Describe your favorite restaurant

[nuke_diver]

In San Jose. We've been going there for over 20 years. Andu, the owner, treats you like family. Gave our daughter a bottle of tej when she got one of her degrees. Ethiopian food is the bomb - I've been using teff in a lot of my baked goods lately.

I wanted to try this but the wife isn't keen on Ethiopian food, not sure why. I've never had it but I like to experiment somewhat. We have a couple of favs that are so because we've become regulars. The Pho place we go to knows my wife even on the phone. There is a also a small Korean place we like especially in the winter for Tofu soup which is awesome on a cold wet night. Not sure they are even still in business though they did takeout prepandemic so I hope so. We liked dining there because bonchan which I would imagine you wouldn't get on takeout orders. Bonchan is a big part of what makes Korean food awesome for me

 

[bsman]

I wanted to try this but the wife isn't keen on Ethiopian food, not sure why. I've never had it but I like to experiment somewhat. We have a couple of favs that are so because we've become regulars. The Pho place we go to knows my wife even on the phone. There is a also a small Korean place we like especially in the winter for Tofu soup which is awesome on a cold wet night. Not sure they are even still in business though they did takeout prepandemic so I hope so. We liked dining there because bonchan which I would imagine you wouldn't get on takeout orders. Bonchan is a big part of what makes Korean food awesome for me

We've enjoyed a lot of excellent Korean food at any number of places in Santa Clara. We ordered from To Bang last week and they provided a good variety of bonchan. Not cheap, though! Don't have a favorite Pho place right now - a lot of them are really variable, it seems.

 

[335clone]

Rumble Fish Sushi. Absolutely beats any sushi place within 50 miles (and there are a LOT). Great food, atmosphere, and prices.

@bsman have you tried Pho Van on the frontage road along 101 by San Tomas? Little hole in the wall but used to love lunches there.

 

[bsman]

Rumble Fish Sushi. Absolutely beats any sushi place within 50 miles (and there are a LOT). Great food, atmosphere, and prices.

@bsman have you tried Pho Van on the frontage road along 101 by San Tomas? Little hole in the wall but used to love lunches there.

Yeah - I've been there a number of times (off Norman, IIRC) - really close to us. Haven't been there lately, though, since I'm somewhat leary of parking right next to the seedy motel at the premises - if my wife saw my car there...

 

[mongooz]

Toledo has, per capita, more eateries than any other city in the USA.
and there aren't any of them i would call "favorite"
there are a few good ones, not great.
The Grape Leaf has pretty good middle eastern food.
there's a pretty good mexican place over in Fremont, Oh. they close every december so the owners can spend xmas in mexico with their family.
but really, there's a whole lot of chains here. we're a test ground for lots of menu items. not that i would eat one, but we had the McRib in 1986.

i would give a pinky finger for a couple pepperoni pizza slices from Bello's, in Sharon Pa (where i'm from), but they've been gone since the late 70's.

 

[FenderPusher]

This is a difficult question as I have favorites for certain cuisine but hard to nail down one overall favorite. If I had to pick a standout, it's a little unassuming Thai restaurant in Harrisburg. Small, old building on the corner of a busy street with dated decor. Cramped but clean, BYOB and the kind of place that only the cashier speaks passable Engrish. This place serves the best goddamn smoked chili dish that is impossible to recreate. Savory, a tad sweet, dripping with umami, ass-destroyingly spicy if you ask for anything more than "hot." It's a perfect dish and one I almost constantly crave.