Monday, January 11, 2010

Bamboo Garden restaurant review

It's time for another restaurant review - Bamboo Garden in Bellevue.
We came to this restaurant to the warm recommendation of a friend who told me that here I would find one of the best Chinese cuisine in the East Side. Said and done, I made time in the weekend, grabbed my friends and went there to see what's what. We went on purpose at around 6 o’clock which is a time when restaurants are not that busy so we can get a better idea of the service and the quality of food.
The restaurant was relatively easy to find, is in downtown Bellevue on some quiet roads and although we arrived at six o'clock, the parking lot already had some early customers parked there.
The interior looks like any typical Asian restaurant with bamboo plants planted here and there and red color drapes around the place. At the entrance we were greeted immediately by the hostess, and we were seated at a table in the middle of the place.
We ordered a bunch of items, planning to taste a little of everything so we can compare our opinions on different dishes. So we ordered mango duck, dried fried string beans, beef skewers (beef on the stick) and crispy sesame chicken.
The order has been taken by a waitress who spoke good English and wrote everything on a notebook. We were served with tea at first. After about 20 minutes we got the beef skewers that don’t really look like in the picture; however they didn’t taste too bad, they were crispy on the outside but a little greasy.
We had to wait another 15 minutes to get the mango duck. It came on a huge plate, the meat was very fatty, soaked in a white sauce. The duck wasn’t hot at all, it was more like lukewarm and it tasted really greasy.
Fried dried beans were very good and tasty but I would have loved them a little crispier.
Crispy sesame chicken - after waiting for about half an hour we still didn’t get it. We called the waitress and she realized that she completely forgot about the order, so we dropped it.
Service - in a restaurant is inadmissible to forget the order - grade F
Food - unheated, hastily made – grade D
The indoor location - inexpensive unfinished cement floor, otherwise looks ok – grade B
I would not go for seconds.

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