There’s a new Taiwanese bento (便當）spot inside the Marina Food supermarket in San Mateo called Formosa Express. It’s a really good deal and the food is pretty good. I’d say it’s worth way more than what you pay for. They have a buy one get one free promotion right now (or maybe this is the [...]
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I was on my way to one of my usual ramen spots in San Mateo, but thankfully, it was packed, because it wasn’t one of my favorites anyway. I ended up checking out Yu-Raku, just a little bit off of the Downtown area. It’s best described as a Japanese-Chinese restaurant. The perfect example of that [...]
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I know it sounds kinda weird, but blueberry plus sour cream on a pie crust actually made a great combo. As far as I know, this can only be found at Heidi’s Pies in San Mateo. I also really liked their fresh peach pie, which was seasonal. Their custard pie I could do without – [...]
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So there’s a new Asian dessert spot in San Mateo. It’s called Sweet Dreams Garden and it has all of my favorite Hong Kong and Taiwanese snacks – aloe drinks, egg puffs, milk tea, honey toast, shaved snow, sticky rice, sago … You name it and it’s there. My two favorite desserts, however, are honey [...]
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I kinda feel sorry for Santa Ramen. It kinda went downhill after it’s move a few years ago, but honestly, it’s still good. There’s just a lot more competition nowadays. I found the secret to eating here though: come before closing. I got here at 9pm and didn’t have to wait in line, granted a [...]
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There’s a new Taiwanese restaurant that opened up in San Mateo and I’m hooked. It’s called TW Village Bistro 村子口 and that’s exactly the type of food they serve – various village foods from around China that immigrants, mostly military, brought to Taiwan during the Chiang Kai-shek era. There are a lot of noodles in [...]
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I’ve been hooked on milk tea at Ocha Tea Cafe all the way in San Mateo lately, specifically their fresh milk tea. They make the drinks on the spot, unlike their regular milk tea (and most other places’), which have them premade. My favorites are their hojicha milk tea 日式烤奶茶 and their genmaicha milk tea 玄米奶茶 [...]
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Here’s the scoop: Family-owned business Romolo’s Cannoli & Spumoni Factory has been around in San Mateo for almost half a century, producing possibly the best cannoli in the Bay Area. Each cannoli is pumped to order, unlike most other bakeries where they’ve been sitting in the refrigerated display case for too long and have turned [...]
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Milk tea is my guilty pleasure, and I go all over the Bay just to get a decent cup. My newest liking is Tpumps, a new, small shop in Downtown San Mateo. They brew their tea fresh and use real ingredients for flavor. They make their drinks exactly how I like it, which is exactly [...]
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Santa Ramen has been disappointing people since it moved. It’s not bad, and definitely far from it. Good broth, good noodles, but the pork didn’t impress me at all. It’s still one of the better bowls of ramen in the Bay Area. Ramen is their thing, but my favorite is their chicken karaage. The pieces [...]
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