Isaac Tan

Went to Cooking Cooking again today for lunch with a friend and ordered a few dishes. The portions are generous and the service is excellent. As for the taste of the dishes, I would say that they are quite delicious but not particularly memorable.

+2

Christina

My family wanted to try this place since we missed eating here when it was still Cooking Papa. The atmosphere was a typical Chinese restaurant with large tables of families enjoying dinner. We ordered the BBQ Delicacy Platter (2 choices of meat, we chose roasted duck and roasted pork belly), fried rice w/ diced chicken & salted fish, house special pan fried noodle, and assorted braised vegetables (not pictured since it was brought out to our table super late). They also served us red bean dessert soup to wrap up our meal. The portions were large and everything was flavorful. However, the fried rice was a little greasy and the roasted duck did not have much meat on it. The service was very straightforward and attentive. The only reason I docked one star is because they forgot one of our dishes and did not bring it out until we were already eating the red bean dessert. I understand it was an honest mistake but it did take us several tries with multiple servers to remind them that we were still missing a dish. Overall, it is not my first choice for authentic Chinese food but I am open to returning someday so I can try some of their other specials.

Mark Liu

This place is no longer called cooking Papa. It's Papa Express. I only tried the dishes on the photo. Chicken wing. Though it says salt and pepper, I tasted the salt, not much the pepper, also they use curry powder to marinate the chicken wing. It's pretty crispy. The batter is good. Chow fun with sauce, beef and egg. You can taste the a good stir fry Chow fun (鑊氣) flavor is good. Got skill. Beef stew noodle soup. Good tender beef stew, good flavor soup, noodle is not bad. This place is cheaper than cooking Papa which I thought was too expensive. Though it operates like a fast food restaurant, the quality of good seems to be good. I give it a 4 stars for now and will try more in the future.

Cris Lau (Topher L)

Coooking Papa in Santa Clara offers solid choices of Hong Kong style dishes. Food is good and flavorful. The service is typical of Chinese restaurant - be ready to wave your hand to get waiters’ attention. On the other hand, the bus staffs are pretty attentive in water and tea refills. I’ve been here a few times in last couple months and haven’t really had to wait for table.

+1

Christine Mamuad

A little pricey, but this place boasts fast service and a very large selection of Cantonese food, most of them pretty delicious. I always order lamb with leek, and it's a treat to order the crispy puffs for dessert if you have a big enough party to consume them.

Jem Le

Not really a place you would want to bring your family or friends to eat out at or a value place where you can get decent Chinese food with good price. Their bean sprout dish is $21.95 and it is quite small in portion. The wonton and suimai noodle soup was underwhelming in terms of flavor and quality. The black pepper spare ribs were overly salted and the old oil taste was really coming out from some pieces.

+2

Michael Tenorio

The food was not exceptional but flavourful and typical Chinese chaise, strong umami flavours, oily and loaded with MSG and oyster sauce. The restaurant is small and the toilet is filthy. There is always a as it on this small restaurant but they are pretty quick in serving.

+8

Saifu Angto

It's like Hong Kong cafe with street food. Food is tasty in general and service is efficient. Price is reasonable. Love the brisket dish, most of the noodle soup are pretty good. BBQ items are good here. The place get pretty loud with the hard surfaces and loud talking customers. The only gripe is parking is hard to come up as the lot is very small and street parking is hard to come by.

+1

Christina Chiu

A week ago, we had a lunch at Cooking Cooking. I ordered seafood with black bean sauce. The taste was all baking soda smell. I tried it was terrible. So I decided to bring home and rinsed it 3 times of water. It came out that smell still there. Please let the cook know about it.

Kaelin Romero

I ordered this place on doordash and got a hot meal. I actually ordered the beef brisket and shrimp wonton lo mein(22.95$), but to my surprise instead of brisket I was given huge cuts of beef fat. Everything was soaked in grease and was very tasteless. At least the shrimp wontons were good, but for the price I paid I will not be returning.