4.5 stars reviewer actually. The restaurant environment is fancy and with several large tables. The whole restaurant is Beijing Style with some Beijing elements. Though the decorations/the Chinese word boards maybe hard for native people/people who do not know Chinese to understand. The decorations are very kind and warm for we Chinese people. I love the clean large round tables separated by half open walls, which are really good for friend reunion. All servers are friendly and nice. The dishes have various choice. Beijing duck is crispy and juicy with beautiful plates with cucumber, cantaloupe and green onion. My friend and I also tried fish with spicy sauce, stir-fried shredded pork, spinach and roasted, stir-fried snow pea leaves, fried shredded cabbage, scallions lamb, moo shu pork. Most of the are delicious and yummy. The only thing I do not think is that this Chinese restaurant is a little pricey than others. Usually for other similar Chinese restaurant, the price for per person and per meal should be around 25-30 but this one usually 35+. It is not a big thing. At the same time, a little higher price for this one makes this restaurant easy to make an appointment especially for the late minute appointment. read more

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We ordered a Beijing Roasted Duck in advance. Unfortunately it's very disappointing. Too much oil and not tasty. Dick soup is too salty. But the dick bones is pretty good. Recommended: Beijing lamb 烤羊肉， 皮冻 Not recommend: Beijing toasted duck... read more

Taste Good Beijing - Chinese Near Me - Milpitas, California

4-5 stars for their Peking Duck, but almost every other dish we tried was pretty awful. Come for their Peking Duck only, and skip all the other mediocre and overpriced dishes. It was fairly busy at 6pm on a Saturday, but reservations are highly recommended, especially to order the duck. The restaurant filled up pretty quickly, and it was still busy when we left. They have a gigantic (and very heavy) menu with a lot of dishes listed. It was difficult to narrow down the selections since we had a big group; sadly, the majority of items we ordered were very mediocre. The dishes were also expensive for the portions. We tried: -Braised Beef ($12.95, https://www.yelp.com/user_local_photos?select=JXRWl1BOEZL9ipVeWX3tJw&userid=76vIFZcC7owykCBjMfGVXg): Not very tender, and on the dry side. Also, not very flavorful- skip! -Peking Style Roasted Lamb ($24.95, https://www.yelp.com/user_local_photos?select=5bjid9V5atBvPuuh3uGvuA&userid=76vIFZcC7owykCBjMfGVXg): This dish sounded delicious, but was way overcooked and dry. The lamb was also on the gamey side- skip! -Beijing Roast Duck ($68): Make a reservation for this ahead of time! This dish is pricier than a lot of other restaurants, but they prepare the duck for you three ways: the traditional style with slices of the meat and skin, which they do tableside; a soup made from some of the bones; a dry stir fry of the meaty bony pieces. The traditional style was delicious, and there was a ton of meat from one duck. It was really flavorful, and the skin was super crispy (although the fat on the skin could have rendered off a bit more). This is one of the better Peking Ducks I've had in the Bay Area, and this dish is a must try! The soup was solid, and had a good clean flavor. The dry stir fry of the duck bones was also good, and had a good spiciness to it. -Pan Fried Pancake ($7.95): Not very good, and very dry and bland. They also use a fermented bean paste, which overpowered all the other flavors- skip! -Griddle Cooked Cauliflower w/Spicy Sauce ($15.95): I didn't like this dish- the cauliflower was still somewhat crunchy, and it didn't have much flavor. Skip! -Lamb Kebabs: Solid kebabs, and I loved the crust on it. The lamb was a little gamey, but the cumin flavor helps round it out. -Trotters w/Spicy Sauce ($21.95, https://www.yelp.com/user_local_photos?select=SH9eKlUHsJ3yrLRWGEAUAA&userid=76vIFZcC7owykCBjMfGVXg): There was barely any meat on these trotters! The little meat that was there was NOT tender, and this dish didn't have much flavor- skip! Service was ok for a Chinese restaurant, but it's definitely helpful if you speak Mandarin or are with someone who can speak Mandarin. They do speak English, but it's easier to communicate with them in Mandarin. I would come back here solely for the Peking Duck, and not order any other dishes. Parking was easy in this lot since there are plenty of spots. read more

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The food and service are both very good, we ordered Beijing duck it was so delicious , we will go back again.

