7 noodle & sizzling — Restaurant in San Jose

The black pepper sizzling steak is authentic Taiwanese style and reminiscent of the Taiwan night markets black pepper sizzling steaks. It's hard to find stuff like this in the Bay Area. It was delicious, although I find that the knives struggled to cut the steak well on the sizzling plate.

The beef stew noodle soup is a bit of an interesting case; I was not expecting the broth to have sweetness on both the clear and regular beef stew noodle soups. The thin noodles were too thin for my liking and seemed to break apart easily. Usually Taiwanese beef stew noodle broth is savory, the only exception is if they used a tomato base for the broth which would explain the sweetness. However it doesn't explain the sweetness for the clear broth beef stew noodle soup. I do feel that there isn't enough broth in the soups, as you finish your noodle soup it gets kind of sticky not sure how to explain this.

The fried tofu was pretty good, the garlic soy sauce was a bit on the sweeter side compared to the traditional savory flavor that I'm accustomed to with these Taiwanese dishes. I recommend adding more garlic to the tofu dipping sauce.

Overall, the service was great, the staff were very kind and friendly. The atmosphere is nice, it's definitely a small shop so support your local businesses and restaurants! It's rare to come across Taiwanese cuisine on this side of town so this was a pleasant experience and discovery. Typically I'd have to go to Cupertino / Sunnyvale / Milpitas / Fremont for Taiwanese cuisine. I was surprised to not see any fried rice options in the menu, maybe there will be a Satay Fried Rice on the menu in the future.

I will definitely be returning to try other items on the menu. My party only ordered a total of four items (black pepper sizzling steak, beef stew noodle soup, clear broth beef stew noodle soup, and fried tofu) and it came out to around $72 which is pretty steep but... Maybe that's just the new trend with everything going up in prices. Nonetheless, I appreciate the hardworking staff and owner of this...

I came across this restaurant on Instagram, and it suddenly made me nostalgic for Taiwanese steak, so I decided to give it a try. Honestly, the food doesn’t have the authentic Taiwanese flavor. For example, the black pepper sauce in Taiwan is usually packed with black pepper granules, and there’s noticeably more mushrooms in the mushroom sauce. While the night market-style steak was delicious, it lacked the spiciness of the pepper sauce and the sweetness of the mushroom sauce. Oh, and if they had mixed vegetables with corn, peas, and carrots, （三色豆）it would have been even more like the night market. The beef noodle soup had a tomato broth, which might be healthier since it seemed to use real tomatoes. The broth was a bit sour today, though. I’ll give it another try next time. Overall, just having night market steak here is something to celebrate. I’m really happy that I can enjoy this dish in the Bay Area. The corn soup that came with the meal didn’t have ham, but it still had that Taiwanese night...

Delicious and authentic, you will be hard pressed to find better Taiwanese food in the bay area, let alone west of the Mississippi.

For a late lunch on a Sunday, I had the noodle soup with beef and tendon, wife had the black pepper new york steak, and kiddo had the chicken katsu curry. All 3 were absolute winners, full of flavor and fresh ingredients prepared perfectly. My soup unbelievably rich and flavorful without being overly salty or greasy, her pepper steak was incredibly tender and perfectly seasoned and sauced, and wow that katsu curry was some of, if not, the best I've had outside of Japan.

We all left stuffed, but the leftovers did not survive the night.

If you're craving authentic Taiwanese, you'll be overjoyed. If you've never had it, I'd say do yourself a favor and go here, but then you're just going to be disappointed when you try it anywhere else. You'll end up like me though and just looking forward to the next time you...