Steak, sushi, dumplings and more: The latest in Palo Altoβs food scene
Suns out, (steamed pork) buns out.
This week, I drove all around Palo Alto in search of new restaurants and discovered some pretty tasting findings: A Sausalito-based Brazilian steakhouse and a Sunnyvale-founded fried chicken franchise will be opening along El Camino, a dumpling restaurant (serving some insanely delicious xiao long bao) opened in downtown and more new spots.
And good news for longtime patrons of Frankie, Johnnie & Luigi Too! The Mountain View Italian favorite is back after a three-year renovation with a different name and ambiance. Craving something amazing? I chatted with Sean Kim and Joe Shin, co-owners of Amazing Katsu in Santa Clara, to learn what makes their katsu stand out from the rest.
Stay tasty,
Adrienne
Here are the latest restaurants joining the Palo Alto dining scene
Slurp up fragrant broth from a steaming dumpling, order your 10th round of juicy steak or dig into a bowl loaded with hearty gyro and cooling tzatziki. Here are the newcomers joining the Palo Alto dining scene.
A Mountain View favorite returns, Santa Clara gets a new ghost kitchen and two Italian restaurants close
- Longtime Mountain View Italian restaurant Frankie, Johnnie & Luigi Too! has reopened its doors as Giorgioβs Italian Grill & Pizzeria.
- Amazing Katsu, a Japanese-Korean fusion restaurant operating out of a ghost kitchen, recently opened in Santa Clara.
- A Bay Area food supplier filed a lawsuit against Mikeβs Diner Bar for nearly $50,000 two days before the longtime restaurant permanently closed.
- Blue Dragon Pho in Half Moon Bay will be closed annually from July 4 through Labor Day weekend, according to a recent Instagram post.
- Left Bank Brasserie in Menlo Park is celebrating Bastille Day on July 14 with live music, face painting, balloon art and sample pours.
- Two Italian restaurants closed on June 22: 52-year-old Fiorilloβs in Santa Clara and Pezzellaβs Villa Napoli in Sunnyvale.
Tea leaf salad at Burma Taste
Fun fact about me: I love salad. So much so that I pretty much crave it on a daily basis (and I eat it for lunch 90% of the time). Thereβs something so satisfying about its refreshing crunch and how each component of the salad has space to shine. Rightfully so, Caesar and cobb are available on most menus, but I feel like we arenβt giving enough love to one of my all-time favorite salads: tea leaf.
If you havenβt had Burmese food before, I implore you to stop reading this newsletter and go to your nearest Burmese restaurant, whether that be Rangoon Ruby in Palo Alto, Burma Love in Menlo Park, Burma Spice in Redwood City or Burma Taste in Sunnyvale (where I got my most recent tea leaf salad from).
Tea leaf salad is uniquely funky in the best way, with a fermented green tea leaf dressing that adds an earthy mellow tang thatβll keep you digging in for more. In addition to the crisp romaine and diced jalapeno, a plethora of flavorful crunchy bits keeps the salad texturally interesting β think fried yellow beans, garlic chips, peanuts, sesame seeds and sunflower seeds.
Top tip: Tea leaf salad traditionally comes with crushed dried shrimp, so if youβre vegetarian, just ask for it to be made without (itβll still taste superb).
Burma Taste, 124 S Murphy Ave., Sunnyvale; 650-789-5182, Instagram: @burmataste. Open Monday through Thursday 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and 4:30-9:30 p.m., Saturday 11 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. and Sunday 11 a.m. to 9 p.m
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