never knows best...

dry as toast

Among the more unusual offerings is "Moon Garden," a bowl of soft tofu "custard" artfully planted with bright vegetables: tiny mushrooms, kabocha squash, snow peas, asparagus, and ginkgo nuts.
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Even more rustically appealing is a bowl of taka-sui, gyoza in clay pot.

From SF Guardian review of Cha-Ya

I get the feeling she had almost the same meal as what Amy and I got. Of course, I imagine she knew better than to add the salad to the miso, which I'm not really sure why I did. But I did. At least we also ordered even better miso soup, unlike the other didn't somehow prompt me to feel like I shoud add salad to it.

I think I'm finally getting the full Berkeley (and surrounding East Bay) eating experience now. Of course having money and somebody to go with