RSVPs might be useful here

This Event:
	Wed	9/29	Fatima Chinese, San Jose/Cupertino

Coming Events:  
	Wed	9/29	Fatima Chinese, San Jose/Cupertino
	THURS	10/7	Passage to India, Mountain View

Web page for KW schedules, restaurant reviews, etc: http://www.kabuki-west.org/ 

Time:	7:45pm

Place:
	Fatima Restaurant
	1132-A De Anza Blvd., 
	San Jose, Ca 95129
	408-257-3893

Fatima is a Chinese Muslim restaurant, specializing in the cuisine of
Sianking (aka Xinjiang), the Uighur area in the Northwest,
between Mongolia, Kazakhstan, and Tibet (though the owners are
actually from Taiwan, which helps explain the Seafood,
which had puzzled the noted editor of BerchOnFood.com,
who says that Darda in Milpitas is run by Southern Chinese Coast Muslims.)
The family also owns Fatima Seafood in San Mateo.
Several people have also commented on the decorative fish tanks and pond.)

As might be expected, they have lamb and beef but no pork dishes,
and the cuisine is somewhat like milder Hunan, with lots of wheat and onions, 
plus a number of fish dishes, and apparently shrimp is considered halal.
Everybody recommends the onion breads - there are thick and thin, with sesame,
and they take 15 minutes so you need to order them right when you arrive.
(We had the thin, which is a 1cm-thick pancake.  Good stuff!)
They have wheat-based hand-cut noodle dishes, tofu, and clay pot dishes.
They make about 15 different soups, many with their thick noodles.
There's a reasonable selection of vegetarian food.

Kabuki-west first went to Fatima in September 2004, 
and many of us have been to Darda and found it interesting.
RSVPs are a good idea for larger groups.

-- review by wcs

Directions:
	From 101 or 280 - Go to 85 South
	Take 85 to De Anza Exit North (crossing the freeway.)
	1132 S De Anza is 2-3 blocks on the right
	It's in a small strip mall along with "Monsters of Rock" and a salon.

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