Los Altos Asian Fusion Restaurants

Romantic

1. Straits Cafe

with clients.  It's everything!  I've had both romantic and business dinners at the Palo Alto restaurant and met friends at the Santana Row location for drinks and appetizers. See what I mean. it's a flexible...

2. Spice Islands

a place you go to for a romantic dinner....

3. Merlion

as though they are trying to go for upscale and romantic...the fact that there was to much [what looked like institutionalized flourescent] light was a deal breaker and completely killed the ambiance...

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Wine Selection

1. Merlion

I cannot recall popiah ever served chilled in Singapore/Malaysia. The chay kuay teow was decent.  Merlion appeared to have a big selection of wines. The wine cellar makes a nice modern decor...

2. The Red Crane

played out, and SUPER bland.    I enjoyed the wine selections for the pairing, most of them imports.  I was not impressed with the flavor, b/c they were relying too much on their 'creative' cuisine...

3. Shiok Singapore…

and perfectly-cooked, and accompanied by peppers , onions, and mushrooms.  My taste of the beef was melt-in-my mouth tender.  The wine and beer selections were not large, although most wines were available...

4. Yellow Ginger…

everything else was much better.  From the wines I was familiar with, the markup isn't too bad and the selection is better than many Asian restaurants that just get the commodity bottles that fill...

5. 3TA

but the food was fantastic!!  My friends are vegetarian and they offer a separate Veggie menu.  I had a cod steamed with mushrooms, sooooo rich and flavorful.  Good wine selection, nice wait staff.    I...

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