Agio

Double Tree Hotel

2085 S. Harbor Blvd.

Anaheim, California 92802
Tel: 1-714-750-3000

When we finally arrived at our hotel near Disneyland, we were a bit pressed for time. We decided just to dine at the restaurant in our hotel to save time on our first night there. We stayed at the Double Tree hotel and inside was Agio. I actually like the name Agio, and thought it was strong with good character. Inside was clean and immaculate with a post modern twist on Italian.

I was not particularly hungry due to the fact I ate a big lunch (see our review on Willow Ranch BBQ), but I did order some clam chowder anyway. My wife order the roasted chicken with steam vegetables. We also ordered some calamari for appetizer since I wasn't ordering any entree. The waitress gave us some bread to start, and it was not bad, and there was a nice herbal flavor baked in.

Next came our appetizer which was the calamari. It was prepared nicely with a crispy outside. I particularly liked the marina sauce that came with it. There was garlic mayo sauce served with it and that was pleasantly good as well. Though I must admit I was used to getting a bigger serving size for a calamari appetizer.

Next came my bowl of clam chowder. It was okay. Though not spectacular. I can tell that it is not made fresh on the premises. It had the taste of the same can soup or the same take out soup you get at certain restaurants. If Agio wants to be seen as more of an upscale restaurant it needs to make their soup fresh in house. If it is made fresh, then they really need to alter that recipe.

My wife's roasted chicken was a bit of a let down. It lack that really crispy skin of a well made roasted chicken. There was some Au Jus, but that just made the chicken more soggy than anything else. The Au Jus did not really add anything extra to the flavor at all. The mashed potatoes was okay, and so were the steam vegetables.

The service was okay. It seems to match the quality of the food. It was adequate except you were expecting more. The restaurant was pretty barren at the time, with maybe only 2 to 3 other tables occupied. You would expect us the get more of a personalized attention, but alas we were mainly left to ourselves. Everything from the decor, menu items and the way the personnel was dressed, screamed that this restaurant was meant for something more. However, something went wrong somewhere and it just sits now on just settling for mediocrity.

Final Thoughts: The food and service does not justify the asking price.

Food: 2 1/2 stars

service: 3 stars

Price: high

Overall: 2 1/2 stars

A Foodie's Guide to Disneyland

I went to Disneyland for my vacation. I must say I had as much fun as my 3 year old that I went with. I learned some things the hard way, talked with people while waiting in line, and just plain experimented to get the best experiences. Although I was there for a few days, I'll write this guide in two parts. First part as if you are short on time, maybe only spending 1 day there. Second part is as if you have several days to spend.

Let's lay down some ground rules before we start this discussion.

1) You are in Disneyland, you will have to pay through the nose for everything. It's a fact, deal with it. I don't want to hear anyone crying about the prices latter on.

2) You will probably have to wait in line for everything, including food.

3) There will be crowds of people no matter where you go.

Once you accept these facts, you'll enjoy Disneyland a lot more.

Before we get to the foodie section, here are some general tips I learned from talking with people and past experiences to Disneyland.

1) Drink lots of water. Very very important. Keep Hydrated. I know water is expense in Disneyland, but money in your pocket is worthless when you have fainted from dehydration.

2) Sun block and big brim hats. Very easy to get sunburn in Disneyland.

3) You can bring snacks for your young kids into Disneyland. Bring Snacks and milk in a cooler if you have to. Most of the snacks in Disneyland are not what I consider healthy. The only healthy food I found is some fresh fruit which cost a lot.

4) If you have young kids and are staying for a few days, stay in a hotel close to the park. It may be a bit more expensive, but well worth it when your kid (or mother in law) is cranky needing a nap.

5) If you see a split in the line for a ride, always go left. Why? Well because most people are right handed and will tend to favor that direction. I tried this rule and generally it saves me a few minutes.

6) Use the Fast Pass system as much as you can. Essentially this is a system where you get a time ticket to come back to the ride during a specific time. This allows you to ride another ride or go get some food.

7) Go early. Yes, I know, it is hard to wake up sometimes but getting there before the park opens makes a world of difference. There is minimal wait as soon as the park opens for the most popular rides. The wait time for popular rides can easily exceed 1 hour.

8) Go for the most popular ride first. When the park opens, I found the average wait time for even the most popular ride is only 10 minutes or less. This is compared over 1 hour wait later on in the day.