PEKING ROAST DUCK here is amazing!!! This review is mainly for the duck - best and most authentic I've had in the Bay Area. The whole duck is pushed out on a cart and a chef slices it into 2 whole dishes. The whole process is really similar to the experience you'd have in a restaurant in Beijing. We asked for sugar to go with the skin, which is amazing: melts in your mouth. Again, you get TWO dishes of duck meat/skin in one order! You can get the bones (with some meat on there) in stir fry AND soup, and you can ask for refills on the soup. The four of us couldn't finish the one duck. We ordered other dishes too, but we don't think that's why. It's just plenty they give you. I can understand why the 3-star yelp review for this place. Some of the other dishes are expensive and filled with MSG. Just got to order the right things here ;) read more

Taste Good Beijing - Chinese Near Me - Milpitas, California

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Like any Chinese joint, the difference between 5 stars and 2 is what you order. Last time, I wasn't too pleased with 3 out of the 5 things I ordered. But this time, I had a much better experience ordering northern regional meat items. (see my previous review about meat items v. buns/noodles etc). So we got lamb skewers which were again fantastic. Unfortunately I forgot my camera. But next time I go back, I'll take pictures of everything that I love in this review. We also got sliced pig knuckles with dipping sauce. These were awesome. Think delicious cold cuts. If the pig knuckle part makes you squirm, don't worry. It comes out looking like generic gelatinous meat. And honestly Taco Bell puts ground glass into their meat...so this is nothing in comparison to that =p. MY favorite item of the meal was lamb on bone with soup. I don't remember the actual name of the item, but it was fantastic. The lamb was juicy, fatty, and fell off the bone. There was a chili spice rub on the side that you can dip the meat into. YUM (Careful though, the spice rub is full of MSG) And the soup was deeply flavorful. This will be my go-to every time I go. So I'll definitely take a picture of it, next time I'm at the restaurant for reference. We also got the meatball and winter melon soup. The meatballs were very tender. and the winter melon was good. I wish there was more of both in the soup. The soup was good but nothing compared to the lamb soup that came with the item above. My Chinese is not that great, so the guy tried several times to push the meat pancake onto us. If you've read my last review about the meat pancake here...then you know we didn't have a good experience. The fact that they kept on pushing it makes me wonder how long they keep that stuff and if they try to push it out past the freshest time. Definitely DON'T get this item. It's the only thing I've ever sent back at a Chinese place. But the lamb and other meat items here are top notch. I will definitely be back! read more

Every 2 years, I fly back to Beijing for 2 weeks to visit the motherland and spend time with my fabulous cousin/best friend growing up. Every time I'm there, I am always excited for my taste buds and fearful for my waistline. There is just so much good food there! I actually tend to avoid Chinese restaurants in the US because good ones that are up to my standards are just hard to find. However, last night, in a spontaneous moment of nostalgia, I turned to my boyfriend and said I really miss Beijing food and wish I had some. However, the closest one I've heard of is in San Mateo and we were in San Jose at the moment. A while later, he turned to me and said that he found Taste Good Beijing and the reviews and menus are comparable. Bonus, it is on our way home to my house in Walnut Creek. We arrived around 730pm and it was crowded. The place is nestled in a strip mall between 2 Vietnamese eateries. We walk in and I excitedly point out that they have the Beijing style yogurt drink in their fridge and their menu looks exactly like the kind I'd see in restaurants back in China. I felt like I was transported back home for a moment. We didn't have to wait long to be seated, about 15 minutes. They predominately speak Mandarin so even the atmosphere feels like home. We decided on 3 dishes: Braised eggplant with green beans, cumin lamb stirfry and Bejing Beef Pancakes. I wanted the Beijing style pancakes with the fried Chinese doughnut and green onions but they only serve those during dim sum hours on the weekends. Now the food, while on the oily side, tasted just like how I'd hoped. The lamb was succulent, the eggplant dish was a little overcooked but still very tasty and the beef pancakes, my oh my, the crust is chewy and flaky and the filling is perfectly seasoned and tasty with every bite. The beef pancakes were definitely our favorite dish of the night. So why 3 stars you say? Our first dish came out in about 5 minutes and then we had to wait 20+ minutes for our second and third dish. By then, our rice was cold and we were annoyed. I had asked multiple times where our dishes are and they said, "it's still cooking". Finally one of the server girls said that they messed up the ticket and are remaking our dishes. No apologies but they replaced our rice since it was cold. I would have appreciated at least an acknowledgement of the fact they made a mistake since we were half hungry and jealously staring at other patrons who arrived after us all getting their multiple dishes. I love the fact I didn't get a MSG triggered headache afterwards, that's great for a Chinese restaurant. Service is really subpar but food is delicious. I imagine eating here often will result in a cardiac bypass with the generous amount of oil they use. So, I'll probably be back again once my artery unclogs a bit from the damage last night. read more

