Darda Fremont

The service for this place sucks. We had to seat ourselves. There was 1 waiter serving the entire restaurant. We had to ask for our menus. It took them more than 1 hour to bring our food. I think money is more important to this restaurant than customer service and quality of food.

Don’t know why but they’ve closed this place. They had an health inspection issue but reopened shortly, and then CLOSED. Oh well, we’ll just have to drive to Milpitas.

Over time I keep on seeing ads for this place in the Chinese Newspapers and wanted to try this restaurant. On Tuesday arrived at 1:15 pm there was only one other table. there is only one server /​cashier /​host. The menu is old school and looks as if it had been is use for the last decade. We ordered the following:
Lamb and sour cabbage soup 3 stars it was ok
Cha Chaing Mein 2 stars very bland the spelling is from the menu
Basil Clams 2 stars bland once again tiny clams
Orange Beef 3.5 stars pretty good
Thin Sesame green onion bread 4.5 stars excellent.
Service was good the server was very busy doing all of the front of house duties. Unless they do a revamp of the menu I don’t think I’ll be back even for the sesame bread.

Their food is awesome, love the dumplings, 3 flavor chow mien, and shrimp fried rice.
Don’t know why they got such a low rating on Unilocal.I will give them 5 stars.

This place is great for their big sesame pancake and soymilk. They only serve soymilk on the weekends though.
We ordered the hot soybean milk, which comes in individual bowls. I had the sweet one and it was very good. The big sesame pancake was very good with the soymilk too. It had the perfect mouthfeel, that I wanted to eat the whole plate for the crunch. It was crunchy on the outside with the sesame seeds, but soft in the center. One or two pieces will quickly fill you up.
The pancake with beef sandwiched inside was just ok. I thought it could use more green onion. But it did hit the spot as I was craving it.
We also ordered the beef noodle. The noodle seemed to be handmade and I enjoyed it as well.
The boiled dumplings were decent. Usually the boiled dumplings that I’ve had before are made with pork. But since this restaurant is halal, the meat inside was different. It hit the spot for my craving as well.
I will definitely come here again and again, on the weekends, to eat their big sesame pancake and other of their authentic northern Chinese dishes.

Back when this used to be in another part of North Fremont (by 99 Ranch), I used to always get the Lamb w/​Green Onion to-​go. It was/​is a great dish. Ate in recently to try a few other items. Just so-​so in my opinion but if this were anywhere else outside the Bay, this would be an outstanding Chinese resto.
Boiled Dumplings are pretty legit. Super thick (handmade?) wrappers with a super juicy ginger/​beef filling. Chewy on the outside and bursting on the inside. Reminded me of a pierogi in a way. Really nice to dip with the soy/​vinegar/​chili paste that’s on the tables.
«Hand Cut» Noodles with lamb. Since I knew they had a skill for lamb, wanted to try it with their noodle. Very random cuts of thick chewy noodle. Some were super thick (I thought they were bamboo shoots) while others were short and thin. Just strange. Proper wok flavor and the lamb didn’t disappoint. But wished there were more crunch factor like cabbage, sprouts or bamboo shoots. The texture were too one dimensional (I know I’m being critical here, but come on, this is the Bay!).
Combination Seafood Hot Pot. I don’t know why I got this but it was a bit disappointing. First the sauce was way too thick (black bean paste) and second the dish layed atop a live flame so the whole thing stayed bubbling hot the whole time. Which may be fine for some things, but definitely not seafood, which should not continue to cook. By the last serving the once tender fish and shrimp were completely rubbery LOL. The flavor of the sauce was actually redeeming (balanced) compared to the texture, which got thicker as it cooked as well.
Service was extremely slow on my visit but there were multiple large tables. A quick dinner turned into a 2 hour layover. Not sure if it is a norm, but just may pass on this pig-​less joint in the future.

This is my favorite Chinese restaurant in Fremont. It is my go-​to place when I want to eat Chinese food. My favorite dish is sea bass with the crunchy tofu bits on top (either number 16 or 18 under the seafood section of the menu). It’s about $ 27 and comes on a silver plate with the fire still burning underneath.
The other thing they are famous for is the thick sesame pancakes. Even the thin ones are pretty thick and they come in big portions. In fact, all of their dishes are in big portions, so their prices are pretty decent.
Another favorite dish of mine is their beef noodle soup. The beef is tender and lean, the noodles are «knife cut» (handmade thick noodles) and tastes very «QQ.» The best beef noodle soup I’ve ever had. The beef in most other beef noodle soup dishes have too much fat and/​or tendons.
The other terrific thing about this place is that because they serve Halal food, there is no pork at this place (I’m biased because I think pork stinks). They serve lamb instead.
The service is also very friendly. Service is pretty fast too, and no wait.
Overall, I highly recommend this place. Great taste, great prices, great service.