9) Stay late. The park closes at 12 mid-night during the summer months. Usually after the last fireworks show or last show of the night, most people (especially ones with kids) makes a mad dash for the door. This leaves the wait the for rides back to minimal wait. I was able to ride some of the rides with no wait time around 11 P.M. California Adventures closes at 10 P.M. and the popular rides are crowded all the way till then, so no advantage there.

Part 1: For the time constraint.

Okay, now to the food. Imagine if you will, you are only at Disneyland for one day, that means you want to ride all the rides, and see as many of the big shows as you can. However, you also need to eat, after all you are human, I'm assuming. What do you do? If you eat, that means you'll lose out in the rides. Trust me, there are lines everywhere in Disneyland, even for food.

Here is what you do.

There are certain types of food, which I will deem "Line Friendly." What is Line Friendly? Well that is for food you can eat with while walking to and from rides, while waiting in line, or waiting for a show to start. I has to experiment and tried each one to see how Line Friendly each food is.

First we have breakfast. Remember, we have this prime time to ride most rides. What do you need to eat to take advantage of this? I give you the breakfast burrito. It is a nice package of egg, potatoes and sausage wrapped up in one neat little package. You can stop and eat breakfast at one of the restaurants, but then you'll end up waiting extremely long for your ride. Not recommended. Keep a bottle water near you at all times and you're set to squeeze 3 or 4 rides before lunch. Yes the breakfast burrito is Line Friendly.

Next we'll look at lunch. We have several choices. First we have the usually hot dog. You would think this is Line Friendly. But alas, no. The toppings feel all over the place and even on the spiffy new Disneyland shirt I just bought. And despite it's appearance, you actually need two hands to eat it properly. Therefore, I would deem this not Line Friendly. Just for your info, I bought the hot link with BBQ sauce. It did have a nice spice and hotness but the sauce and onions easily fell off.

Now, I know if the hot dog is not Line Friendly, what can you eat that is both meaty and satisfying. Well, I have your solution in the form of the ever popular Turkey Leg. Yes, this is one monstrous leg that takes multiple people to eat. You can eat it with just one hand. You do have to deal with some of the juices and some of the tendons. However, if you start at it at the beginning of the line, hopefully you'll finish it by the front of the line. It is one of the few "bargains" in Disneyland. The hot dog is 8 bucks, while the Turkey Leg is 7 dollars. It had a slightly smokey flavor. I found the Turkey Leg more satisfying and more Line Friendly than the hot dog.

Well, what if you are not into big O chunks of Turkey Leg? I give you the chimichanga. It is a deep friend burrito with beans and ground beef. Though it is a bit dry, but the inside is well seasoned. It is Line Friendly since it is another one handed food. However, you may have to pay the price later on due to the beans inside.

Now what if you have a sweet tooth? Well there are candy apples but they are not found everywhere in the park, and you are not about to walk across the park just for a bit of dessert. There is another Line Friendly dessert and that is the famous Churro. Yes, this bit of fried dough is tasty, sweet and easily handle with one hand. You can munch on it walking from ride to ride. And it is found everywhere in the park.

Another candidate for a sweet treat is the Fried Fritters that they sell in Adventure land. I would not recommend it for several reason. The main reason is that it just doesn't taste as good as the Churro. Another reason is that it is only found in one place and the is in Adventure Land. So it isn't Line Friendly if you have to run across the park just to get it. For those that never had a Fried Fritter, its a bit hard on the outside with a soft and chewy center. My fritters were not has hot as I would like them to be.

Part 2: For those who has a bit more time.

Now a lot of you will use your Fast Past to ride extra rides, but as I found out sometimes it doesn't always work out. You may have use the Fast Past on one ride but you find yourself in a different part of the park of in another park altogether. I spoke to some people in line with me and they agree that a lot of times they end up wasting their Fast Past. Why? Well for one, they usually give you a time of about one and half hours to return to the ride. But a lot of rides the wait time could exceed one hour. By the time you get back you'll probably miss your alloted time. This happened a few times to the people I spoke with in line. So I decided to use my Fast Past time to get food instead. It works out better for me. I'm not trap in some line and I can rush back to the ride for the Fast Past.

Now for some of you that have a bit more time on their hands and can afford to actually sit down and eat. There are several themed restaurants located throughout the part. There are also outside stalls which you can just grab some food and eat out in the open.

If you elect to eat at some of the themed restaurants, prepare to pay a bit of a premium. You pay extra for the ambiance. See my review for the Blue Bayou later on for one of these themed restaurants.

