A6. Fried Tofu
Top Cafe

Top Cafe

650 Barber Lane, Milpitas, 95035, United States Of America

Soup • Thai • Asian • Coffee


"I regularly go to this restaurant and I also order from them on doordash. One thing to note if you order from doordash the dishes are all a few dollars more expensive. Let's start with the stir fried dishes. Most of the basic thai stir fried dishes like basil chicken and their noodles like pad Thai is very average. I personally hate it when they put bell pepper in a thai basil chicken. Anybody who had eaten a Thai basil chicken in Thailand will never ever see bell peppers in a basil chicken. This seems to be a common practice here which over powers the actual chilli garlic and basil flavor. Nobody also puts onions in a basil chicken dish. The pad Thai is what you will get in any Thai joint in North America , 50 percent authentic and it's too sweet. There should be a balance if sweet sour and salty in a pad Thai. The papaya salad is good not great. The salted crab papaya salad they also peanuts which is unusual not usual but it's ok. Some if the sea food dishes from the chef special menu for stand out and get prepared well. The whole garlic fish fried is nice. I also like their Tom yum noodle soup. It's spicy sour and good fresh herbs flavors. I do like their tod man plaa or the fried fish cakes. They do a good job at that and the way they present it is good also. The chef special dishes usually give you a better culinary experience while the other dishes are quite average. Yes they use authentic ingredients and I have not sensed any time so far where I felt they used frozen or ready made ingredients. The cooks in the back are Thai or lao and I have heard them speaking and so I know they have the potential to cook up much more authentic dishes. I hope they can innovate and be bold and execute the dishes the way people eat it in thailand. It is a good place to go as a group of four or five as their is good seating space. It's also a good place go with family. Lastly their mango sticky rice is well made. The mango has always been fresh and not over riped and the sticky rice hot wish nice milky coconut milk. Not too sweet and not too sour mango. The selection of dishes is good. A good balance of stir fry, soups, curry, sea food , noodles etc. If I was in Thailand I would have rated this place 1.5/5, but being in North America I give them a 3/5. Definitely an above average place. But not good. Part 2: went bad tried the papaya salad with crab Thai hot. It was very good and authentic like Thailand. Also tried the tilapia fried fish. The food has improved."

Gangnam Korean

Gangnam Korean

19505 44th Ave W, Lynnwood, United States

Asian • Korean • Casual • Seafood


"Located within the Highline Plaza in Lynnwood, my family and I decided to come have dinner after our long hike. There's plenty of parking in the plaza lot, which is shared with all the other businesses nearby. Walking in, there is a sign on the door that encourages wearing masks upon entering. The entire staff also wears their masks. Tables are well spread out to continue to enforce social distancing. I appreciate restaurants that keep their restrooms clean and Gangnam does that.Now on to the service and food! Unfortunately, I'm giving them a 3-3.5 star because of the slow service. We got there and ordered our food, but it took quite awhile before we were brought out the banchan and even the main course. I will give them the benefit of the doubt that the service was slow because they could be short staffed. At the time we were there, there were 2-3 other tables with groups of 2-5 people; plus they seemed to have a lot of To Go orders. So that could have been the reason why service was slow for dine in.As for the food, it was absolutely delicious! The three main dishes (spicy bulgolgi, spicy squid stir fry, and seafood tofu soup) was enough to fill up five hungry people.Aside from the service, the food was delicious and the staff were really kind. So for now, I feel like I can only give them a 3.5 at most. I hope the next time I find myself there that the service will be a bit faster."