Yummy! Fresh and fast. I love this place. � I am forced to type more?!?!?? Ok. This is a great place to get a quick bite to eat. It’s healthy and the staff is professional. Definitely one of my favorite places in Santa Cruz!!!
Cristy Parisi-Tuchtenhagen
+5
My favorite place to eat any chance I get. Always an excellent, safe meal. I have many allergies and eat mostly vegetarian and love all the different options.
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It’s getting late and after a flurry of visiting old friends and fancy restaurants, I am finally kicked loose with no clear itinerary, hungry, but tired, too early to go to bed, but too late to call old friends, so I stumble into Charlie Hong Kong’s which looks like a love child of Blade Runner and The Beach Boys. If you've traveled in Thailand on the hippy trail, you’ve seen places like this. Here, it where the locals go.
I’ll have to say their Thai Curry soup seems a little watered down and other than mushrooms, there isn’t a pea, a pod, a tiny bit of vegetable of any kind, but it’s not bad, just not great.
Then come the Teriyaki Chicken which has ample perfect rice-house rice with a good chewy grain that reminds me of shops all across Asia and a savory chicken that has simmered to tenderness and is saturated with flavor. The teriyaki soy appears to be home made and the ginger announced itself like a rooster announcing the morning.
Not too sweet, not too complicated, not too fancy, but if I lived here, I’d eat there twice week for the rest of my life. They’d get so sick of my ugly old mug that they’d run and hide when I showed up, except I tip well.
It's one of those places that drip character like an old roof drips water.
Can’t wait to go there again.
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I had the Gado Gado w/ Hoison Pork. It had lots of peanut sauce and was very filling. The pork was very soft and tasty. Lots of green onions and peanuts too which added to the meal.
My friend had the curry chicken and I had a piece and the sauce was fresh and the chicken was soft. Less sauce on the curry chicken than the gado gado which is good if you’re watching your waistline.
The atmosphere is fun and casual. I liked the lighting and how it’s outdoors but covered.
I came back and had the Green Curry Noodles with Green Curry Chicken. It was tasty. Same level of tastiness as the Gado Gado in my opinion, but different in large part because the sauce wasn’t peanut based.
The Green Curry Noodles were similar to the Gado Gado in being very filling and having a lot of sauce. I think if you want something cheaper with fewer calories then go with a rice bowl like the Green Curry Chicken rice bowl. That’s just my guess. I threw out part of the Green Curry Noodles and Gado Gado because I was full and didn’t want the calories, but if you’ve been surfing all day the extra calories and sauce could be exactly what you want.
Confession: I love junk food. Now this food is anything but junk - fresh, local, high-quality ingredients. At the same time, however, it satisfies my craving for something fast and flavorful. It's plant-based, hyper-local, healthy fare that's satisfying and uniquely Santa Cruz. If you spend any time in Santa Cruz you owe it to yourself to give it a try.
My go to spot in Santa Cruz for takeout. A friend showed me this place years ago and I make sure to stop by every time I visit the area. Best rice bowls and Spicy Dan ever! They also carry Boylan's root beer
Sorry, no photos this time, but this place is awesome. Do not come here if you do not like strong 💪🏼 flavors... the food here reminds me of street food (hawker center) in Singapore, with the proper amounts of flavor and heat (FINALLY!). Nothing is held back, which is EXACTLY the way it should be. ❤️ I had the Pad Thai Bowl with the chicken teriyaki add on. Everything is about the bowl, whether it's rice or veggies or noodles, then you add your protein. There are vegetarian protein options and the basic bowl is vegetarian to begin with. Portions are generous, so come hungry. 😋
UPDATE 3/26/22
Showed up again, had the same thing and I'm still fighting my food coma... the default spice level is a bit warm, I'm not crying, you're crying!
Got spicy dan with chicken so good love getting it everytime we go. Can't wait to go back again
It had tanked for awhile, but seems to have been turned around. Not many vegan places here in SC, so its nice to have it back. My only gripe, this time, is that I would have liked a better ratio of noodles to mushrooms. Welcome back from the dark side Charlie.
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