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My Chinese coworker from Beijing brought me here and told me that this place serves decently authentic Beijing cuisine. The restaurant itself is pretty small, but like most Chinese restaurants, tables are lined closely together so it can sit quite a lot of customers in the small cosy space. I saw many tables ordering the claypot and lamb hot pot dish, but since there were only two of us, we opted to go for smaller plates instead. Beijing style pork skin jelly (Rou pi dong) - Loved this cold appetizer!! Lamb skewer and chicken heart skewer (fried) - We wanted to have it grilled but it wasnt available yet (too early?) so we opted for fried. To my pleasant surprise, both the lamb and chicken heart were soft, tender and juicy. They were also generously and well seasoned. Two thumbs up! Sauteed pork liver slices - The liver was overcooked so it was hard :( Special Lamb steak BBQ - We were contemplating between the lamb spare rib bbq or the steak bbq, and decided on the steak since there'd be no bones. Crispy on one side, tender and juicy inside with a flavourful lamb taste. Great choice, thumbs up! Beijing style stir-fried sliced pancakes - This is my first time trying stir-fried sliced pancakes. It was a little dryer than I thought, and I'm not very sure I like it. The service here is pretty subpar, but I guess that is pretty expected of in a Chinese restaurant (at least for me). That said, I'd definitely love to come back here again for the skewers and lamb. Would also love to try the hot pot next time too! read more

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My family is from the north bay but drive down to the South Bay just for this!! My mom is from Beijing and being a northern Chinese in the Bay Area, we all know it's hard to find true authentic northern Chinese dishes. It's mostly canto cuisine in the Bay Area. My mom somehow found this place and we've been coming here since!! This place has a true authentic taste. From Beijing yogurt where you can find it in the Hutongs of modern day Beijing to authentic kungpao chicken- very different from Panda Express. They also have a variety of small dishes that are amazing!!! I absolutely love the atmosphere here. The people speak with a Beijing accident. The parking is great!! It's located within a plaza and there's plenty of parking. Service is fast and everything is very clean! From bathrooms to dishes, everything is amazing!! When I come here, I like to order the Kung pao chicken and an eggplant dish. Which is both very amazing!!! So if your craving true Beijing food, this is your place! read more

I was debating the Beef Pancake vs. Zha Jiang Mian and finally went with the ZJM plus a Sesame Pancake (shao bing). The multi-layered Sesame Pancake was slightly charred and pretty dry (http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/taste-good-beijing-cuisine-milpitas?select=2j10br10xbiHsdZdFDw9Cw#2j10br10xbiHsdZdFDw9Cw). It would have been better with some filling like the braised pork from the Rou Jia Mou (http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/taste-good-beijing-cuisine-milpitas?select=M4J8IIQmuiUkTpNOWRSQwQ#MTrioAqCQ_CfR8IDwjLRmg) or something to dip it into. In addition to the sauce, the Zha Jiang Mian comes with a variety of toppings consisting of shredded cucumber, sliced scallions, sprouts, edamame, and a large raw garlic clove (http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/taste-good-beijing-cuisine-milpitas?select=2j10br10xbiHsdZdFDw9Cw#esN-q3JE7lyQ-9hoN1B1Kw). The volume of sauce was smaller than at QQ so I dumped it all in and mixed. MISTAKE!! The sauce was an order of magnitude saltier than QQ's so even with the smaller amount made the dish significantly saltier. There wasn't much meat, but every bite that had some of the jerky like protein was a flash of even saltier flavors. Apply sparingly and add more as needed! The noodles square profile showed them to be machine made (http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/taste-good-beijing-cuisine-milpitas?select=2j10br10xbiHsdZdFDw9Cw#uoE4IYJyTbyFbR0prjPqRQ) they were nicely cooked and had decent chew. Not quite up to the level of the hand-pulled noodles at QQ Noodle, but satisfying. read more

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One star for Yang Za Tang(Lamb internal organs) - $5.95 for a small cup like around 8 oz.. more importantly, the taste is quiet disappointing. I did not even finish the soup. It does not taste like lamb soup AT ALL. Five stars for Rou Jia Mo - $3.50 rocks! It's the best in the bay area. The pork inside is very well cooked and marinated. The bun's skin is a little crispy, which is beyond my expectation. One star for Service - nothing is there. I ordered before I went to pick it up, but still waited for around 30 minutes. And they did not put utensils in the togo bag, so I had to ask for it. And they came with an unwrapped spoon... so I had to ask for a chopstick. The manager told me not to complain, and try to understand that it's a very busy time for them right now.. I do understand.. But all I said was, "I ordered to-go food, and you did not even put utensils inside, how do you want me to eat the food." I will come back to try other food, but will have zero expectations on the service. read more

