Mario's La Fiesta Mexican Restaurant
2444 Telegraph Ave
Berkeley, CA
(510) 540-9123
Cuisine:
Mexican
Cafe Intermezzo
2442 Telegraph Ave
Berkeley, CA
(510) 849-4592
Cuisine:
Salads, Health Food, American
Falafel Drive-In
2301 Stevens Creek Blvd
San Jose, CA
(408) 294-7886
Cuisine:
Gyros, Mediterranean
Porto's Bakery & Party Store
315 N Brand Blvd
Glendale, CA
(818) 956-5996
Cuisine:
Bakeries, Cuban, Cafe
Gochi Japanese Fusion Tapas
19980 Homestead Road
Cupertino, CA
(408) 725-0542
Cuisine:
Japanese, Tapas, Family Fare
December 5, 2006
Gochi rhymes with Mochi
This restaurant is hidden but a great find! Too bad a lot of people know about this place already as it is quite crowded.
I agree with mandeelish. This place was awesome, but the service wasn’t outstanding. I understand it was busy but after waiting 30+ minutes for a table I wanted foood!
Next time i’ll try some of their fusion dishes like their twist on pizza!
Dishes I tried:
Seaweed Salad
We started off the meal with this salad which was excellent! It could have had more seaweed since that was the best part of the salad. Everything else, including the dressing was well balanced out.
Salmon Croquette
These little fried balls were nice and crispy but it had a tad too much mayo.
Agedashi Nigiri
This was basically a rice ball sitting in dashi sauce with some dried nori. Very simple dish but it was surprisingly very tasty. Gooo dashi sauce!
Black Cod with Plum sauce
The waitress warned us that this was a very unique dish, so my expectations were low. Good thing we ordered it because this turned out to be my favorite dish! Juicy cod with a crunchy skin with a bit of sweetness :)
Albacore Sashimi
This dish was presented nicely and tasted great. The sashimi was seared and the added flavor did not cover the taste of the tuna.
Steamed Taro
Few pieces of taro were served in a bowl of some sauce I can’t remember. This was probably the least flavorful dish, but I still enjoyed it
Agedashi Tofu
The tofu was crispy on the outside, and very soft on the inside so a perfect fried tofu! The dashi sauce was good, but I agree it needed just a tad more.
Onigiri with Tuna Mayo
Yummy rice ball that is crispy on the outside, will definitely try the other flavors they offer.
Teba Saki
Fried chicken wings, you can also request to have these grilled. The batter was a little too thick for me and I had a hard time finding the chicken. I prefer the wings at Furaibo.
Wahoo's Fish Tacos
11911 Wilshire Blvd
Los Angeles, CA
(310) 445-5990
Cuisine:
Mexican, Seafood, Fast Food
November 30, 2006
Awesome Fish Tacos
I used to live across from a Wahoo’s and I probably went there way too often, but it’s just that tasty! There was also a Rubio’s nearby so anyone who said they loved Rubio’s I had to take them to Wahoo’s and have them compare the fish tacos. In my opinion the Wahoo’s fish tacos dominates the Rubio’s fish tacos. The difference is that the fish used at Wahoo’s is grilled or blackened, not deep fried.
The enchilada’s are tasty as well, I suggest the green sauce. Anyway, this chain is growing because it’s cheap, good, mexican food. Try it!!
shaomai
01/02/2007congrats on your prize winning review mirabell!