Fantasia Coffee & Tea - Santana Row

378 Santana Row
San Jose, CA 95128
(408) 260-1668

Reviewed 8/25/09

I was in Santa Clara for a meeting and ended up at Fantasia at some point. Possibly one of the very few reasons to be caught dead at Santana Row.

I ordered the taro milk tea sans ice.

The flavor was good, but more creamy than taro-y. The pearls though, were definitely on the squishy side. I didn't mind so much but was surprised that a Santana Row establishment, where peacocks preen their feathers and Lamborghinis share lanes with Bentleys, could get away with serving pearls like that.

Well, maybe I just answered my question. Go to a glitzless mall, and you get high quality pearls, worth every chew.

En

3450 El Camino Real
Santa Clara, CA 95051
(408) 246-0011

Reviewed 7/19/2010


Chic and modern. And authentically Japanese. But, if you have a Japanese mother, you'll find the food is just so-so. Here's the family review:

Salmon sashimi - Sliced too thick (said my father)
You can get it cut like that at Costco (said my mother)

Sanma -It's okay. But it's nothing special (said my father)
Eggplant: Good (said my mother)

Mackerel: good, but nothing special (me)

Green tea noodles: Good on a hot day. Simple though. I bet I could make it, and my mom could make the broth just as good.

We got other bites there which are now lost on me. But I do remember that they weren't at all bad. Just not anything special. Ditto for the service.