609654 Sun Apr 05 09:13:12 -0700 2009 11 1 San Francisco Bay Area 0 4569042 Hi all, I was wondering if anyone could recommend a good place to get Chinese brunch in the San Jose area. I'm looking for a place that offers good soy milk, fried doughnuts, green onion pancakes, etc. Thanks! Sun Apr 05 09:13:12 -0700 2009 178441 luckytomato 1 4569071 I think China Stix does all of those, even though it's not on their website. Sun Apr 05 09:23:34 -0700 2009 4569042 17116 kc72 2 4569144 Thanks! I will give them a try. Sun Apr 05 09:59:17 -0700 2009 4569071 178441 luckytomato 2 4569497 I haven't been there for over a year, but the last time I went, their Chinese breakfast was excellent. Weekends only, and you have to be a little aggressive to get the Chinese menu - people kept offering us standard dim sum, and we had to repeatedly tell them we were there for shao bing you tiao (every time I asked for the menu, someone would say "everything on the menu is on the carts!" And then I'd tell them what I was looking for. Then they'd say, "oh, yeah, you need the menu for that". Then they'd disappear and I'd have the same conversation all over again with the next person.) Sun Apr 05 13:17:33 -0700 2009 4569071 44059 daveena 3 4569575 I have never had that problem with China Stix about the menu. Normally when I have gone in the past I am always given the menu as a arrive. But then again I normally go on weekdays. Not a big fan of shao bing you taio, now shao bing with slice beef is another story. I will add my two cents and recommend China Stix. Sun Apr 05 13:50:15 -0700 2009 4569497 10686 yimster 4 4569595 Do they have those Taiwanese/Northern Chinese style breakfast items on weekdays? And do they do shao bing with eggs and scallion? That was my favorite thing to order when I was living in Taiwan... Sun Apr 05 14:01:46 -0700 2009 4569575 21142 abstractpoet 5 4571697 Yum, I miss the egg and scallion crepes too. Also man tou and the other steamed buns. Mon Apr 06 09:41:55 -0700 2009 4569595 178441 luckytomato 4 4569679 I've gone on a weekday with a Caucasian friend, when I was given the Chinese menu (without me asking) and my friend was given the English menu. Getting the special weekend menu was more of a hassle, maybe because they were just more harried in general. I remember their shao bing being really good - really flaky, tasted like they had lard in them - abstractpoet, I think it would be worth asking if they would do them with eggs and scallion. Sun Apr 05 15:19:15 -0700 2009 4569575 44059 daveena 3 4571692 Does their menu have English translations? I know how to speak some rudimentary Mandarin (mostly food related, like sha bing you tia and asking for soy milk), but can't read it. Mon Apr 06 09:40:58 -0700 2009 4569497 178441 luckytomato 4 4571738 Yes, the menu is mainly in English. But the staff at China Stix speaks English well and not speaking Chinese in not a problem. Mon Apr 06 09:50:57 -0700 2009 4571692 10686 yimster 1 4569221 From a couple of years ago. Don't know if the info is current. http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/386631?tag=search_results;results_list Sun Apr 05 11:00:34 -0700 2009 4569042 10131 Chandavkl 1 4571514 Loon Wah on DeAnza, they have a website. Mon Apr 06 08:58:42 -0700 2009 4569042 13661 Alan408