Malaysian / Singaporean restaurants are becoming more popular here in the South Bay. The most popular one is Banana Leaf in Milpitas. Layang Layang in Cupertino is another well-known one. We used to go to one called Cafe Sochi in Cupertino but that closed down a long time ago. The manager went to Penang Village on Coleman near the San Jose airport and we went a couple of times but hadn’t been back in a long time.
I read in the Metro that there was a new Malaysian restaurant called Rasa Malaysian (no relation to Rasa Malaysia) that was operating in the same space as Penang Village. I thought we’d go check it out to see if it was any good. We arrived around 6:45 and were seated immediately. We heard the manager speaking Hokkien to the cook so we asked if she was from Penang. She said yes. We said we want authentic Penang-style food, not “fixed” to American tastes. She said they would try to accomodate us. Continue reading Rasa Malaysian (San Jose)→
Annie has a great taste memory of a visit to England where she had real fish and chips. The fillet of fish was so long it hung over the sides of the plate. The chips were fresh cut potatoes just out of the fryer. It was some of the best food she had there (notwithstanding the mushy peas).
Went to Brittania Arms on Almaden Expressway for some Fish n chips for Mother’s Day lunch. This being Mother’s Day, we were very surprised that there was only one other occupied table in the whole restaurant. Annie got the two-piece fish with chips. The cod fish fillets were huge! The breading was nice and light, and the tartar sauce worked well. The “chips”, though, were totally lame.
During our trip to Texas, we were planning on going out to Fredericksberg and the Texas Hill Country but the weather had other plans. It was just too rainy to be frolicking in the wildflowers. So we turned around. Then an idea hit me.
One of our friends suggested we take the kids to Cabela’s in Buda (south of Austin) to see the big aquarium. Even though it was raining outside, it was nice inside. I’ve never been in such a wonderful place before. The kids loved the aquarium and all the stuffed animals, while I drooled over all the outdoor stuff. We even had a turn at the shooting game upstairs (I got a perfect score heheheh :D).
Lunch at the cafe was beef chili with beans in a bread bowl for Annie and a buffalo burger with Provolone cheese and all the fixins for me. Both were good, although my burger was a bit more well done than I like.
Thanks, Kat for the suggestion. We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves at Cabela’s. Maybe one day we’ll go out to the hill country (and Cooper’s in Llano ) when the weather’s better.
I usually don’t like to eat beef ribs for a number of reasons: too tough, too chewy, too fatty, low meat to bone ratio. But my friend Steve in Austin says that he likes the ribs at Iron Works BBQ so we set up a time to meet him and some other friends there one evening.
