456161 Wed Oct 31 23:57:05 -0700 2007 6 1 San Francisco Bay Area 0 3085150 My husband will be there for almost 2 weeks for training & they have issued them a $40/budget. He will be staying just off the 280 @ Saratoga. Any ideas? TIA! Wed Oct 31 23:57:05 -0700 2007 23132 dbug31 1 3085880 There's a lot of good, inexpensive food down there. Does he like Chinese/ Korean/ Japanese /Thai/ Cambodian/ Ethiopian/ Vietnamese? If yes, we can start giving specific recs. Here's a good, recent thread you'll find helpful - http://www.chowhound.com/topics/452167 Plus, tell him to get a glazed, yeast raised donut from Stan's Donuts (2628 Homestead Rd, Santa Clara) at least once. Thu Nov 01 08:54:45 -0700 2007 3085150 44059 daveena 2 3086015 links: Thu Nov 01 09:34:08 -0700 2007 3085880 10039 Melanie Wong 2 3086873 Any type of cuisine is welcome... Thanks for the reply! Thu Nov 01 13:19:59 -0700 2007 3085880 23132 dbug31 1 3085952 dbug31, you need not look further than daveena's response. A very comprehensive list to which I will only add Falafel Drive In, not far from where your husband will be staying (I don't think I saw this on that thread). There are also some In-N-Out Burgers in the area. Also, I'm sure your husband's colleagues will have suggestions (especially for inexpensive Mexican) and confirm anything on CH. Thu Nov 01 09:16:14 -0700 2007 3085150 108661 ceekskat 1 3087792 Make sure you read through this thread too - http://www.chowhound.com/topics/427295 There are lots of details re: what to order, etc. Between the two threads, the only major thing that seems to be missing is a discussion of Korean (your husband will be staying very close to the part of Santa Clara known on the CH Boards as Soondubu Row - a stretch of El Camino Real with lots of Korean restaurants, many of them serving spicy tofu casseroles). Here's the most recent comprehensive discussion that I recall. http://www.chowhound.com/topics/416275 He's also going to be very near Cupertino Village, an Asian food mall. I seem to always go to A&J for spicy beef noodles when I'm there, but if he enjoys exploring, that's a good place to start. If I were eating alone in the South Bay, here's what I'd get (note - I haven't been to a lot of these places in a couple of years). Chez Sovan (Cambodian) - chicken soup, amok Krung Thai - red duck curry, pad thai Dasaprakash - upma Udupi Palace - dosa Kabob 'n Curry - chicken tikka masala Gaesung House of Tofu - spicy seafood tofu casserole Saravana Bhavan - whatever dinner tiffin they have that day A&J - spicy beef noodle soup with knife shaved noodles China Stix - you tiao and sweet dou jiang (weekends only, and you have to be pretty aggressive) Haven't been, but want: ASJ - spicy beef noodle soup Kahoo Ramen - shoyu ramen Ay Chung - fuzhou style fish ball soup 99 Chicken - Korean fried chicken Thu Nov 01 18:39:55 -0700 2007 3085150 44059 daveena 2 3089852 Thanks deveena! That should keep him busy during his stay. I wish I was going! Fri Nov 02 12:30:21 -0700 2007 3087792 23132 dbug31