Top Southeast Asian Restaurant in Millbrae
Chicken Pho You
292 Broadway, Millbrae, CA 94030, United States
If you avoid restaurants because of punny names, please raise your hand. I admit, I was like this too, until I was drawn in by the amazing smell of chicken soup from Chicken Pho Yous San Mateo branch. Sadly, they are no longer open in SM, so imagine my delight when I found another branch in Millbrae!I love noodle soups and this place serves my second favorite bowl. Cilantro, green onions, boneless chicken, a fat serving of noodles, and piping hot soup. So simple and so good!The chicken soup here seems a bit different from other chicken pho Ive had; the flavor seems more clean. It reminds me of childhood and a little bit of the soup you get from Hainan chicken rice sets.Get a small if youre trying out this place, because theres a deceptively high amount of noodles. I say this as someone who gets hangry easily and loves noodles. Its a GENEROUS portion. ?Stepping in here brings me back in time as a restaurant kid. The chatter, the clients, the service, and food.
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Ipoh Garden Malaysian Cuisine
100 El Camino Real, Millbrae, CA 94030, United States
Ipoh Garden is right down the street from Millbraes Caltrain/BART station. A great option if you dont want to deal with the car and people traffic for the restaurants across the street.If youre thinking of getting Roti Canai here, DOUBLE your order. Its that good.We tried:- Roti Canai: this was so friggin fragrant. It was so flaky, crispy, and chewy. The curry sauce it came with was just the right flavors, too. It was as if someone made my favorite croissant into a flat bread. 5/5 the only bad thing about it is that it disappeared too fast.- Bak kut teh: This had a strong herbal flavor in the soup that I loved. I didnt expect there to be pork intestines, but there they were, along with some pork knuckles. There were some other pork slices that were a bit dry, but I mainly order this for the soup. This doesnt come with rice. 4/5- Hainan chicken rice: Amazing! I like their take on the ginger sauce, almost tasted like the ginger was toasted/fried a bit first! The chicken isnt boneless, but thats pretty typical. 4.5/5- Malaysian white coffee: I got it to try it and it was a big cup, great for sharing! I liked that the flavor of the condensed milk came through without being cloyingly sweet. The coffee flavor was mild. 5/5Looking forward to trying more dishes next time!Im not really sure where parking is supposed to be for this restaurant; they do not have their own lot. There seems to be 3-4 street spots right alongside the restaurant, but that looked about it. Def ride public transit here if you can.
Stick & Steam
350 Adrian Rd, Millbrae, CA 94030, United States
Contemporary pan-Asian kitchen featuring a selection of dim sum favorites and grilled yakitori-style skewers. A special nod to Southeast Asia with salted egg yolk fries — add Sriracha — and Hainan chicken rice. A handful of options for vegetarians, including a tasty plate of string beans and a grilled eggplant, but offerings could be diversified. Good condiment selection (easy win for the restaurant), but tea drinks were only so-so.
The Kitchen
279 El Camino Real, Millbrae, CA 94030, United States
Extremely bad service. We just experienced exactly what two recent bad reviews on their poor services encountered and they still did not learn from it.We came in at 11pm exhausted from 5 hours of driving.1. Service is as good as putting the plates on your table and leaving you there.2. You pour the tea yourselves.No change of plates. Not even bowls for soup vs noodles. U use the same bowl.3. The manager and waiter will only serve the tables that order expensive seafood. If you dont have any of those luxury items they give you a peasant class service.3. Service was very very slow. We waited a good half hour to be served first dish. They replied the chefs are very busy what4. The waiter would put the noodles on yoir table and walk away - leaving you to divide on your own.5. When you ask the female manager if there is chilli she will reply yes and forget to attend back to you, not to mention the eye contact.6. I gave a token tip the female manager had the audacity to demand the tips to be at least ten over dollars for doing nothing. Whilst I come from a country where tip is not expected and I know the routine tip here is 15% I am shocked the manager will demand it as if it is a complete entitlement after serving nothing to you.7. WORSE STILL her face turns black when I told her honestly the service is very bad and she tells you in Cantonese if you do not like this kind of service dont ever come back again.She went on to reply what to do if they say until like that they wont give more tips for sure.The point is you need to learn basic courtesy and basic service to be tipped well which we will be more than happy to give.Things dont drop from the sky although this country has alot of people hinging on welfare system. You need to earn them.We are overseas chinese visitors from southeast asia who are leaving the subsequent day. To receive some maltreatment is a shock and we are flabbergasted.Shame because food is not bad and is the only restaurant that closes at 1am but they cannot use it as their advantage to abuse their customers.Take this as a warning to other diners looking to dine in this place. Also for the Millbrae chinese community to consider boycotting such uncultured ungracious place that will leave a dirty ink on this community and downtown.