Habana Cuba, located in San Jose, serves up traditional Cuban food. The interior decor is meant to evoke a tropical house, perhaps one you might find in Cuba. It’s tucked along a commercial street near downtown San Jose. Theresa’s cousin Larry and his wife Han were generous enough to give us a gift certificate to …
After a morning of light hiking, on a recommendation from Theresa’s co-worker, we decided to try out Alotta’s Deli in Los Altos. What makes Alotta’s unique and what a lot of folks rave about is their fresh baked sourdough bread. Bread is always 1/2 of the equation in a successful sandwich, so we had good …
Had dinner at Asteria Grill in Sunnyvale. The location is a bit hidden, tucked in the area between Mathilda, 237, and US 101, located next to a motel. Unless you know where to look, you would most likely drive right past, as the roadside sign is not obvious. Having served as a steakhouse/diner in a …
We have been to TGI Sushi’s store in Campbell, where the food was great, but the restaurant was small, holding about 30 people maximum. So there is often a wait during meal times. When we saw TGI Sushi opened another restaurant off Saratoga Ave in San Jose, we wanted to try it. The San Jose …
Met a work colleague in Downtown Mountain View for lunch and decided to pop into the new Steins Beer Garden for Lunch.. Steins was formerly a Chinese Restaurant named Golden Wok, and for a brief time a buffet place named Villa 8 that failed to gain traction as well. The lunch menu consists of various …
After her Lenten prohibition on eating red meat, Theresa was ready for some red meat. What better way to celebrate the lifting of the prohibition by doing seven courses of beef, Vietnamese style. Off we went to Anh Hong, which has 3 restaurants in the Bay Area: San Fran, Berkeley, and Milpitas. We opted for …