Here's a bit of advice, if they have a special souvenir cup on the menu, always ask what it is. Sometimes you can get something really cool, that can not be found anywhere else in the park, like this glow in the dark Lightning McQueen racing cup.

More than likely you'll line up and grab some food from one of the many food vendors in the park. Do not worry, I got you covered.

There are the usually hamburgers and hot dogs. Those can be found in most places, and prices range for 6 dollars to 8 dollars. What I suggest is that if you are within range of some of the more signature stalls in that particular area try it out. For example in Adventure land you can grab some gumbo and clam chowder. The gumbo is decent with a bit of linger spiciness to it.

The clam chowder was okay, but it tasted like the ones you buy in a can.

In California Adventures, you can grab some ribs, but for 3 pieces of ribs, it cost about 16 dollars. The ribs were okay, but not great, and the cole slaw was bland. I would not go there for the ribs.

My recommendation is to go the Boudin Bakery where they have a tour and a cafe. There you can grab a decent clam chowder and some salad. I recommend the San Francisco Shrimp Louie Salad in a bread bowl. The dressing is nice and they give you lots of shrimp. Salads are always refreshing especially for the hot southern California weather. The bread bowl was nice, but I had to dig out the salad and put onto a plate for easier eating or else you'll eat all the shrimp without ever touching the salad.

Here's another neat advice. For California Adventures, there are two parades that run through the day. The Pixar and Electrical Parade. Both of these parade routes run through a food stall called Pizza Ow Mow Wow. You can go into the stall and buy some food and sit close parade route. There wasn't many people there, so you pretty much have an unimpeded view of both parades.

Now that you had eaten your way through the whole day, then you have to end it with something sweet and decadent. There is an ice cream parlor in Disneyland on main street that serves some wonderful sundays. There is a line especially late at night when everyone seems to want ice cream. Another good bit of advice is that bring some bottle water with you. The ice cream is think and sweet and you will need to cleanse your palate. By cleansing your palate every few bites, your ice will taste as sweet from the first bite till the last.

There you have it, a guide to enjoy eating and playing better in Disneyland. I hope you find it useful but above all else, have fun.

Update: We took a poll to see what most of you would do for food in Disneyland if you were short on time. Majority of you agree with me that eating in line is your best option. Though I am surprised that 3 of you did not like Disneyland altogether.

Willow Ranch BBQ

27770 Lagoon Dr.

Buttonwillow, CA 93206

(661)764-6605

Willow Ranch BBQ is a hidden gem off of route I-5. It is located off a major exit Mc Kittrick Hwy, though it is quite hidden. You see signs for another restaurant, The Taste of Indian, you'll know you are in the right place. You have to make your way through a maze of fast food signs only to find it at the end of the street. The second you come out of your car, you can smell the smokey BBQ wafting through the air. You know you are in for a treat.

We came right before lunch and was seated promptly. I ordered the BBQ beef ribs while my wife had the chicken strips. We didn't know what to expect since we've never been here before. But this is what I love to discover unexpected surprises. The interior was made out to be a ranch style restaurant. I eyed a couple of local CHP officers coming in for lunch. Always a good sign since cops always know the good local eateries.

Once the beef ribs came out, I was immediately taken back at the enormous size of the ribs. I had beef ribs before, but these were at least 1/3 bigger than the rest. The were smothered in this incredibly rich and robust BBQ sauce. The sauce was sweet and had bits of caramelized onions throughout. It was really really good. Apparently the chef follows my personal belief in not cutting the fat. That kept the ribs juicy and flavorful. I just removed any unwanted fat at my table. There was a lady in the next both, which she had the tri-tip. I kept hearing telling her friend this is the best BBQ she ever tasted. She remarked how flavorful and juicy her meat was. Having just tried the ribs myself, I am incline to believe her. The ribs were so good I had no trouble finishing each and every last one.

Accompanying the ribs were a side of corn and a cup of chili. I'm not usually a big fan of chili but this chili was pretty good. It had just the right combination of hotness and sweetness that really made it standout. It also had a side salad I believed, but going to a BBQ place to eat salad doesn't make sense to me.

The chicken strips were okay, but definitely did not stand up to the ribs and sauce. It had a nice crust but it's like most chicken strips you can find anywhere else. The only saving grace is that it comes with a side of the great BBQ sauce.

