01-12-2009, 10:25 PM
On the Doom recommendation, I dragged two friends here on Tuesday while I was up at MacExpo. These were the same friends that I took to Andalu's last year.
The weather was ok, so we walked from my hotel off Market all the way to HoN. They don't take reservations, and there was a line going out the door. (Actually two lines, one to the left, towards Market and one to the right, towards City Lights bookstore.) My friend had it all dialed in and we immediately got in the right-side line and waited for about a half hour.
When we finally got to the front, they let us in and seated us family style at a long table with a bunch of other people. Like at Andalu's my friend suggested that the wait person choose for us. We got a few beers, then the food started coming.
I don't know what the dishes were called, except for the sizzling rice soup which was excellent. There was a mushroom dish with basil (and onions?) that was great. The Golden Buddha here in Soquel makes a similar dish called "Gang of Mushrooms" but they use tiny mushrooms. There was a dish with fish (breaded?) and eggplant. There was another with very thin pork (breaded). I was starving and the food was tasty, but I really don't recall what I ate. After that, we left, and walked to the bar right next to City Lights and had a few beers.
I recommend it highly, in spite of the MSG.
--tg
Note: be wary of ATMs accessible at the sidwalk my other friend went to get some cash, and while he managed to win a $20 in a tug of war, the duct tape wedged in the slot managed to make off with the other $80.
The weather was ok, so we walked from my hotel off Market all the way to HoN. They don't take reservations, and there was a line going out the door. (Actually two lines, one to the left, towards Market and one to the right, towards City Lights bookstore.) My friend had it all dialed in and we immediately got in the right-side line and waited for about a half hour.
When we finally got to the front, they let us in and seated us family style at a long table with a bunch of other people. Like at Andalu's my friend suggested that the wait person choose for us. We got a few beers, then the food started coming.
I don't know what the dishes were called, except for the sizzling rice soup which was excellent. There was a mushroom dish with basil (and onions?) that was great. The Golden Buddha here in Soquel makes a similar dish called "Gang of Mushrooms" but they use tiny mushrooms. There was a dish with fish (breaded?) and eggplant. There was another with very thin pork (breaded). I was starving and the food was tasty, but I really don't recall what I ate. After that, we left, and walked to the bar right next to City Lights and had a few beers.
I recommend it highly, in spite of the MSG.
--tg
Note: be wary of ATMs accessible at the sidwalk my other friend went to get some cash, and while he managed to win a $20 in a tug of war, the duct tape wedged in the slot managed to make off with the other $80.