Rock Bottom Brewery, Campbell

Very popular place for beers and get togethers. Full of people. Good food. Normally need to reserve first. Otherwise may have tough time to find a table. Also have take out orders. Both inside and outside tables. 1875 South Bascom, Campbell, CA 95008. Tel (408) 377 0707, Fax (408) 377 8811. Web site: www.rockbottom.com. 

Thai Restaurant in Los Gatos

Relatively small, but the food is good. There are some tables in the extension sun room of the restaurant, very cozy and quite sunny, good for lunch with 2~3 friends. Service is fast, quite, and friendly overall. Good pricing. Definitely worth trying. Usually reasonably full at lunch time but normally no need for reservation for small group. Never seen any take out orders. Most sit-in dinners. Contact: (408) 354-2785,  337 N Santa Cruz Ave, Los Gatos, CA 95030 

Gombei Japanese Restaurant in JapanTown, San Jose

Gombei Japanese Restaurant is located in Japan Town of San Jose, around the conner of 4th street and E. Jackson Street.It is a quite popular place for Japanese food. It is relatively small and plain, seems a bit old in style, not modern or flashy at all. Very modest in furniture and soundings.Good for small group of people only (2 to 4 people in the group). Crowded. The food is pretty good, and the Tofu hotpot is not bad at all. It is relatively inexpensive, but not cheap either.Not really suitable for a family dinner on vacation since it is less decent and less expensive. It is good for quick get together with friends. It is also not very good for business meetings since it is a bit of noisy and less elegant in environment.There are actually two restaurants: one in 193 E. Jackson Street, San Jose, CA 95112 (408) 279 4311, the other is at 1438 El Camino Real, Menlo Park, CA 94025 (650) 329-1799. Not sure about the situation at Menlo Park.One more Restaurant owned by the same owner: Kubota Restaurant and Bar, located also in San Jose Japantown: 593 N. Fifth Street, San Jose, CA 95112, Tel: 408 279-8440. 

Effie’s Restaurant and Bar

Very spacious, all leather sofa seats, not new but not old either. Used to be Greek restaurant but now an American style restaurant.Good for family and business. Food quite good. Service good. Accept reservation. Allow takeout.   Located at 331 Hacienda Ave, Campbell, CA 95008 (408) 374-3400, Fax (408) 374-4157. Go 85 south, exit at Winchester, turn left, go ahead few lights, turn left into a small mall before the highway ramp.www.effiesrestaurant-lounge.com  

Hong Kong Flower Lounge Restaurant in Millbrae

Located right across the BART station to San Francisco, this 2 story Chinese restaurant is a popular place for family & friend gatherings, weddings, and business entertainment events.  It is large but often crowded. Best to make reservation ahead of the time. Food is traditional Chinese food and is very good. Peking duck and crabs are tasty.It is at the cross street location so the parking space is limited. But there are plenty of parking spaces within 5 minutes of walking distance in the residential areas across the main street (Millbrae).The contact information is: 51 Millbrae Ave, Millbrae, CA 94030. Tel (650) 692-6666, and Fax (650) 692-0522. Web site: www.mayflower-seafood.com. Danny is the General Manager and Eric Lau is the owner. 

酱油的防癌抗癌功效

美国的科学家通过对一些现象的研究，只做阶段性的结论。比如他们对中国酱油的研究，最初经化学分析，发现酱油里面含有很多的致癌成分,于是提醒自己的国民吃的时候要注意，但他们并没有停止研究，因为中国人吃了几千年了，没什么事，后来发现，虽然酱油里面有人类公认的致癌物质，但里面的成分组合起来，却有很好的抑制癌的功效！作用比红酒还好。
    众所周知，酱油是以大豆、小麦或麸皮等为原料，经微生物发酵等程序酿制而具有特殊色、香、味的液体调味品。大豆中含有植物雌激素，植物雌激素能够有效地抑制人体内雌激素的产生，而一旦人体的雌激素水平过高就会引起乳腺癌的发生。研究还发现，大豆中含有丰富的卵磷脂，卵磷脂具有提高人体代谢能力和免疫能力等作用，对于防治癌症，尤其是对防治乳腺癌有一定作用。另外，酱油中所含的异内酮，可降低人体10%胆固醇，减少患心血管疾病的危险，还可以减缓甚至阻止肿瘤的生长。研究认为，亚洲国家妇女的乳腺癌发病率较低，而这类恶性肿瘤在美国则多见，可能与亚洲妇女食用酱油量较欧美国家妇女出30-50倍，吸收了较多的黄酮有关。恶性肿瘤的生长需要依靠新血管输送养分，异黄酮能防止新的血管生成，从而使癌肿的生长受阻。
    日本人爱吃酱油，他们的胃癌发病率也高。故有些媒体推测是日本人食用酱油过多而致成的。但在几年前，美国威斯康星大学的研究人就否定了这一说法。专家们通过给老鼠喂以致癌物亚硝酸盐，同时又喂以酱油，结果发现酱油吃得越多，患胃癌的概率越低。
    新加坡的研究人员指出，在烹任中常用的酱油中能产生一种天然的抗氧化成分，它有助于减少自由基对人体的损害，其功能比常见的维生素C和E等抗氧化剂大十几倍。自由基是导致细胞变异的代谢产物。根据研究结果显示，一丁点酱油所达到的抑制自由基的效果，与一杯红葡萄酒相当。尤其令人惊讶的是，酱油能不断地消灭自由基，不像维生素C和E在消灭一定份量的自由基后就停止了。专家们说，酱油内含有两种以上的抗氧化成分，而且各种成分消灭自由基的时间长短也不一。研究人员说，这是科学界第一次发现酱油有如此多的抗氧化天然成分。
     这也很好的说明,食用酱油,不但不会致癌，而且还有独特的防癌抗癌作用.

