino Village.
Spicy Sauce Wonton(item 138): OK I guess, what made this stand out is it's served dry - not in a bowl of soup, and topped with chili oil.
Great place, it's like Chinese tapas.
Thursday, January 18, 2007
House of Flying Daggers Noodles
Carol and I went food surfing today(well, you have channel surfing, why can't I have food surfing...). Well, we went to this plaza on Barber Lane in Milpitas to check out some Chinese food. This is not the big plaza where the Ranch 99 is located, further south from the big plaza(the one with ABC Seafood restaurant).
There's a Hongkongness style restaurant I used to go to with my HK friends(sorry, forgot the name, it's the first one on the left hand).
The one we tried today is called House of Noodles(690 Barber Ln, Milpitas, CA).
Open for late supper till 3am! The yelp description is not very accurate, it's not exactly Taiwanese style food(keep reading...), look at the menu items, it has different food from all over China. The items are cheap, some small appetizers only like $3. So, very good for trying out different stuff. We got:
Pancake with smoked beef: thin crispy pancakes with a slice of cold beef in the middle, with some sweet sauce and green onion, beef has some skin and tendon - this is complete new to me, never had it anywhere before so not sure where it's from. I usually don't eat skin, but this actually is not bad at all.
Pancake with oysters: more accurate will be omelet with oysters/green onion, covered with sticky flour layer and sweet/spicy sauce. Not the same as Oyster Omelet from Singapore - so, not sure where it's from. Pretty average.
Fried rice cake with salty veggie: definitely southern cuisine. It's actually quite good compare to some more expensive restaurants. First off, the rice cake is very good - not too soft or sticky, slightly chewy but not too chewy, very smooth and even texture. My only complain is it's a bit too salty - the veggie cut too big and too much. Otherwise, the salty veggie is very authentic. My mom usually cook this in a soup, so it's less salty and brings out the salty veggie flavor into the soup. BTW, this is not a vegetarian dish, it has pork in it.
Dumplings with pork and Chinese cabbage stuffing: very typical northern cuisine. these are hand made, not from supermarket. The skins are hand rolled, slightly chewy, but not too much, and not over cooked. Way better than the dumpling place we tried in Cupertino village - that's was 5h1t...
This place though very small, but deserve go back 2nd and 3rd time. Carol definitely loved food here. She wanted to try the stinky tofu(she never had it before), but I managed to talk her out of it... *kewl*, I've never tried it too, but I've smelled it many years ago - it wasn't very pleasant... if you know what I mean...
We had lunch at Tanto Japanese Restaurant(1063 E. El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA). Just as been review in Mercury News, it was very crowded! And a lot f Japanese speaking guests. Carol ordered the Ramen with clam, I tasted it, nothing special... I got grilled eel rice bowl - it's very yummmmmmy. We'll go back someday try the dinner. Oh, it's half tatami seats.
There's a Hongkongness style restaurant I used to go to with my HK friends(sorry, forgot the name, it's the first one on the left hand).
The one we tried today is called House of Noodles(690 Barber Ln, Milpitas, CA).
Open for late supper till 3am! The yelp description is not very accurate, it's not exactly Taiwanese style food(keep reading...), look at the menu items, it has different food from all over China. The items are cheap, some small appetizers only like $3. So, very good for trying out different stuff. We got:
Pancake with smoked beef: thin crispy pancakes with a slice of cold beef in the middle, with some sweet sauce and green onion, beef has some skin and tendon - this is complete new to me, never had it anywhere before so not sure where it's from. I usually don't eat skin, but this actually is not bad at all.
Pancake with oysters: more accurate will be omelet with oysters/green onion, covered with sticky flour layer and sweet/spicy sauce. Not the same as Oyster Omelet from Singapore - so, not sure where it's from. Pretty average.
Fried rice cake with salty veggie: definitely southern cuisine. It's actually quite good compare to some more expensive restaurants. First off, the rice cake is very good - not too soft or sticky, slightly chewy but not too chewy, very smooth and even texture. My only complain is it's a bit too salty - the veggie cut too big and too much. Otherwise, the salty veggie is very authentic. My mom usually cook this in a soup, so it's less salty and brings out the salty veggie flavor into the soup. BTW, this is not a vegetarian dish, it has pork in it.
My mom was telling me, the rice cake has to be made with proper blend of sticky(sweet) rice and regular rice, otherwise, it won't come out right. Too much sticky rice, it will be too soft and sticky, on the other hand not enough will make it with less smooth texture and easily broken up(so you end up with small bits of it after cooked).
Dumplings with pork and Chinese cabbage stuffing: very typical northern cuisine. these are hand made, not from supermarket. The skins are hand rolled, slightly chewy, but not too much, and not over cooked. Way better than the dumpling place we tried in Cupertino village - that's was 5h1t...
This place though very small, but deserve go back 2nd and 3rd time. Carol definitely loved food here. She wanted to try the stinky tofu(she never had it before), but I managed to talk her out of it... *kewl*, I've never tried it too, but I've smelled it many years ago - it wasn't very pleasant... if you know what I mean...
We had lunch at Tanto Japanese Restaurant(1063 E. El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA). Just as been review in Mercury News, it was very crowded! And a lot f Japanese speaking guests. Carol ordered the Ramen with clam, I tasted it, nothing special... I got grilled eel rice bowl - it's very yummmmmmy. We'll go back someday try the dinner. Oh, it's half tatami seats.
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