The service was adequate but not spectacular. The waitress forgot to refill our waters a couple of times and we were generally left to our own. She did handle most of our request, but the wait time seem a bit long.

Final thoughts: Great BBQ in an unexpected place.

Food: 4 stars

Service : 3 stars

Price: Average

Overall: 4 stars

Our Road Map for future updates.

So, as you probably guessed, my family and I went on vacation, so I had to take a break. But I didn't forget get lazy, infact I had so much fun and great time tasting that I will now provide you with a bit of preview of what will be posted on Hypertaster. As you will see there is a nice variety of food, from really really expensive to common street food.

Here is the list, it is in the order which they will appear.

1) Williow Ranch BBQ

2) A foodie's guide to Disneyland

3) Agio

4) Jazz Kitchen

5) Naples

6) Song Long

5) Morton's The Steakhouse

7) Blue Bayou Restaurant

8) Catal Restaurant and Uva Bar

9) Seafood Cove

10) Harris Ranch Restaurant.

11) Road Food.

As usually the updates will go up every 2 days. If there is any review or topic that you what to be posted earlier, drop a comment and I see what I can do.

Here are some pics to wet your appetite.

It begins tomorrow night see you there!

We are back!!

Hello friends,

That you for supporting Hypertaster while I was gone. Now that I'm back I can tell you that I have tried more restaurants that I can imagine and thought of some interesting food topics. There were some high and lows in my dining adventure. I will post up a dining road map of future topics on Hypertaster tonight, feel free browse and if there is a topic you want to hear about sooner, then post it in the comments.

A little break

Hypertaster will be taking a short break from our regularly schedule updates. If everything goes according to plan, I will be back with boatloads of restaurant reviews and food topics. See you then.

Update: Well, since we'll have a short break, I'll close out our current poll and put up a new one. The official results is Meat is king and more important than bread for a sandwich.

The new poll is something which I'll have to deal with during my break. Which is better, Big Mac or Whopper. I'll let you decide.

Update: Well, we did a poll to see which fast food burger you liked best. Whopper won by a big margin. 90 percent to be exact. I can't say I blame you, base on taste Whopper would whip the Big Mac any day of the week.

Outback Steakhouse

Outback Steakhouse

632 Blossom Hill Rd

San Jose, Ca

95123

(408)226-4922

We went to Outback on Blossom Hill road in San Jose to satisfy our craving for a bit of meat.

It was not a busy day, so we were seated promptly, usually the wait is about 30 minutes to an hour. The interior of any Outback is usually the same, white walls decorated with an Australian theme motif. If you been to one Outback, you probably been to all.

The waitress brought us some of the usually dark rye bread that Outback usually serves with a side of whipped butter. The bread was decent with a nice robust flavor, but the butter was rather bland. They either added too much air or selected the wrong type of butter. It could not hold it's own against the strong flavored bread.

We ordered some appetizers and decided to split the entree. Our first appetizer was their famous blooming onion. Of course other restaurant chains have their versions like the awesome blossom. It's basically an onion that has been cut and battered, then deep fried. Yes, it is as fattening as it sounds. Not recommended for my fellow dieters out there. It was crispy with a nice onion flavored throughout. The mayo dipping sauce accented the onion nicely.

Next came our chicken wings or kookaburra wings as Outback calls it. It has a flavored of a fried chicken mated with buffalo wings. It comes as mild, medium and hot. Since my wife as the heat tolerance of a 2 year old, we had to settle for mild. Lucky for me, even the mild version has a bit of kick. The skin was crispy and fried nicely, while the blue cheese dressing provided a nice cool sensation to those that needed it. It also comes with an accompaniment of celery but the celery is not really needed.

We had our serve split our steak in the back. We chose the Victoria's Filled cooked to a medium rare. Outback has an additional topping of blue cheese or horseradish crumb crush on top. My wife did not want my suggestions of blue cheese, she felt that she did not like the strong flavor of blue cheese. I had my reservations of a horseradish crumb crust, but reluctantly agreed. Unfortunately my fears was right. The horseradish did not combined well with the steak at all. The spicy and radish flavor clashed the salt beefy steak. I elected to scrap off the topping and just eat the steak, which wasn't bad. We selected the baked potato as our side, and that was nice prepared. Soft and well cooked throughout with a butter and chive topping. If only my steak could have tasted as well as the potato.

