Indo Cafe is the most un-Saratoga restaurant in Saratoga, at least by the old standards. For one, it’s not even visible on Big Basin Way. It’s behind the UPS store across from the tumbleweed-blown Buy and Save shopping center. You have to drive between Ristorante di Mario and Rose International Market buildings and park in back to find it.
Articles by Stett Holbrook
I’ve been looking for raw milk because I’ve gotten into making my own yogurt and butter, and I want to try my hand at cheese making. Pasteurized milk is no good for that. It seems pretty clear, too, that raw milk is better for me and the cows.
Steve Jobs’ favorite Japanese restaurant was Jin Sho in Palo Alto. He ate a series of meals with friends and associates at the restaurant shortly before he died. I had walked by the restaurant several times, but I had never checked it out. After hearing about Jobs’ meals there, I wanted to try it.
A romantic restaurant is all about balance. It’s must be quiet but not too quiet. Service should attentive, but discrete. The food should be delicious, of course, but light and lively enough that it doesn’t put you to sleep. And while you’re dining in a crowd your table should feel like it’s own private island. These five restaurants fit the bill.
Make it or buy it? Bay Area author Jennifer Reese does the math and figures out what’s worth making yourself and what foods you’re better off buying at the store. In most cases, DIY is the way to go.
Fusion 9 is Silicon Valley’s (America’s?) first drive-thru Indian restaurant, and it represents the Indianization of American food. Or maybe it’s the Americanization of Indian food. Whatever it is, the El Camino Real restaurant is an intriguing bit of culinary anthropology.
The show is at 8pm and you’ve got to hour to eat. Park the car and walk to one of these restaurants to for pre-show food and drinks.
Mi Pueblo and El Oaxaqueno top Silicon Valley’s Mexican markets.
Eastern European countries are well represented in Silicon Valley.
Local grocers offer options for authentic Indian ingredients.
