Our favorite kabob place is located in the most unusual location - in a shack near the Sunnyvale Tennis Center. We've tried many kabob places in the Bay Area including ones in Fremont where it's supposed to be good but nothing beats City Kabob in Sunnyvale. City Kabob is a small operation where the owner turns out the best tasting kabobs on his tiny grill. If you're going for lunch during a work day, be sure to call ahead and place an order as there's limited space on his grill and you can wait up to half an hour.
We usually get take out from here as it's very easy to call up and place a take out order and go pick it up. Our favorites here are the two koobideh kabobs with rice and salad for $9.99 and the combo kabob (chicken and koobideh) for $12.99. The last few times, we've just gone with the koobideh as it's cheaper in price and the chicken tends to be overcooked at times. Unfortunately, we're not big fans of lamb so we don't have an opinion on that kabob. However, for those of you who have had Middle Eastern food these prices are a bargain.
Definitely go check out City Kabob when in Sunnyvale, here are the details for the place:
755 South Mathilda
Sunnyvale, CA 94087
(408) 732-0013
Website: http://www.citykabob.com
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Monday, April 25, 2011
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Pho Nam Sunnyvale
Pho Nam is in our opinion the best pho place in the Mountain View/Sunnyvale/Santa Clara/Milpitas area. Luckily they have three locations - two in Sunnyvale and one in Milpitas so we can have great pho whenever we are craving it. We've been coming to Pho Nam for many years and they have delivered great pho over 95% of the time. There's been some times when the broth was too watered down or too salty but that's pretty rare. What makes their pho the best is the perfect combination of a tasty broth and chewy noodles. A typical meal here would be:
Rare steak and lean brisket pho
Deep fried egg rolls
Iced coffee - always in a to go cup as we like to take it with us
On some occasions we'll order the bun (the dry noodles with veggies that you pour fish sauce over) and it's also very good. However 90% of the time, we stick with the pho even on hot days. We'll probably be sweating while eating it but it's worth it. One complaint is their fresh rolls - they don't taste very fresh. Once you put in the order, they'll have it at your table in a minute. They probably make it in advance and keep it in the refrigerator. I would stay away from this dish as you can find better elsewhere.
Overall if you stick with pho, fried egg rolls and Vietnamese iced coffee you'll be having a really good meal for cheap at Pho Nam.
Rare steak and lean brisket pho
Deep fried egg rolls
Iced coffee - always in a to go cup as we like to take it with us
On some occasions we'll order the bun (the dry noodles with veggies that you pour fish sauce over) and it's also very good. However 90% of the time, we stick with the pho even on hot days. We'll probably be sweating while eating it but it's worth it. One complaint is their fresh rolls - they don't taste very fresh. Once you put in the order, they'll have it at your table in a minute. They probably make it in advance and keep it in the refrigerator. I would stay away from this dish as you can find better elsewhere.
Overall if you stick with pho, fried egg rolls and Vietnamese iced coffee you'll be having a really good meal for cheap at Pho Nam.
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Dim Sum Hong Kong Saigon Sunnyvale
Today felt like a good day to have dim sum - it's Thursday so only one more day left in the work week and it's 80 degrees in the Bay Area. Based off location, the best place to have dim sum if you're working in the Mountain View/Sunnyvale/Santa Clara area is Hong Kong Saigon in Sunnyvale.
We got really lucky and got a seat at 11:30am as this place becomes a madhouse around noon with dozens of people waiting outside. The wait time can be as much as an hour which easily makes it a 2 hour lunch. Not a good idea especially on a work day!
We ordered our usual for dim sum - shrimp & pork siu mai, deep fried taro & meat dumpling, beef rice noodle roll, stick rice in lotus leaf and pan fried daikon cake. These are pretty much staples at any dim sum place and they make them here. However if I had a choice, we would go to Mayflower at the Great Mall in Milpitas or Hong Kong Lounge in San Francisco for dim sum. However on a work day, you go with what's close by and this is as good as it gets.
It's worth mentioning that Hong Kong Saigon does offer the taro bun which used to be available on weekends but we saw them on this Thursday morning. We were shocked because when they were available only on weekends, it was very exclusive as they would only make a dozen every hour. Once the server comes out of the kitchen he/she is rushed by 20-30 people and if you don't move fast you won't get a chance to try the taro bun. However, it looks like the taro bun is available on weekdays now but the server was rushed by 10 to 15 people and they were gone within minutes.
We got really lucky and got a seat at 11:30am as this place becomes a madhouse around noon with dozens of people waiting outside. The wait time can be as much as an hour which easily makes it a 2 hour lunch. Not a good idea especially on a work day!
We ordered our usual for dim sum - shrimp & pork siu mai, deep fried taro & meat dumpling, beef rice noodle roll, stick rice in lotus leaf and pan fried daikon cake. These are pretty much staples at any dim sum place and they make them here. However if I had a choice, we would go to Mayflower at the Great Mall in Milpitas or Hong Kong Lounge in San Francisco for dim sum. However on a work day, you go with what's close by and this is as good as it gets.
It's worth mentioning that Hong Kong Saigon does offer the taro bun which used to be available on weekends but we saw them on this Thursday morning. We were shocked because when they were available only on weekends, it was very exclusive as they would only make a dozen every hour. Once the server comes out of the kitchen he/she is rushed by 20-30 people and if you don't move fast you won't get a chance to try the taro bun. However, it looks like the taro bun is available on weekdays now but the server was rushed by 10 to 15 people and they were gone within minutes.
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