Spice Island Tea House

Spice Island Tea House is a high-rated Thai restaurant in Oakland, opened in 1995.  I think it’s the best Southeast Asian restaurant I have ever been to in the US.  It is decorated by painting, flowers and crafts ornaments, with jazz music. A quaint and warm place to eat and talk with friends. Continue reading “Spice Island Tea House”

Zen’s Noodle House

Noodle is a common staple food in many cultures. It can be stretched flat, twisted, extruded and cut into the pipe, or in alphabet shape. With the difference in shape and ingredient, there might be hundreds of ways to cook noodle. In China, noodle is made by wheat and barley flour, in some area people use rice to make noodle. In Europe, pasta is made wheat flour and egg. Noodle is cooked in a boiling water, and pasta is cooked in boiling water with salt. This post will introduce a famous noodle restaurant near PITT. Continue reading “Zen’s Noodle House”

Asian Lunch Special

The lunch special is a time-limited set menu, often offering at noon.  The set meal usually contains a dish and rice, and the price of set meals is cheaper than ordering the dish individually. The amount of dish is less than the individual one, but it’s enough for a hungry student. Most popular dishes are in lunch specials. There are two types of lunch specials near PITT: one is a set menu, and another one is the lunch buffet. Continue reading “Asian Lunch Special”