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101 Cafe: Cultural Classics Served Up Fresh
Owner Jerry Mah Discusses his Close to Home Inspiration for bringing a bit of Taiwan to Diamond Bar.
Straight from the kitchen to you, offers the community a look into the world of Taiwanese home cooking. What began as manager Jerry Mah's desire to share his cultural classics evolved into his first restaurant: Good Time Café. With a high demand in the Diamond Bar Community, Mah opened 101 Café.
Fresh and filling, 101 Café offers great food at affordable prices all in an upbeat setting. Enjoy your meal while watching the sunset through the floor-to-ceiling windows or stay up to date on the news of the day with two sleek color televisions quietly playing in the background. The restaurant's white exterior and brightly colored logo offers a clean and fun environment for a relaxed meal.
This café has many dishes to warm you up on a cold day, with offerings for every palate and diet; 101 Café has over thirty noodle dishes to choose from and a stand-alone vegetable section on their menu.
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Impressively, every dish tried here was delicious and executed with care. Jerry himself was in the kitchen to tend carefully to his signature meals. The attention to detail showed.
Our starter dish of sautéed bok choy was simple but unique. With a hint of ginger on tender bok choy, this vegetable dish stood out as an excellent meld of simple ingredients.
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Among the wide array of noodle dishes, both the chicken noodle soup and vegetarian chow mein were delectable. The chow mein in particular was notable for its ability to be both fresh and savory at once, not at all greasy or overly spiced as other chow mein's may commonly be. The dish was a delicious rendition of a unique Taiwanese specialty.
Another notable spin on a favorite dish was the vegetarian fried rice, lightly fried with hints of ginger and garlic and topped with a variety of colorful vegetables.
These class dishes and others offer a look into the culinary world of Taiwanese home-style cooking.
When asked about his favorite dish, Jerry simply replies, "all of them," and after tasting the menu, we'd have to agree: 101 Café offers an enormous amount of choice and innovation for fresh, home-style Taiwanese cooking, all in an environment suitable to creativity.
