Kingswood

Kingswood
Cupertino Village

Food: :-) (Good)
Atmosphere: :0) (Ok)
Price: $$

This restaurant specializes in two different cuisines: Tappenyaki and Hot Pot. They also have sushi there but I haven't had it. The tappenyaki is nothing to write home about. Because of its plain ingredients and reliance on "entertainment", Tappenyaki is one of those kinds of cuisine that has to be damn good to be enjoyable. When it is just "average", it doesn't really fly. Karin and I ate Kingswood Tappenyaki a long time ago. No desire to try it again.

Their hot pot is pretty good. They have two different flavors of soup: mild and spicy. I recommend the mild. I like spicy hot pot, but this one doesn't have enough taste to balance the spices. The ingredients you can order are neat: raw meats, vegetables, taro root, mushrooms, etc... Try stuff you've never tried before. Toss a few items in the soup at a time and have fun. There are a few hot pot restaurants in Silicon Valley. This one is good, but there is better. Try Ninji in Fremont if you want a really good hot pot.

After dinner at Kingswood, walk through Cupertino Village to Fantasia and buy yourself a Pearl Tea drink. Yumm!

Parking is tough in "the village"; very few spots and the drivers are TERRIBLE! I don't recommend driving your nice car. The parking lot is dangerous!! I've witnessed and my car has been hit at Cupertino Village.