When you go and dine in a Filipino restaurant, most likely there will be salt and pepper calamari offered in the menu, and believe me I have tried all, if not most of them. Some mediocre, a few good ones but nothing is as incredibly delicious as what my brother in law brought home from his cousin's party 2 years ago.
Since I have started my Hi protein diet, I have lost a good 15 lbs. Living a low carb lifestyle can get challenging especially when you run out of ideas and food choices. For an OCD like me. I tend to "like" certain foods for like 2 weeks to a month or two then it's history until maybe a few months after. When I say "like" that means I could eat it everyday or for breakfast, lunch and dinner, (hahahhaha). But after 3 months I was running out of ideas and the foods I "like" were one by one going into my "see you later" list.
Calamari meets my criteria for a low carb meal, although it has a dusting of I assume, cornstarch, it still falls within my allowable gram.per day of 0-50 grams.
Realizing this, the cravings started. My brain seemed to have not forgotten that rush of endorphins when I first bit into a crisp salt and pepper Calamari of
Chef P restaurant located both in San Jose and Milpitas. Problem is it's a 28 miles away, 56 miles round trip....well as they say if there is a will there is a way. Together with good buddy Anne Marie Achacoso. we dared trek this route at the peak of rush hour traffic, passing through Silicon valley and finally to our destination a very unassuming, humble, no frills restaurant, Yes, it's that good.
On the wall, by the order counter, hand 3 big aluminum trays indicating party size orders of small . medium and large. To give you an idea, a small is an overflowing 12 x 6 x 2" aluminum tray for $ 32.50 plus tax. Ce'st pas mal!! Although the CALAMARI has led me to this place, judging from the reviews on Yelp and other sites their other offerings on their
menu are all drive worthy. YUMMMMMM.
You may call in for advance orders Mondays to Sundays 10 AM to 9 PM
San Jose 408-729-4373
22 N. jackson St.
San Jose, CA 95118
Milpitas -
408-586-8389
1535 Landess Ave. Ste 162
Milpitas, CA 95035
ENJOY!!
This is a small "party size" tray
Dear Friend Annmarie about to take her first bite .... what do u think Annemarie?