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Good spot but a little bit pricey place for some good local Beijing food. My favorite is the roasted Beijing Duck, you have to order 1 hour in advance or you have to wait a long time for it. They sliced the skin off in front of you which makes it a small show. Duck skin is really crispy, but it is also a little fatty too. read more

- COVID 19 Period review, takeout order - After trying several restaurants for Peking duck in the South bay, I decided to vote for this one. Price is very reasonable in terms of flavor and serving size. They also give you the whole duck bone - you can cook in many ways you want at home. Two full boxes of duck meat, good for 4 people at least. You don't need to call ahead to make some sort of reservations a day or couple days early. Pick-up procedure was really smooth, everyone wears mask and one person at a time inside the restaurant. It won't be as amazing as you dine-in, the duck will be a bit cold since taking back home. I'm still satisfied with the slight crispy skin :) read more

Peking duck was lovely, skin was sooo crispy. Their Peking duck comes with all the nice little aromatics and veggies to wrap with. You can also ask for buns if you don't like thin wraps. They also cut up the remaining bones and make a very rich duck broth afterwards. We also ordered a couple other dishes and highlights were the pickled veggies and fish soup. It was sour and savory and pungent in a very good way and the fish fillet just melts in your mouth. It was a little too salty for some, but goes well if you have other less salty dishes coming up. Would be nice if they had more fish in it. Their veggies dishes were all very well done, such as the pea shoot leaves and long green beans. read more

Spicy food lovers will enjoy their dishes. You can pick the spicy levels. We like spicy flavor so the mire is better! Lamb skew Xian style red- braised pork sandwich tasted good Crispy shrimp Pickled fish hot pot Griddled cooked organic cauliflower with spicy sauce Fried shredded cabbage with pepper read more

Taste Good Beijing - Chinese Near Me - Milpitas, California

The roast duck is ok, but other dishes are more common. The lady who served our table seemed not happy even if we paid more than 15% tip.

Tried out Taste Good since the menu looked good, though pricey. Place was empty when we got there at 11am, several tables did arrive when were finished. FREE hot tea tasted like jasmine - very flowery, didn't notice any leaves, but not the bag I don't think. Dry sauteed string bean $8.95 - pricey, just string beans, they were tasty enough. Rice was extra, we didn't want to order since we got other things. Pancake stuffed w/ beef $7.95 - thin pancakes stuffed with thin beef, I liked it ok. Pork sandwich $3.50 - it's a good size for one, or cut it on half to share. I found the bread tough & dry, meat was fine. xlb - steamed pork buns (6) for $6.95 - these were big, but all the "soup" came out of them before we could eat them. Meat & wrapper seemed fine, just no "soup"!! SKIP IT. I should have ordered the Pork Dumplings which is more a Beijing specialty, & xlb more Shanghai, my bad in ordering. I wanted Green Chive Pancake $6.95 - but waiter said only weekends! One can of Sprite for $1.50 - not for me. Before tip was $31.25 for 2 people! Pricey. Charged it. read more

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Pretty solid Chinese joint. I was in the mood for some form of wrapped meat (dumplings, xlb, etc...) and I ended up perusing the menu over here, which got me to roll down there. I didnt get to try the more Chinesy dishes cause all I wanted was what I was craving plus I was ordering for one... Food- Beef Pancakes ($8.5): Pretty solid. Definitely hit the spot and fulfilled the craving I was tryna satisfy. Chinese meatburger ($3.5): I enjoyed this dish more than the pancakes. I was initially craving the TW style meat burger (Gua Bao) but decided to come here instead. The style/taste is a lil diff but its still very good. The tw style usually comes with some kind of Asian pickled greens. This one is just meat and instead of a bun its some kind of bread. Definitely worth a try. Overall I enjoyed all the dishes I got and felt they were made correctly. Ive had some places have crappy meat inside the xlb and that totally ruins it. I didnt have any of those issues here so I could be comin back. read more

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This place is a huge disappointment. 1. you have to order in advance for the beijing duck or else u'll have to wait 1 hr. I was expecting them to cut the duck in front of me but when i sat down, they already have to duck cut - not even sure if it was fresh. i saw that they cut the duck in front of customers for other tables; but just not my table. and then the duck was sliced sooooo thick! OMG that's the worse i seen. normal slices are really thin and it was a mixture of some fat, crispy skin and meat, they obviously don't know how to slice. 2. ordered a side of pickle garlic - soooo nasty! 3. got the shredded pork dish - wayy too sweet and wayy too much fatty meat. 4. service was pretty bad, so i left a 15% tip and one of the server rushed over to get my signed check and was telling the other server in chinese - only 10 dollar tip, cheap. not sure if they purposely said it so loud so i can hear it, but c'mon lady, no service and u expect good tip? Idk about you, but if you expect to receive good tip u gotta provide good service. Will i be back? HELL NO. not even if they pay me to try their food. waste of my calories intake. read more

