Hanlin Tea Room- Cupertino

Very nice quiet outdoor tables. The outdoor seating is very relaxing during mild weather, which is often the case in the area Not too busy weekday lunch time. Service was reasonably fast. We had a Taiwan beef soup noodle and a hot pot. Prices are a tiny bit above average. The food quality is decent. The flavors were outstanding but quite good. The noodle soup is clear and not oily. Some might like it thicker like Japanese ramen. The thin soup is fine by me. The hot pot seemed quite healthy. It was an enjoyable lunch experience in a mild afternoon outdoor.

Came here for lunch and got the popcorn chicken. It was a big portion and I struggled to finish the entire thing. The popcorn chicken is very good and the side dishes went well together. The drinks are also 50% off at lunch if you purchase an entree (excludes smoothies).

Hanlin Tea Room (翰林茶館) serves not only many different kinds of Chinese tea drinks, but also an impressively wide range of Taiwanese food. We ordered their personal hot pots which we could choose to have either noodle or rice to go with. They are pretty big in size with lots of veggie. My pepper pork tripe hot pot is very tasty. My wife’s felt her pumpkin milk hot pot was a little bland. We sat at one of the outside tables overlooking the Cupertino Civic Center on one side, and an apartment complex on the other side. So it was quite a comfortable outdoor dinning environment, except that I had to tolerate the dust on the table.