Our server was excellent. She check in on us multiple times and even refilled our drinks without us asking. All of our request was handled speedily. Luck for us it was not a busy night so we were able to get all the personal attention we want.

Final Thoughts: Good place to satisfy that steak craving, but stay away from that horseradish crust.

Food: 3 stars

Service: 4 stars

Price: Average

Overall: 3 1/2 stars

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Buca Di Beppo

925 Blossom Hill Rd #1529

San Jose, CA

95123

(408)226-1444

We went to Buca Di Beppo in Oakridge mall in San Jose, for goodbye party for our Co-worker (We'll miss you Nikki). If you never been to a Buca, its an Italian family style restaurant with large portions. They do offer smaller portions now, but it's a better deal to go with a large group of people. Inside the restaurant, the art decor is a bit overstated. There is large collections of photographs of Italians and Italian culture thrown up against the walls in no particular rhyme or reason. There were about 14 of us, so we had a pretty decent size party. We were seated promptly, though there were some stragglers arriving later. The restaurant was pretty pack with almost all tables taken.

After waiting for some time, our waiter finally came and took our order. We ordered decided to start with fried calamari, bruschetta, prosciutto stuffed mushrooms, and apple gorgonzola salad.

The fried calamari was excellent. It was crispy but not overly done. Calamari tends to get chewy if you over cook them and these were not. It had a side of tomato dipping sauce with crushed red peppers that complemented well with the calamari.

The apple gorgonzola salad was great as well. It was crisp and the sweetness of the apples balance well with the lite vinaigrette. The salad was accented with dried cranberries and gorgonzola cheese that provide both nice texture and flavor.

The bruschetta was okay, it had a nice crunchy texture and was overflowing with tomatoes. However I thought that balance between bread and tomatoes was not maintain. In the end we ended up with mainly scattered tomatoes at the bottom of our dish.

I didn't get to try the prosciutto stuffed mushrooms. I had wish our server had told us there were only 5 mushroom per single order. You would think that seeing how many people we had at our table we would've gotten a warning of the small portions. Usually Buca is pretty generous with their portions, but not this time

After the appetizers, we ordered four main entrees, baked ravioli with meat sauce, shrimp fra diavolo, chianti braised short ribs, and linguine frutti di mare.

The baked ravioli with meat sauce was okay at best. It was cheesed filled with a heavy meat sauce around it. I found the cheese to be a bit land and the meat sauce a bit overpowering. I think the ravioli was a bit oversized and that's why the balance of flavor could not be maintain.

*note: I had to delete the ravioli picture because it was not clear.

The braised short ribs was excellent. They were both soft and tender, infact you could cut it with a fork. Since it was braised in chianti, the beef had the robust flavor that you would expect. The sauce was made from the braising liquid and was both rich and flavorful. Definitely a must try if you never had it before.

The Shrimp Fra diavolo, was extremely good. The spicy rosa sauce tasted like rich creamy pizza sauce. The shrimp was well prepared and not over cooked. This dish was so popular that you can see from the picture that most of it was gone before it reached me.

Lastly, the linguine frutti di mare, my usual stand by favorite failed me this time. We had to wait extremely long for this dish. By the time it came out, I found it a bit over seasoned. The sauce was too salt and too briny. Some times Buca would have a seasonal baked linguine frutti di mare with light white wine sauce instead the tomato sauce. I like that version than the one we got that night.

The service was quite poor that night. It was no fault of our waitress, she did the best she could. Unfortunately she was overwhelmed with no help from the other staff. Too often we were left to ourselves. My friend even complained to the management but to no avail.

Final Thoughts: Good place for family style Italian meals.

Food: 3 1/2 stars

Service : 1 star

Price: Average to decent, depends on how many people dine with you.

Overall: 3 stars

Ebisu

Ebisu

1283 9th Ave

San Francisco

CA, 94122

(415)566-1770

Ever wonder what the dishes of the Iron Chef Japan would taste like? Imagine the great tasting sushi and creative Japanese cuisine. Want to search for unbelievable Japanese food? Want to go to a neighborhood restaurant but with world class cuisine?

Well look no further than Ebisu in San Francisco. I used to go the Ebisu a long time ago, before they remodel. It had an old rustic look and was cramp. After they remodeled, it is way more modern, however even more cramped since they removed some seating. There are a couple of warnings before you venture forth. There are few seating so you may have to wait. The tables are packed close together, so do not expect to have private conversations. It is extremely noisy since everyone is trying to talk above everyone else. If you are a bit overweight, like myself, you may have trouble maneuvering around in the restaurant. This is Japanese food, so do not expect gigantic portions. The portion are small for western pallet, but they are in line with Japanese cuisine. There is always a line at Ebisu, due to the fact that it is extremely popular. Trust me, the food is worth the wait.

