Mountain View, CA (Veg Dining)
Mountain view is the more affordable town right next to Palo Alto. I actually far prefer the restaurants here to Palo Alto and it is a bit less pretentious. The best part about the Mountain View restaurant scene is the ethnic diversity. All the restaurants have several veggie options, the prices are reasonable and the all are conveniently located on or near Castro street. For Thai I like the King of Krung. For indian Shiva’s has a killer lunch buffet and great ambience for a fancy dinner too. I also think Sakoon’s is excellent for a group dinner indian feast with an atypical menu. For coffee and tea I always go to Red Rock, on the corner of Castro and Villa. For sinful desserts I always go to Cafe Neto, they also do nice mediterrean salads and sandwiches. For Mexican I like Fiesta Del Mar just down the street from Red Rock. My absolute favorite place in MV is Amber Cafe off of Castro on El Camino Real. It is called Amber’s bits and bites on their sign. It is an indian cafe / restaurant where you can get an indian take on pizza and wraps (those are good) but the real reason I come here is for the bombay street food. You can not find this stuff in regular indian restaurants. The Pav Baji is to die for (vegetable stew with four swett buns for dipping) and the channa batura (chick pea curry with a big puff pastry for dipping) is killer to. I absolutely love this place. I think Amber’s is entirely vegetarian too. This place is good for lunch or a casual dinner. They also do take away.
Places to Stay: My favortie is the Hampton Inn on Castro. It is new and nice. The residence Inn on El Camino Real is nice too if you are going ot be there for a while. The buildings are a little old but they are all nicely furnished inside and there is a full breakfast and light dinner some evenings. If you can swing the two bedroom loft, you will like it.
Things to Do: Walk up and down castro street, walk around palo alto, take the train to san fran,
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