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I must come and give my best comment here. No matter where you come from. If you want to try decent taste of Chinese food. Please! Order now! I want to give them 10 star if I can. Good job really! Especially the lamb. Make sure you don't miss this one. read more

A must-avoid place . The Zhi Ma Shao Bing is a tasteless spat of beaten, dated flour . The Si Ji Dou (green bean) is too dry , but actually one of the better dishes we ordered today. The YiPin ShaoJi (roasted chicken) is luckily fully cooked, but salty. And you will get salt 200% when you combine that with it's accompanying five-spice seasoning. Why? Because the five spice has nothing but salt. To make things worse , we even ordered the Huo Guo Yang Pai (lambs chops in hot pot ). I initially thought this would be Xingjiang Style lamb chop BBQ. But I was wrong , it's a pot of oily, smelly lamb and a group of uninteresting, wither read more

Overall, a pretty decent northern Chinese restaurant. It was a welcome change to the many Cantonese restaurants that are of abundance in San Francisco. The rou jia mo was slightly spicy, which I didn't expect. There was a good amount of fat to the pork. I didn't really like the bun. It was too chewy. I think a traditional sesame bun would be better. The whole fish was okay. It's stewed in a traditional red sauce with some spiciness to the sauce. The fish is a frozen fish, so unfortunately it wasn't fresh. The most disappointing dish was the seaweed. It was not northern at all. It had too much sesame oil, was spicy which it's not supposed to be, no garlic, and lack of flavoring otherwise. Don't get this dish! read more

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I came here with a large group on Christmas Eve and the staff was super accommodating even though we showed up with more people than we had reserved for. The boss lady is really sweet and kept checking on us throughout the meal to make sure we were still doing ok. The peking duck here is A++! The skin is the perfect amount of crispiness while still retaining flavor and the meat is tender and not dry. They roll each duck out by your table before carving and plating in front of you. Peking duck here is served with the standard steamed bun/hoisin/veggie combo (aka how it tastes best). After your duck is carved you have the option of receiving the rest as a soup or in a baggy to take home. Because this dish is so popular, though, make sure you call and pre-order to make sure they have enough duck for when you arrive. I also ordered their soup dumplings which weren't nearly as amazing. Our first serving was soggy on the bottom and the dough tore and spilled the soup in the process of trying to lift them off the steamer. We ordered a second serving (bc second chances?) and they ended up not being cooked all the way through. Maybe it's because soup dumplings aren't a specialty? Overall, definitely try the peking duck! And definitely pass on the soup dumplings. read more

Taste Good Beijing - Chinese Near Me - Milpitas, California

We had the Beijing Roast Duck, which came with the duck bone soup, and added a pair of sautéed vegetable dishes. The duck was delectable, juicy, absolutely scrumptious. Service was attentive and friendly, professional, the food is authentic and the servers Chinese-speaking. I made a reservation, and they gave us a wonderful table in a small nook like area, with a comfortable and enjoyable ambiance. read more

I like the Beijing duck and the sour fish. Very yummy. But cant expect much service from this place.

Authentic Peking duck! Nice staff. Clean environment. Reasonable price. Will definitely go again.

Had a birthday dinner with my family there and we had to pre-order the Peking duck (cost $70!). Granted it was pretty good but still not worth the price I believe. Then the rest of the dishes we ordered (chicken, veggies, etc) came out to be very salty. Don't know what happened there - I guess the chefs forgot to taste them before sending them out or something. I think this is the first and last time I will be visiting this place..... read more

Gotta love a place where you can get a whole boiled lamb head for under $20. You can even order an ox head. TG has plenty of unusual Beijing specialty items on the menu (e.g., millet porridge) and the well known favorites as well, including hot pot, kebabs, pancakes, dumplings, noodle soup, fried rice, etc. The menu is extremely heavy and filled with big color pictures of their dishes. * Braised pork sandwich (rou jia mo): tender, luscious, fatty braised pork shredded and tucked in a spongy thick bread (much like an English muffin) with chopped cilantro, the pork is divine * Beijing beef pancake ($7.95): A thin, pan fried multi-layered flour pancake with ground beef. It was rather greasy on the outside, chewy and soft. The filling tastes like dumpling filling. The pancake would have been better if it were less oily and a little crispy on the outside * Pickled green beans with minced pork ($8.95) http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/Y3rmZsXNbDzLlUVhR-y4lQ?userid=NOUfyJW-BAo_-Cbfo8edww#TDQFnlfnWKTPNmTg-Sk_lA: The pickled green beans are tiny and super thin. They're rather salty but the pickling imparts an interesting sour flavor. There's plenty of pork and they added chili peppers for heat. Tasty though salty. They sell Beijing yogurt (yay). You can watch Chinese TV while you eat. read more

