"A modest little restaurant in Fremont, 19 Gold is a busy destination for Taiwanese food and bubble tea. The braised combination platters are a good place to start, featuring duck wings and pork intestines, but the main draw is the malatang bowls. They feature 19 different spices — hence the name of the restaurant — and you can order them with meat, seafood, vegetables, dumplings, and even udon noodles. The minced pork over rice or noodles is seemingly simple but spectacular. Unsurprisingly, 19 Gold is also a perfect place to sample the national dish of Taiwan: a beef noodle soup with a rich bone marrow base and a slightly spicy kick." - Jay Friedman
Jay Friedman