Tamarine Restaurant & Gallery

🥂 Tamarine Restaurant & Gallery 📍 546 University Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94301 Originally, I just wanted to eat Vietnamese food to cool down because the temperature was rising. But when I entered the restaurant, I found out that it was #Michelin recommended! The appetizer is a four-course platter Tamarine Taste (serves two) Shrimp and Pork Spring Rolls, Tea Leaf Beef, Taro Root Rolls, and Papaya Salad. Serves two. Shrimp & Pork Spring Rolls Fresh rice paper rolls filled with shrimp, sous vide pork, bean sprouts lettuce mix, and mint with a hoisin sauce. It contains mint and fish sauce. Taro Root Rolls Vegetarian. Crisp rolls filled with taro root, carrots, mushrooms and glass noodles, served with plum chili sauce. (Cannot be made gluten-free) Vietnamese fried spring rolls Tea Leaf Beef Gluten-free. Ground beef, onion, garlic and tamari wrapped in a wild tea leaf, grilled and served with chili fish sauce. Less commonly seen tea rolls Papaya Salad is paired with something similar to beef jerky, which is a bit salty and hard to understand😣 Tiger Prawns & Garlic Noodles $39 Grilled tiger prawns wok-tossed with egg noodles, Parmesan cheese, oyster sauce, Fresno chile-garlic, & Vietnamese cilantro. The popular garlic noodles, the prawns have been peeled for us to make it easier to eat. Clay Pot Cod $31 Gluten-free. Alaskan black cod caramelized in onion, garlic, black pepper and molasses. Ah Jun loves cod cooking, but it is rare to see this kind of cooking in the United States. Most of them are Japanese miso fish. Service 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 When I made the reservation, I accidentally chose to celebrate my birthday, so I got a sorbet as a gift. The berry and coconut ones are very rich🥥 A high-quality restaurant that I would like to visit again. I haven’t found it before working in #paloalto for almost half a year🤨 #winnie_inbayarea #winnie_eat #infatuation #infatuationsf #bayarea #bayareafood #vietnamfood #vietnamesecuisine #bayareaeats #bayareafoodie #salad #shrimp #noodles #prawn #cod #michelin #birthday #sorbet #San Francisco Food #United States #food #foodie #Vietnamese Food #Bay Area

Just enjoyed my first meal at Tamarine, and it definitely won’t be my last. I’ve been waiting for a special occasion to try this place, and I regret having waited so long! I hosted my friend’s bridal shower dinner here, and they made it so easy to choose a custom menu, and they even personalized a printed copy for us! They were super accommodating with my friend’s gluten sensitivity, and they had an entire menu with gluten-free options! There must have been at least 20 gluten-free dishes on that menu alone. The service was impeccable; everyone was so kind and attentive. Being of Vietnamese decent, I can say with certainty that Tamarine successfully accomplished their goal of offering a modern twist on Vietnamese cuisine without losing any authenticity. The high quality of their ingredients elevates familiar dishes from my childhood. Some of my favorites from the night are: - salt and pepper calamari - tea leaf beef - lemon grass sea bass - brussel sprouts There were so many more things I would have loved to try that weren’t gluten-free, but I will save those for another visit. I am very impressed by this restaurant, and I can see why it’s so popular. I wish I had paused to take photos of the food, but I was too busy enjoying it!