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Stellar but pricy Chinese food. The outside doesn't look like much (hidden in a strip mall), but this is an upscale Chinese restaurant, with the relatively attentive waiters who come by to fill your tea and the beautifully laminated picture menu. Prices reflect this as well, with most dishes being $3-$4 more than other Chinese restaurants. We got: Tea (complimentary) - I don't usually write a review for tea, but the tea here was amazing. Very aromatic but light, I couldn't get enough. Wish they just left me with the entire teapot. Pi Dong - This was pretty good, nice consistency and the vinegary dipping sauce was a good complement. Lamb skewer - Very good. The lamb is crispy on the outside but super super tender inside. A bit spicy from the seasoning on top. Beijing Lamb - This was amazing. Reminds me of Peking Duck, with the delicious crispy skin and super tender lamb meat. I'm not sure how they got the meat to be so succulent but this was good. (Also a bit fatty). Rou Jia Mo - I liked the bun (which was toasted so it was nicely crispy on the outside) and thought it paired well with the fillings. However, my parents thought this was fairly unimpressive and that the bun was weird(?). Liver/Kidney/Pork stir fry - Very good, but also too salty. Make sure to have some rice to eat with this. But wow, the pork slices were ridiculously tender and even the liver was cooked to still be quite tender (difficult with liver, which often ends up tasting a bit gritty). Mhhh those pork slices. Jian bing - Mhhh their rendition is very very good. The inside has just the right flavor and mix of crunch with the bing. Dry Pot Cauliflower - Ehh this was the only misfire of the night. The cauliflower wasn't quite the right char / crispiness that usually comes when cooked in a dry pot. All in all, left super super impressed with my meal. The menu is super extensive and there are still a ton of things that I wish we had gotten the chance to try. Next time! read more

So it turns out one of the greatest low key food Street Fighters of the NORTH, is kicking some serious ass in the SOUTH. That's Northern Chinese (Beijing cuisine) in the South Bay, deep within Milpitas. O ) --- SHORYUKEN!!!! (dragon uppercut punch) - / / \ O Yao'll can't touch dis muscles! \~|~/ / \ Like Beijing Restaurant in SF, Taste Good Beijing does not use MSG (that I could tell), but unlike Beijing Restauraunt, TG does not have nor does it need to post photos of Yao Ming to garner endorsements, as it truly excels in some serious culinary kung foooooooood indeed and lets the food speak for itself. Were it not for the owner appearing in a brief interview on "Business and Lifestyle" Chinese TV on KTSF Ch 8 Comcrap Cable recently, I would have totally forgotten about this potential hidden gem. Low key eatery in a strip mall plaza off a few Vietnamese restaurants, an Indian bakery/dessert store, and a banh mi deli joint. The unmistakenable characters for "late night eating" (shao ye) appear near the entrance. This is probably as authentic as it gets. Rou Jia Muo (#69 on takeout menu) "steamed bread with meat". Certainly does not sound interesting, but get a load of this; a large almost English muffin like large toasty set of buns. The inside, perfectly fine shredded tasty pork (soft and juicy at that) with a good soy sauce marination, a little cilantro and condiments, and the whole thing blows away even the Sausage Egg McMuffin! Beijing McMuffin. Rou Jia McMo? McMoffin? McMofo? Rou Jia MoFo? Hell yeah. Easily blows away even the guao bao (Taiwanese pork belly in steamed bun) at 5 Joy in Foster City and quite possibly Chairman Bao. Super comforting, super good. Cold appetizer dish of "Pork Jelly w/Beijing Traditional Style" or "Lao Beijing Rou Pi Dong". This is essentially pork skin gelatin, cut into little cubes, and served cold with a side of black vinegar dipping sauce. Very tasty and satisfying. Pi Dong is basically pork skin with the fat removed, boiled until it melts and congeals. Of course Beijing style means it requires a good soy sauce marination and flavor, and it is obviously present. By the way Pi Dong is also used towards making xiaolong bao (more on that later...), the true and good way, unlike people using aspic or pseudo soup. Woodear funghi with mountain yam and carrot stir fry - forgot the proper name of this on the menu, but it was easily the best woodear dish I had in aeons, considering woodear from Chinese supermarkets smell like crap and has the wrong texture. No idea where TG gets theirs but it is perfect, mildly crunchy, a delight to the bite. Jing Dong Niu Rou Bing - Beijing Style Beef Pancake. So this reminds me in a way of Acciughe Alla Povera (Poor Man's Anchovies) where it is a layer of fish, salt, pepper, olive oil, onions, then another layer that repeats itself. With JDNRB, it's basically a thin sheet of finely pounded delicious beef (with a touch of grease), dough, then another layer of beef, then dough, with upwards of 5 layers. Luckily not as greasy and heavy as Old Mandarin Islamic in SF, but ass kicking good. Everyday Beijing in San Mateo offers only the pork version, but here at Taste Good you can get pork or beef versions, and I believe there's a meatless one too as a side of starch. Xiao Long Bao - Normally this would have been something I would shy away from, as you well know that XLB is a Shanghainese dish and generally nobody else executes this well outside of Shanghainese restaurants in general (aside from Yank Sing and perhaps Koi Palace to a small extent). In fact the menu picture of xiao long bao looks more like a steamed doughy bun (guan tang baozi), so we tried it out given the waiter's strong recommendation. However it turned out to be regular XLB. BUT....despite the skin being perhaps a micron tad thick, the whole thing kept form and the thing had ample soup inside (and a clear delicious broth at that). A very decent rendition that caught us all by surprise. Definitely worth a try if you're in the mood. Following the trend of numerous Northern restaurants around town (including A&J in Cupertino....), the perfect after meal dessert drink is the Bluecherry Beijing style yogurt (Beijing Suan Nai) which they carry here, imported from Alhambra in Southern California. Can't remember what they charge here, probably around the $2 mark for a small cup (one size only). The natural/original flavor doesn't have much sugar added so you can taste the tartness. A perfect end to pretty much the perfect meal. Too bad these guys are further away, I would come more often if I could. read more

