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VENERABLE
The next generation HUNAN GARDEN
REBORN WITH
FUSION TWIST
AS MANDARIN ROOTS
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et’s not argue. Some of you might say Mandarin Roots isn’t really a true Chinese restaurant, it’s an Asian-Californian-fusion restaurant. It is, but the menu and presentation fall predominantly on the west side of the International Date Line. The El Camino Real space was Hunan Garden for 15 years until the owner, Simon Yuan, decided to turn the business over to his son, Jarvis. Reopened as of May 31,
Jarvis Yuan has remodeled the restaurant, semi-enclosing the patio with a new awning and adding elements that make seating a pleasurable indoor-outdoor affair. Outside, there is a vine-covered brick wall, flowing curtains, flowering plants, comfortable chairs and booths, plus strings of festive party lights overhead. Inside, there is new paint and carpeting, tables, chairs, and a banquette as well as
Review by DALE F. BENTSON // Photos by NATALIA NAZAROVA
The teapot soup at Mandarin Roots in Palo Alto has sizzling rice, manila clams, shrimp, chicken, enoki mushrooms and micro greens.
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Q Mountain View Voice Q MountainViewOnline.com Q August 15, 2014