Two new types of food in downtown San Mateo recently appeared. The first is Krazy Krepes. A somewhat dorky name, and everyone who hears it thinks it's a chain creperie. But it's the first creperie in downtown San Mateo, maybe the first one in San Mateo at all. If it is, I can't find any evidence of it. I went there with my parents, who were visiting. I got a mushroom crepe, which had cream sauce, and a nice touch of tarragon. It was well made, and delicious.
The other new food type is Korean food. The restaurant Kyoto is now Kyoto Tofu House. Besides their old Japanese menu, they have a Korean menu. It seems that many, if not most Japanese restaurants in the Bay Area are either operated by Koreans or Chinese. At any rate, I had the tofu pot (they also had a small selection of other Korean dishes), which came with all the Korean appetizers one would expect. It was tasty, and spicy (as I ordered it). Although not cheap (it was about $7), the tofu pot and the appetizers added up to a very nice meal. I would go there again, but menu changes like this almost always indicate a restaurant in it's death throws. So try it before it disappears forever.
Posted by ahyatt at February 18, 2004 10:17 PM