Chez Christina — Restaurant in Milpitas

It was Valentine's, I wanted to take my wife to a nice French restaurant but one of the reservation failed through, luckily I remembered this place that I took my girlfriend (my wife) 22 years ago. We both remembered this place, we didn't know it's still there after all these years since we never came back after we got married and moved. The Google booking system is amazing, we got our confirmation right away. My wife was happy to come back to our first date years ago. The restaurant is small, plenty of parking spaces, we came early because we went straight after work, we found the parking right away. This is called French VN fusion restaurant, it's kinda like our favorite Le Colonial in SF but closed after 26 years in business. We've been in Paris and tried quite a few restaurant there, we like escargots, steaks and ducks, but we still think the fusion restaurants taste as good or better. The service here is so attentive, pleasant and happy, we liked it right away after all these years. The decor is quite nice IMHO, quite simple and not very pretentious. So, French restaurant the escargots are a must, this place doesn't use the whole snails instead using the out-of-shell meats, with a little bread in a cup, kinda different. The important thing is the tastes, the meat is quite soft and flavorful, we both liked them very much. The bread dipped in the sauce is quite tasty. Everywhere we went, we love crispy calamari, and this place is excellent, the calamari is crispy but the meat is tender, the sauce are just plain tartar and cocktail sauce, they should make their own special sauce for this then it would be better. We finished these in a heartbeat. The salad is included which is nice. The dressing is just right, I think it has a touch of fish sauce in it, very nice. The main course, the #15 and #16 that we can hear people are ordering. we order both because we forgot what we ordered 22 years ago LOL. Actually both sauces are almost tasted the same, but my wife thought her pepper corn sauce tasted better than my Mushroom sauce. My wife likes the hot crunchy bread and butter instead of my red rice. They're both excellent eating with our sauces. The steak is tender and does have texture, it's the sauce that counts. The prices here are quite reasonable. We will come back here again to try different dishes when we're craving for another romantic outing event. It's not just the restaurant, it's how we love each other. When we're in love, everything is romantic and...

You ever had a time where your friend tells you about this cool restaurant and you don't know what or where it is? Even trying to find it on Google maps itself is hard! It really makes you wonder if its worth it once you finally find it? Turns out it actually is! After hearing about it for the past 9 months from my friends, I've finally spotted this French/Vietnamese restaurant when i was making my way to golfland that is close by. When i entered the building, my group of 4 and i was quickly seated by the hostess and serviced with the even nicer waitress! While most items on the menu are $10 or more (upwards of $40+!) the quality really stands out here, most notably my sizzling hot plate of steak that came with salad, soup and surprisingly, French fries! The steak was tender and seasoned really well, so well that they use full on pepper seeds you usually grind! Their atmosphere is very calm and subdue with real potted plants unlike most restaurants which use fake plants ( feel them!) and when i went, there wasn't a lot of people, so they spread the people around the best they could. Overall, its a pretty nice place, if, you're willing to spend a little more than you want to, and if you do, you...

I was next door and seen this restaurant on my way to my car. I am so glad I did. It was a great experience. The service was so refreshing and a lost practice that I haven't seen in quite some time. During a time it's expected to feel rushed, not treated with any regard, or just lacking genuine respect and standards at most places. This was the opposite of that. The atmosphere was very comfortable and I want to say relaxing.... which is so rare to me. The employees were very attentively kind. There are really cool photos and articles displayed. With artistic cultural furniture pieces that I was admiring. Looks like they've had a prominent history I didn't know of. Food was fresh and well prepared. Had soup tonight and can't wait to try more dishes! Very good over all...