We were seated after a few minutes wait, on a tiny table for two. Most of the tables in the restaurant is tiny. The waiter was friendly and took our orders for drinks and appetizers right away. We ordered Clam Soup, Apple smoked scallop carpaccio , House cured kurobuta pork prime rib, Spider roll, and Caterpillar roll.

First came the Apple smoked scallop carpaccio. Be warned this is a raw shell fish, only those who are more adventurous should try it. The scallop was both tender and soft. There is a nice smoky flavor that permeates through the scallop. On the bottom of the dish, there is a blood orange vinaigrette. If the vinaigrette was just a bit more sour, the dish would have been perfect. As it is, it was already very good.

Along with the scallop came the clam soup. My wife, upon tasting it, said it taste very buttery. After I taste it, I realize that it was not butter at all, but a very complex layering of flavors. There is a rich clam broth that is base of the soup, and then the hints of mushroom and seaweed flavor layered upon each other that provides the buttery taste. It was good, but I felt it was lacking a certain punch in flavor. The owner came by and asked if I enjoyed the soup, I told him it was good, but the scallop was excellent.

Our main courses took a bit of time to get to us. We had to endure the endless shouting of people around us. Trust me, I know more of my neighboring diners than I could care to know. When our main dishes came, it was at least piping hot. The pork prime rib was excellently cook, and very well seasoned. It was succulent and juicy. The house sauce tasted like a mild BBQ sauce, that serves more of an accent than the main flavoring. It was mildly sweet but not overpowering. There were broccoli and crispy potatoes sides. The broccoli was green and fresh, while the potato had the excellent crispy skin. I enjoyed it quite a bit.

My wife had the two sushi rolls. In the past the rolls would look amazing, like edible art. Now they may look like normal rolls you see at other Japanese restaurants, but the tastes are worlds apart. There is a freshness and different layers of complexity that makes them great. You can taste each individual ingredient without one ingredient being the dominate flavor. Very hard to do with sushi rolls and not many restaurant can pull that off. My wife agreed, these were some of the best tasting rolls we have tasted.

Service, was above average, there were times where we were left alone for some time. The waiters and waitress were constantly moving trying to keep up with their customers while trying to avoid colliding with one another in the cramp quarters. On the whole they did an adequate job.

Final thoughts: What seems like a simple neighborhood sushi restaurant, turns out to be a hidden gem.

Food: 4 stars

Service: 3 1/2 stars

Price: Above average for a Japanese restaurant, but worth it.

Overall: 4 stars

WingStop

121 Curtner Ave

San Jose, CA

95125

(408) 275-9464

WingStop is located in the new development called The Plant. It is off Monterey road in San Jose across from the old cemetery. My wife and I stopped by there for some late night munchies.

The decor is a bit weird, they have pictures of old aircrafts posted everywhere, but the building structure itself is very modern. There are some tables where you can sit and eat one of the many selection of wings. It has a bit of cold industrial feeling to everything, that I just could not shake.

They do have a large selection of chicken however. You can get the standard chicken wings or get the boneless chicken strip. They had everything listed on a menu as you come in. You can have the sauces mixed in with the wings or on the side. I opted for the lemon pepper chicken, and the garlic parmesan chicken wings. I also ordered french fries and their bourbon bake beans. We had to wait for a bit as the chicken was made fresh to order. The lemon chicken was a bit dry, and the taste was okay, but was nothing special. The garlic parmesan was actually pretty tasty, but they used grated parmesan, so you may think you are consuming powdered chicken.

The sides were okay. The french fries tasted like the standard french fries. They are the thick kind you find in most places these days. The bourbon bake beans were not bad, but they put too much alcohol. The alcohol overpowered the sweetness of the beans. If they would just dial down the alcohol a notch or two, they I think you can really taste the beans.

They had other wings listed, but I was not in the mood to taste all of them. I do give them extra bonus points for staying open till 12:00 am. In San Jose there are not many places you can go get snacks late night.

Final Thoughts: Okay place for wings if you have a craving.

Food: 2 stars

Service: NA

Price: Average

Overall: 2 1/2 stars