I'm going to go out on a limb and say this is the best Chinese food I've found in all of Milpitas. I think South Legend has been the only major player I've not been to. Came back with a large group of co-workers, with some of them on the not so adventurous side and even they loved it. -Beef poached in hot chili oil -Beef and mushroom -Lamb with chili and cumin -Roasted kidney -Stir fried chicken with okra -dry stir fried string beans -Lamb skewers and meat buns made a return call from last time because they were so damn good Again, everything was delicious. One of my co-workers went as far as spooning the chili oil like soup towards the end. So I handed him the unused straw for my soda saying "you can't get a continuous stream with a spoon. I know your kung fu skills arent that good yet." So he used the straw! read more

10/24/15: My gf looked this place up on Yelp, and we were pleasantly surprised. So, as I walked from the parking lot and got close I could see there was a table out front with a bunch of Chinese fobs mashing their chops, smacking their lips loudly, joking and laughing with their mouths wide open full of white rice. Heaven to my ears! Sure enough, inside I found ZERO caucasians, or any other race for that matter, and it was absolutely packed. Favorable stats I say for good Chinese. So the food.... 1. Xi An Style Red-Braised Pork Sandwich $3.95: The meat itself was pretty good--moist with decent fat content, and good flavor. The bread was not as good though--kinda dry and tough. 5/10. 2. House Special Lamb Ribs $18.95: This order comes in two parts: the ribs themselves, and separately the broth soup. The soup is excellent--not much in it really, not even daikon. Just some cilantro and that's it. But it's really flavorful and I easily drank up half of the huge bowl. The ribs were obviously boiled in that broth, and thus has a boiled texture. But they're really tender with plenty of meat. For $19, this is an extremely good deal since lamb chops are huge $$$. I really don't know how they kept the price so low on this. Anyway, great stuff. There's a side of some pepper sauce but it tastes a little funny and is really salty, so we left it alone. 10/10 3. Sauteed Black Fungus $12.95: Very good version of one of my favorite "vegetables" (sorta.) Lots of flavors in their with various chopped ingredients. One of the better versions I've had. 8/10. 4. Lamb Kabobs $1.75 each or $5.00 for 3: Non-standard preparation. Typically the lamb would be covered with cumin and other spices, then grilled, but this one has a light batter on it. The lamb was tender and flavorful. Pretty good. 7/10. 5. Farmers' Style Stir-Fried Pork $12.95: Stir fried pork belly with various peppers. Need I say more? Yummy. 7/10. Great food. Very nice authentic Chinese. 4/5 #chinese #beijing #ribs #chineseribs read more

