Saturday, September 01, 2007
Lunch at Sonoma Chicken Coop, San Jose, CA
We went to meet some friends for lunch at Sonoma Chicken Coop in San Jose, a place we've never heard of, but which is apparently known for fresh, tasty food at great prices. The place really was a great value. We ended up ordering way too much food because we had no idea that the portions would be so huge. Overall, it was a very tasty meal and we still would have been stuffed if we had ordered 1 less dish.
Chicken Cobb Salad $10
This was the least successful of the dished we ordered, but it was a still a huge salad full of fresh ingredients. The main issues were that it didn't contain enough bacon and that the bowl was so stuffed it was hard to mix up the salad effectively to get a good bite with all of the ingredients in it.
Biscuits and Gravy with Fried Eggs $9
For some reason, despite our usual low-carb diet and the fact that neither of us are from the south, we have a real soft spot for biscuits and gravy. This was a particularly tasty version--the gravy was full of tasty sausage bits and the biscuits were light and fluffy without disintegrating in the gravy. We practically licked the plate clean.
Half Chicken with Red Wine Sauce and Pearl Onions $10
The dark meat was tasty and tender, but the white meat was a bit dry. The sauce was pretty tasty.
Crab Bisque (served with the chicken above)
A bit starchy, but flavorful and full of crab chunks.
Sonoma Chicken Coop
31 North Market Street
San Jose, California, 95113
Ratings:
Food: 1
Decor: 0
Service: NA (order and pick up food at counter)
Website
Chicken Cobb Salad $10
This was the least successful of the dished we ordered, but it was a still a huge salad full of fresh ingredients. The main issues were that it didn't contain enough bacon and that the bowl was so stuffed it was hard to mix up the salad effectively to get a good bite with all of the ingredients in it.
Biscuits and Gravy with Fried Eggs $9
For some reason, despite our usual low-carb diet and the fact that neither of us are from the south, we have a real soft spot for biscuits and gravy. This was a particularly tasty version--the gravy was full of tasty sausage bits and the biscuits were light and fluffy without disintegrating in the gravy. We practically licked the plate clean.
Half Chicken with Red Wine Sauce and Pearl Onions $10
The dark meat was tasty and tender, but the white meat was a bit dry. The sauce was pretty tasty.
Crab Bisque (served with the chicken above)A bit starchy, but flavorful and full of crab chunks.
31 North Market Street
San Jose, California, 95113
Ratings:
Food: 1
Decor: 0
Service: NA (order and pick up food at counter)
Website
Labels: Decor: 0, Food: 1, regional American, restaurant, review
# posted by Giao and Alexis @ 1:08 PM 
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