Queen House
| Address: | 273 Castro St, Mountain View, CA 94041, USA |
| Phone: | +1 650-960-0580 |
| Site: | m.facebook.com |
| Rating: | 3.9 |
| Working: | 11AM–9:30PM Closed 11AM–9:30PM 11AM–9:30PM 11AM–10PM 11AM–10PM 11AM–9:30PM |
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Terry Alden
I visited Queen House last Monday, the 25th of November, 2013. The shredded pork egg flower noodle soup I had was excellent and looked like it was being served in a bowl fit to serve a table full of guests. The bowl was so huge I wound up taking most of it home in the large plastic container that they provided. The other dishes were excellent too. I really liked the 3 egg rolls with a sweet red sauce appetizer because they were so tender and juicy delicious. I also had the Mandarin chow mein which was also so ample that I took most of it home too. Had a great feast the next day. I was prepared to order the shrimp with black bean sauce or some other dish but I was advised by the friendly waitress that I probably already had ordered enough (more than I could eat by myself, as it turned out). What was really cool was that, since the same people own the Tea Era tea café next door, I could order their tea specialty, roasted barley milk tea with pearls, from them and have the waitress bring it from there. Tea Era is so tiny (physically not their menu of selections) that they only accept cash. But by ordering from the restaurant they were able to put the beverage cost (only $2.50 [way less than I have seen at any other tea place]) on the food check, which meant that I could charge it to my credit card after all. I had never had roasted barley milk tea with pearls before. I was surprised at how much it tasted like coffee with cream and sugar. In fact, had I not known its true composition, I might have mistaken it for that! It wasnt too sweet either - just right. The pearls were chewy, of a perfect texture (which for tapioca balls the size of large peas took some close attention to the preparation to get exactly right) and oddly black in color instead of the expected white. They reminded me, in appearance only, of very large beluga caviar. I spent a long time musing on that fact, but did not eat them all. They were great, to anyone who really likes having gum drops in their tea, but I found them more of a pleasant affectation than a necessity. For myself, I can take them or leave them, though, now that Ive tried it, I might lean toward having them in tea more in the future. A couple more things need to be mentioned. When I was done eating and ready to leave, I stopped in to the Tea Era hole-in-the-wall tea café to see how well they could handle an earnest question (in English, as my Chinese is non-existent)) that was perplexing me. I asked the young lady at the cash register "What is the difference between pearls, boba, and bubbles, as I had read about each being used in teas on the internet. I dont think her English was good enough to understand my question, but an older Chinese man came out front to the cashiers area and answered the question in very good English. He said essentially that they are all terms for the same thing, just different by the locale of usage where the term comes from. So my epicurean education was enhanced here too. Finally I have to say that they tried to help me with my choking problem. I am in a wheelchair due to having had a stroke about 3.5 years ago. I have a tendency to inhale particles of food or drink into my windpipe. I tried to answer a question from my waitress with a little food in my mouth; I inhaled a particle or two down my windpipe and started coughing uncontrollably for about fifteen minutes while I tried to cough it out. A young man rushed over to me and gave me a cup of water and patted my back. He didnt know that these measures were of no use to someone trying to cough out something he has accidentally inhaled, but his concern and attempts to help were genuine. They probably thought they might have a corpse on their hands at any minute, but their help was immediate and kindly caring. I like this place.
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Kay Chen
I dont think Ill come again. Im not a picky eater; I might feel some restaurants mediocre but rarely find things Id really dislike. I went for lunch on Sunday and ordered kim chi, green onion pancakes, and beef rolled up in wraps. The store is a Taiwanese restaurant but it doesnt serve the traditional Taiwanese styled picked cabbage, so i settled for kim chi. And it wasnt good. The green onion pancakes had very few spots of green onions. And the dough was dry. The beef roll was probably the worst Ive eaten in the decades since I came to the US. The beef was dry and old.
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A Private User
Like many Chinese restaurants, this place has a huge menu, which made me nervous about not knowing what they are actually good at making. I ordered some cold noodle dish, scallion pancakes, and vegetable dumplings, and they were all tasty. The Noodles and pancakes came out really quickly, but its obvious they made the dumplings by hand when I ordered them. This place reminds me of restaurants in Beijing.
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Dave B
We ordered takeaway from Queen House and it was pretty good. I had a beef dish and my partner had a chicken dish. I thought both were good, but they were pretty spicy. If youre not used to, or not a fan of spicy food keep that in mind when ordering. As always ordering food to pick up in downtown Mountain View is a pain where parking is concerned, so this might be a better place to go and sit down to eat.
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Matt B
Good Chinese food on Castro. Connected to a Bubble Tea place which you can order with your food. I recommend the Beef Noodle soup. Last time I went there was 5 big pieces of beef. Also the spicy wonton is a great appetizer. Place is a little small so gets filled up pretty fast. A little on the load side and service can get a little slow, but overall a one of the best Chinese food places on Castro.
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A Private User
Queen House is connected to the teahouse next door called Tea Era, so you can get pearl milk tea brought to your table. The food is authentic Taiwanese style and pretty cheap. I love the Taiwanese chopped pork over rice, which consists of delicious fatty pork cubes plus sauce served on top of rice. Really good with a cup of roasted barley pearl milk tea.
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Noriyuki Takahashi
安くて旨い中華料理です！メニューの豊富さ、味、コストのバランスがとても良かったです。チャーハンなんかも米が割りとまともでした。アメリカ料理に飽きた時に重宝しそうです。
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Edward Wu
I had the Szechuan Beef Noodle Soup and the portions were really generous. The soup was a little oily, but filled with noodles, veggies, and tender beef. The beef noodle soup here is pretty good. I made the mistake of trying to eat here when I was sick and the oil only made it worse. I came back when I wasnt sick and I liked it a lot more.
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Jon Calhoun
Ive tried several Chinese places in Mountain View and Queen House has been by far the best quality chicken I have had thus far. The non-chicken dishes are good as well, but I feel like a lot of other places in the area skimp on the quality of the chicken in their fowl dishes, which really makes this place stand out as my favorite.
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Lisa Huang
Authentic Chinese restaurant with a selection of Taiwanese dishes. I love their braised beef claypot, and the wide selection of dumplings / spring onion pancake style snacks! Its right next door to Tea Era bubble tea store, so you can grab a sweet dessert after a delicious meal :)