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This could be my new favorite Beijing restaurant in the bay area. I used to like Everyday Beijing in San Mateo but lately there has been some inconsistency. On my first visit, Taste Good had shown a lot of promises. The is a place you can get some really authentic Beijing cuisine. The clientele was 100% Chinese was I was there. During the entire dinner I did not hear one word of English conversation. Don't let that discourage you from trying this place out though. They have a very user friendly menu with lots of photos. The skewers here are phenomenal. Try their lamb kebabs and you will understand what I mean. The traditional street style lamb skewers are usually rather lean and dry. Here they use quality lamb meat and the result are these juicy chucks of tender kebabs. Well seasoned too. They also have some really exotic stuff like liver and testicles (yes you read this right). They are really only for the most adventurous eaters. Try them if you dare. Stir fried dishes were decent. The Shredded Pork in Beijing Sauce was tasty despite a little too sweet. The tender Chinese Luffa was indeed quite fresh. Unfortunately both fall into the pitfall of being too oily. Their menu is really extensive and there are quite a few interesting dishes. The spicy hot pot that many people ordered is going to be next on my to try list. read more

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Me and my family went to eat here for dinner last night and we ordered the Steamed Bun with Meat, Lamb Skewer, 3 Assorted Mushrooms with Beef, Fillet, Homestyle Eggplant, Bean Curd, Pork Filling Pie, and Dumplings. I enjoyed the Steamed Bun with Meat and the Lamb Skewer, but, overall, the food did not excite my taste buds. The dumplings were terrible. The dumpling skin was thick and hard and the filling had a wierd aftertaste. The bean curd had no flavor either. I was very disappointed in the food. I have tasted better Americanized Chinese food than this! The service was also very poor. First, we had barely received our Lamb Skewer plate for less than 5 minutes and the waitress came to take the lamb plate away when there was still one piece of lamb left. She thought we were done with the plate. Right...I'm not done with the lamb!! Second, they took forever to bring our rice when we asked for it multiple times. Third, it was a bit difficult to get a waiter when we needed something. One outrageous act happened. We had received the bill and paid it with a credit card. The waiter went to process the charge and came back demanding that my mom pay him more tip. He complained that her tip was "too little" and it was under 10%. !!?! First of all, he cannot calculate, because the tip WAS 10%. Second, how RUDE was that of him to demand that he get more tip?! For his poor service he should have not received even a dime!! or a penny!.. :P They also need to get a better ventilation system or at least keep the door open because it felt very "stuffy" inside from all the cooking odors. My clothes stenched of Chinese food after. Anyways, in summary, food was mediocre and boring, service was poor, and the waiter was so rude. We will definitely NOT be coming back here again! read more

They say Taste Good Beijing is my "personal dining room" since I love it so much. I was born and raised in Beijing and the food from Taste Good Beijing represents the taste of authentic Beijing cuisine! It's unbelievable you can find such a restaurant here in Bay Area. It's not like Cantonese, Shanghainese, Hunan, etc. It's Beijing Taste! read more

Overall dishes look good, even though it is a little bit more pricey than the average. The roasted duck is my favorite. However ordered a glass or water and saw bubbles around the glass indicated that the glass may not be clean enough.... read more

Haven't been here for more than ten years. Seven of us went on Father's Day. We made reservation and we arrived early at 11:30 so there was no problem to get a table. At 12ish the front was packed with people waiting to be seated. Don't know if it is because Father's day or it is normally like this. The service was slow but the staff was friendly. They definitely need more wait staff. The food was very good but a bit salty. Have patience to go over the whole menu since they are so many choices. The price was good. Seven adults with plenty of food even left-over to take home costed $175. read more

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This was the worst Chinese food I ever had. The duck was okey. However, other food was very disgusting！I ordered deep fried meat ball it can barely eat. I also had a pork liver that makes me nausea it smells like socks！we are two people spent $160 it included 18% tips in forced charge. Never visit again! read more

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Food is ok, but basically there for the Peking Duck. Made a reservation for that two days before. When we arrived there we made sure they have the duck we ordered. We waited and waited for an hour... and all the other dishes were done but where was the duck? They told us they made a mistake and they had no more duck... What The Duck! read more

Perhaps their food is OK but the service is non-existed! On a Saturday, we came here for lunch and the place was not even half full. We seated and waited for 20 mins and nobody even came to give us a pot of tea. When we were ready to order, we had to signal the waitress 3 times for her to finally come over and take our order. Then when we ran out of tea in the middle of the meal, we had to go through herculean effort to get the waiter's attention for a refill. By the end of it, I couldn't wait to get out of the place but again, have to beg for the check. Horrible horrible service! read more