The Falafel Drive In

Next Stop: The Falafel Drive In

Address
2301 Stevens Creek Blvd San Jose, CA 95128 (408) 294-7886
www.falafelsdrivein.com

Yelp
http://www.yelp.com/biz/jw7wkWmTX04fRYLcp9vlPQ#hrid:Hx63eRKmIc3NCxTbwG7RDw/query:falafel%20drive%20in

http://www.falafelsdrivein.com/home.html

Lunch Box Restaurant- Ethiopian Cuisine

Gojo was closed so we all decided to go to the Lunch Box Restaurant down the street which also serves Ethiopian food. Lucky for us, it was open. It was really hearty and savory food, which we washed down with some strong Tej Tea.

We ordered:

-Lamb Tibs - marinated in spices
-Beef Tibs - marinated in spices
-Foul - bean dip and Banh Mi
-Vegetable platter - Lentils, Potato, Cabbage

-Ijera Bread
-Tej Tea

Here's what some customers had to say about the restaurant. http://www.yelp.com/biz/Hcpr8r_cbTXrqIYvdybW9Q

Address
1876 W San Carlos St San Jose, CA 95128 (408) 287-3511

Lunch Box - Ethiopian Cuisine

Next Trip out (11/21/07) - Gojo (Ethiopian)

Gojo Restaurant

1261 W. San Carlos Street San Jose, CA 95126 (408) 295-9546

Menu: $6.50-$8.50Hours: Tue.-Thu. 11am-10pm, Fri.-Sun. 11am-11pm, closed Mon.

The kitchen simmers an excellent doro wet, a thick chicken stew rich with butter and garlic. Dark, herb-sodden meat shreds off the drumsticks as easily as dandelion confetti, so pliant that one can probably strip the drumstick to the bone with a single bite.

After doro wet, it's a tossup between kitfo ($6.50), spiced beef with homemade cottage cheese, and yebeg tibbs ($7.50), diced lamb sautéed with onion, garlic and herb butter.
One of the best combinations for two diners is a vegetarian platter (No. 10, $6.50) paired with a combination platter (No. 9, $7.50). One of the best combinations for two diners is a vegetarian platter (No. 10, $6.50) paired with a combination platter (No. 9, $7.50).

The Ethiopian coffee ceremony is wonderful ($12 for a party of six). With its time-intensive preparation, the ceremony must be ordered along with the meal. The pan-roasted beans are brought to the table for participants to take in the full aromas. The beans, hand-ground and slow-steeped in an Ethiopian urn, produce a wine-dark, coarsely filtered coffee that is as rich as espresso. Ethiopian coffee by the demitasse sans ceremony is 75 cents. Beer are $2 and wines are $1.50.



Directions:
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=1261%20W.%20San%20Carlos%20Street%2C%20San%20Jose%2C%20CA%2095126

(Gojo is a name given to Ethiopian traditional home. The secret cooking of Gojo lies in the mixture of exotic Ethiopian spices. In preparing our traditional spicy dishes, we use Berbere - a combination of powdered red peppers with some ten different herbs and spices. We add fresh garlic to Berbere. Another important ingredient is purified butter called Kibbe. The dishes are eaten with fingers using Injera - a spongy crepe like bread. For the most authentic "taste of Ethiopia" we like to suggest a glass of organic honey wine called "Tej". For the perfect conclusion to your meal, we prepare Ethiopian coffee with full ceremony when ordered in advance. Some of our customers said, "Its is not where you eat, but it is what you eat." We like you to experience our traditionally prepared dishes. Let us take you to 1500 B.C.)

Metro Review: http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/07.23.98/dining-9829.html

Barrio Fiesta

Barrio Fiesta

Barrio Fiesta
1790 Milmont Drive
Milpitas, CA 95035-3052
(408) 934 9902

http://www.yelp.com/biz/barrio-fiesta-restaurant-milpitas#hrid:Lef0kkMBBjvsghznjFUQQg/query:barrio%20fiesta

For our first restaurant, we decide to go to Barrio Fiesta, a Filipino Restaurant off Dixon Landing in Milpitas.

We ordered:

1. Catfish Laing
2. Adobong Pusit
3. Beef Bulalo
4. Pork Sisig
5. Crispy Pata!!! The Winner!!!