Mexicali Grill in Santa Clara

Very spacious, right beside the AMC complex, friendly service, good food, lots of parking space, nice environment. Located at 3935 Freedom Corcle, Santa Clara, CA 95054. Tel: (408) 588-9865. www.pedrosrestaurants.com

Pedro’s Restaurant in Los Gatos

Very spacious, not so crowded, reasobale price, food typical, not bad. No online reservation. Web site: www.pedrosrestaurants.com ,   Located at 316 N. Santa Cruz Avenue, Los Gatos, CA 95030 (408) 354-7570. 

How to place online order by user

It is simple, free and instant to order food online or order Pizza online. Just follow the few basic steps:

Go to the web site first: either from www.YummyOrder.com, or from any web site utilizing YummyOrder online service, such as from www.PotStickerKing.com and etc.

To order Pizza online or to order food online, do the following: 

Go to the web site: click the “order by menu” button first, or other button such as “view menu to order”

1) Choose your dishes: Click on the menu category you like to order, such as “seafood”, then all the seafood menu will be shown in the moddle of the screen, then place mouse in the “order quantity” part and click, enter the number of same dish you need; You can also place your mouse in the “note” session and click, then you can write a note for the specific dish, for example “make it very spicy please!”, or anything like that. You can then choose other dishes in the same category until you finish the selection. Then click “Save for Submission” button. All of your current selection will be shown on the right hand side of the screen into the “order sheet”, which works like a waitress to write down your order on a piece of paper.  You can go to other food categories anytime and continue to order other dishes. As long as you remember to click button “Save for submission”, your order will be shown  on the “order sheet”. Make sure to check your “order sheet” that you get what you want to order.

2) Shedule your service: click on “shedule your service” button on the top, and choose the service you need: self pick up or delivery by the restaurant. Once you click to choose one of them, then fill in the information needed, and click “Save for Submission” button. Make sure the information is correctly shown on the “order sheet” again.

3) Update and submit order: click “Update and Confirm” button on the top, check all the information about your order again. You can still change the number of dishes you like to order, or delete some of the dishes you have ordered. After you feel everything is ok, then click “Submit” button. You should get the confirmation page. You can print this page out if you like, or you do not have to care about it. You will receive an email instantly with all the information.

If you have registered with the web site: www.YummyOrder.com, then, you can login into your account anytime from any computer from YummyOrder.com website, and see all the order information you have placed so far to all the restaurants you have ordered food from.

If you have not registered with the website, you can still go to the website and check your online ordering history by click “check status” button, and enter your email address.

It is a very simple process, and very straightforward.

But in any case, if you have any questions or issues, you can always send email to the YummyOrder.com support line: YummyOrder@yahoo.com. You will normally get response back shortly.

How to handle online order by restaurant

The restaurant owner or the floor manager should follow the following basic guidelines when they receive an online order from their fax machine: 

1) The employee who picked up the fax order should sign his or her name immediately on the received fax

2) The employee should call the customer immediately to confirm the total number of items and tell when the food is ready

3) The employee should make a note on the received fax if there is anything special after talking with the customer on the phone.

If the restaurant receives the fax for delivery, but the time of delivery is not in the restaurant’s working hours, the employee should call the customer immediately to notify the customer, and see what the customer wants to do.

If the restaurant receives two duplicate copies of the fax, the employee should call the customer back immidiately to make sure that what the customer wants, in case this is simply a mistake by the customer by submitting the request twice. 

If there is anything in question for the online order, call the customer immediately. 

If there is any technical issue, please send email to YummyOrder support line:  YummyOrder@yahoo.com.

Remember: always call the customer immediately !