Asian Street Cafe — Restaurant in Sunnyvale

Went here for lunch on a Sunday and the ordering kiosks reminded me of the way McDonald's has it set up. Lots of dim sum favorites to order, including an option to just get a dozen of each. Each of the entree options has a bunch of ways you can order it - with noodles or rice, different types of noodles, plenty of modifications.

The modifications might have been the reason it was so slow though. Although we didn't modify anything, the meals took 20 minutes before we got one of the two, and then the other came about 5 minutes later. There was only one other couple in the restaurant, so it wasn't an issue of order volume.

The food came and it was...alright. we ordered duck noodle soup and the curry leg/thigh combo. The meals themselves were very scattered, the soup was akin to a ramen soup with pieces of duck on a plate on the side. The curry was a Singaporean style curry, but one bowl held the meat, and the other had broccoli, carrots, and a tiny bit of rice. It was like we had ordered two or three different dishes that came together, and not a full meal.

Taste wise things were ok, but the flavor profile felt pretty toned down. It was like the flavors we expected were there, but they made them in a La Croix style where we got the essence of flavor, and not the full taste of it. We also got an iced coffee that could have been taken from Dunkin - which could be s good or and thing pending your opinion on Dunkin coffee haha. But it wasn't a Vietnamese style iced coffee for sure.

Overall the place was decent, and a lot of people might enjoy it. The space is large enough to fit bigger parties and has it's own parking lot - just expect to wait...

You win some, you loose some, but in the end, we all must Dim Sum! Dim Sum is one of my favorite traditional Chinese cuisine because you can order as much as you like and go crazy! 🤣😂😍 They are small plates so you can try a variety of dishes. Asian Street Eatery recently opened up in Sunnyvale and I wanted to check it out. I got an assortment of dishes, including the Pork Siu Mai, Ha Gao, Chao Zhou crab cake, Taro shrimp cake, the Shang Hai dumpling and the smash cucumbers. My favorite item was crab cake, it was fried to perfect crisp and the sweet and sour sauce with ginger perfectly complimented it. It was tasty, crispy, and smoother in goodness. The Siu Mai was good, but it has the Chinese red sausage on top of it which was different for me. My friend informed me that different regions in China that's is how it's served. The shrimp cake was also delicious, perfectly fried and went with the the sweet and sour dipping sauce. The Ha Gao and the Shang Hai dumplings was delicious with the soy sauce with vinegar. The smashed cucumbers was perfect marinaded, the pickled taste was amazing. It barely tasted like fresh cucumbers, which let me know they marinaded it for a couple of days at least. For my drink, I got the passion fruit mango smoothie to was down everything. Check them out if you are ever in Sunnyvale, CA.  🥒🦀🦐 🥭...

I kept passing by here so finally decided to give it a try! Plenty of parking next to the restaurant, and I was a little surprised the place was quite empty on a Sunday at noon. Maybe most people take it to go? The restaurant itself is nice and bright, all the tables looked clean and inviting. The server was very friendly and helped me with the menu since it was my first time there. The dim sum dishes looked interesting, but I wouldn't be able to try many dishes just by myself, so I ended up ordering the chicken garlic noodles. I was surprised there was no way to add tip on the credit card payment, and had to dig out some cash. The food came out pretty quickly, the chicken portion was... small. The food isn't exactly cheap, my entree plus a drink was $20 pre-tip. The garlic noodles portion was good, but just didn't have many pieces of chicken. With 0 other sides (veg?) the dish just looked a little sad. Anyhoo, the food itself tasted good so I'm still happy with the meal. I took about half the noodles home to eat with other stuff later. Overall a pleasant experience! Will come back and try some other...