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I've never been upgraded to United's new Premium Plus seats until tonight. I thought that it would be the same meal as economy cla...

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We tried out some of Blue Apron's subscription services while we were out here. Everything was nicely put together, and the food turne...

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This slightly upscale place caught my eye with the words "homestyle farm-to-table grilled meat" (595 East El Camino Real, 408-72...

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This 50's-themed diner was a little tacky and out of place near downtown Los Gatos (235 Los Gatos Saratoga Road, 408-354-4886). They ...

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This place at Santa Clara Town Center (2110 El Camino Real, 408-244-1684) has a separate Chinese menu that features things like minced fis...

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It's very unlikely that I will ever get out to Minnesota . But there is a bar there called the 5-8 Club that invented the Juicy Lucy, ...

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We made a pitstop at IHOP today. I shouldn't have been surprised at the watery coffee, but I was a bit bummed about the soggy hash br...

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Well, one way to address the corn versus flour quesabirria question is to drop the tortilla altogether. And this truck on north side of P...

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Costco is selling big boxes of this stuff. It was a little more fragrant than I was expecting, but ultimately it wasn't that differen...

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I stopped at a random taco stand on my way back tonight, and this shop had both quesabirrias and crispy birria tacos listed separately on...

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I didn't realize this until I looked it up just now, but this is a small burger chain from La Jolla , and they now have a shop up here...

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Here's the grilled rockfish from California Fish Grill that I talked about last time . Its firm and smoky flesh combined with all of t...

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There is a little tamale truck in front of the Bank of America at Seven Trees Shopping Center off Monterey Highway (79 Senter Road, 408-80...

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I was looking for something light this afternoon, so I went for a bowl of mixed ceviche from this Peruvian stall at San Pedro Square Mar...

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I'm sure that this joke has been made a million times before, but when we arrived for lunch today, the line was indeed "phokim lo...

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We spotted this taco truck from a distance and decided to stop in for a quick snack (555 Showers Drive). The protein selections were disa...

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There was a lot more that I could've ordered from this cozy little diner (2423 Old Middlefield Way). But I was in the mood for a salad...

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I'm not sure if these guys were originally from Los Altos or if it was just their name (2105 Old Middlefield Way East), but we were n...

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LUNA is a Bib Gourmand from San Jose that has since expanded to a big spot over in Campbell (1875 South Bascom Avenue #570, 408-963-6681)...

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There was a food truck parked across the street from The Halford , so what better than to stumble over for some post-drinking morsels. Th...

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I suggested going to this pub (1494 Halford Avenue, 408-243-1290) because they have a massive array of 71 beers on tap. But they also have...

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It turns out that there is still quite a bit from In-N-Out's secret menu that I still haven't tried yet, so I went for a few of t...

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The stall that draws the crowds at the Mitsuwa Marketplace food court in West San Jose (675 Saratoga Avenue) is Santouka . But since we ca...

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Time for some Mongolian BBQ while we're out here in the Valley (1653 Hollenbeck Avenue). This shop was different in that they provide...

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We weren't too far from El Camino in Santa Clara this afternoon and figured that we might as well get some Korean food for lunch. Thi...

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Here's quesabirria platter that I got from a random shop in San Jose today. I was a little disappointed to see that they weren't ...

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So Momofuku seems to have a take on Laoganma, and it comes in an extra spicy option. I got my hopes up given how much his Extremely Spicy ...

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Another chain from China has opened an outlet down here on the former grounds of Sumire at Bugis Junction (200 Victoria Street #01-88, 9...

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This stall at the Wisma Atria Food Republic is allegedly from Sabah in East Malaysia with this old recipe of fried pork on rice noodles. ...

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As the name suggests, this place sells gyutan , although there are plenty of other proteins available too (41 Tras Street #01-01, 8321-335...

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I'm not sure if these guys are related to the Tokyo Soba folks that were in this spot previously (12 Gopeng Street #01-16, 6970-9963)...

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I wasn't sure how this place would turn out given how hard they were trying with the naming (55 South Bridge Road, 6513-2789). But all...

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It took me a while to realize this, but Tsuta has two different types of shoyu ramen: the original truffle shoyu soba, and the (unlabeled...

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This small chain of pizza places has been around for many years now. I wasn't that interested in going given that it looked a little c...

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I'm not sure if this was unique to Yeast Side 's new Farrer Park location or if I just missed it today, but it looks like they don...

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Like Teochew herh keow , these "UFO" oyster cakes are really one of those things that really deserve more attention. Mine was s...

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I'm not sure how long this has been on Sushiro's menu , but that torched soy sauce engawa behind the blackthroat seaperch in the ...

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It looks like it has been more than a year since I tried Yubafang . This time, I went for their bouncy prawn guotie as well as their clas...

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I'm not sure if NTUC got this idea from Drink Drunk Donki or even places like Whole Foods , but their Centrepoint outlet now has a ba...

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I'm not sure if I got the translation right on this, but it was some kind of vegetarian bulgogi that I got for just one dollar given ...

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One thing that really doesn't get enough attention is the Teochew herh keow dumpling with its chewy fish paste-based wrapper. Sure, o...

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The Yaowarat folks have a small chain of Malaysian ban mian shops called Ng Kuan, and I stopped by an outlet for a late night top-up. It...

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The Foothills location of Tiong Bahru Bakery at Fort Canning Park (70 River Valley Road #01-05, 6877-4865) is doing a pop-up this weekend...

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The Malaysia Boleh folks now have a brand of wanton noodle stalls called Sei Ngan Zai, the signage of which prominently features a ...

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I finally tried Don Don Donki 's wagyukushi skewers today. Contrary to how they looked in the signage, these were not solid cubes of ...

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As the name suggests, the beachside open air seating is the priority here (920 East Coast Parkway #01-25). Still, they serve Thai food, am...

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I was at Hong Lim today and finally had a chance to try Heng Kee at stall #01-58. To my surprise, my small bowl came with a variety of bo...