Asian Box Opens on Mountain View's Castro Street

If there's one truism about Castro Street is that when one restaurant closes another one opens.

This is the case with Asian Box, which opened on Wednesday, Jan. 9 at 142 Castro St., and now occupies the space of the former Kitchen Table.

Asian Box, a fast and casual eatery, akin to the Mexican food-chain Chipotle, but with Asian street food options. So a really hungry patron arrives and orders options from the four different ingredient menus.

• Step One: Choose from brown rice, jasmine rice, Asian salad or chilled rice noodles.
• Step Two: Choose from six-spices blend chicken, lemongrass pork, glazed beef, tofu or shrimp.
• Step Three: Choose the toppings.
• Step Four: Choose from the sauces including tamarind vinaigrette, sriracha or a no-oil fish sauce.

The gluten-free recipes were created by Corporate Executive Chef Grace Nguyen—formerly of Charles Phan’s acclaimed Slanted Door and Out The Door. There are also some ready-made combinations inspired by the chefs.

New with the opening of the Mountain View location is a featured Asian Rib Night on Mondays, a Kid’s Menu and a limited selection of gluten-free wines and beers. Asian Box also stands out for its boxes made with high-quality, all-natural ingredients in earth-friendly packaging.

Its first restaurant, located at the Town and Country Village in Palo Alto, open in early 2012.

PATCH NOTES

Where: 142 Castro Street
Hours: Monday through Saturday from 11 a.m. until 9 p.m.; Sunday, 11 a.m. until 7 p.m.
Telephone: 650-800-7043
Owners: FK Restaurants & Hospitality

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