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Bashu Sichuan Restaurant

Bashu Sichuan Restaurant Menu, Reviews, Photos, Location and Info - Zomato I had a Social Shopper voucher for 4 people. Located on Broadway on the second level, it is quite spacious and nice, I was surprised of the lack of customers on a Friday evening at 7pm. The seats were golden and red clean seats, nice curtains and decor and overall very clean. The red neon lights that came on during our dinner was odd, but to me, it wasn’t that distracting.

idearabbit-bashu idearabbit-bashu11idearabbit-bashu2idearabbit-bashu7We ordered the Sweet & Sour Chicken $12.98 which was really crunchy and not soggy like the ones you get at food courts which could be sitting there for a long time.

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Kong Pao Chicken $13.98, unfortunately had peanuts in it (like whole chunks), so I had to avoid the dish altogether :(

 

idearabbit-bashu6Beef and Broccoli $12.98 had a good flavour that went really well with the bland fried rice.

idearabbit-bashu102 orders of dumplings $6.98 each, so 8 pieces in total were on the dry side, and my Chinese friend said that the skin was too thick. My Taiwanese friend on the other hand didn’t mind them.

idearabbit-bashu5Shrimp with Peas $16.98 had sooooooooooo many peas. It was little shrimps buried in a ball of greens. It was still good, but not worth $14 for mostly peas.

idearabbit-bashu8Fried Rice $8.98 was bland, but since the other dishes were salty, it was ok.

idearabbit-bashu4Noodles $8.98 were ordinary. Nothing special to note.

idearabbit-bashu9I actually didn’t know the prices of the dishes until blogging about it later on. When we arrived and told them we had a voucher, they brought a notebook (paper notebook – not the electronic notebook) that had lots of writing. Inside the cover, they had a paper stuck onto it with the available list of dishes we could choose from. It seemed worn. For a higher-end restaurant, this seemed so cheap. Perhaps I’m a designer that I take this into account, but if they printed out a sheet and can only keep in a notebook that is crumpled and used, how much more effort is it to print it out on one single letter-sized paper to present it like a real menu to the customers instead of trying to check in their notebooks with scribbles and notes inside?

The servers seems to be family members? Not too sure, but the two young girls seems to almost being forced to work there by their parents. They don’t really seem to care much about giving a pleasant service.

Now seeing the prices, they were definitely not worth the prices they were charging. The Shrimp and Peas is outrageously expensive for a can of green peas and a little bit of shrimp. Over all, everything was too expensive for the quality and delicious-ness.

It was filling and nice experience, but I would not go back for their food for regular prices.

For Lunch

My company took us out for lunch at Bashu. It was during the weekday, and though it was around 1pm, the restaurant was a little more than half full. We sat by the window.

idearabbit-bachusichuan_21Stir Fried Green Beans were quite salty, but would go really well with plain rice. Even one staff who had never gone to Dim Sum seemed to like this one the most.

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The Rice Rolls were the best I’ve had at any Chinese restaurant so far. It was quite flavourful. My company had asked for two servings of sauce, so it was tasty.

idearabbit-bachusichuan_20The Singapore Style Noodles $6.98 were quite spicy and since both of us weren’t too fond of spicy (actually, I love spicy food, my tummy on the other hand begs to differ…), so we decided to take-out for one of our other coworker who likes them.

idearabbit-bachusichuan_23Shrimp Dumplings were good. Hot and juicy.

idearabbit-bachusichuan_22Xiao Long Pao (dumplings), didn’t have much juice in them, but still tasted good.

Calamari Squid was hot (temp) and cripsy, but I thought it was too salty.

nut_allery_allery_icon_smallTan Tan Men $7.98 had to be stirred after the server brings it to your table. It was sprinkled with peanuts, so I had to pass.

Beef with rice patty was deep fried. It had a heavy sauce wrapped inside. It was pretty good.

 Take Out for Lunch

I had a take out order this time. I had their Chicken Chow Mein $8.95 which surprisingly came with a mini hot and sour soup and veggies, mostly cabbages. idearabbit_bashu-sichuan30

Chow mein: Too salty and greasy. Good portion.

Hot and sour soup: too spicy and heavy on the soy sauce. I usually love this soup, but theirs was too spicy for me. I didn’t finish it.

Veggie: It is a cold dish, which I didn’t mind. It had a good herbal taste, but the red chilli peppers made it spicy, leaving my tongue tingling.

Overall: Good price for portion, but the flavour isn’t to my liking.

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Ro Sushi

Ro Sushi on UrbanspoonSo I recently drove by and noticed a new restaurant. Apparently, they had existed a block down but I never noticed it because it was your typical cheap sushi place that seemed like all the others. After looking up on it on Urbanspoon, I found out that it had moved and renovated, so I thought it would be good to check it out.

When Sheepie and I got there around 9pm, there was only one table occupied. The place seemed decent, but upon looking closer, I saw that the wall by our table was a bit dirty. The table and chairs were all worn out and comparing the old photos of the place, it seems like they just brought the old furniture with them.

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The TV hanging by the sushi bar was a bit loud for Sheepie, especially since there weren’t really any customers. He asked the staff for it to be turned down, and she did without any hesitancy. She was quite friendly and happy and the other guy served us well.

I ordered the Negitoro Roll $2.95 and Salmon+Avocado Roll $3.50 which were satisfactory. I later ordered a miso soup $1.00 when Sheepie was hungry still for another roll.

Near the end of our dining, 4 staff started eating out in the dining area which accounted for half the people eating there. I saw one take out order, but the evening was quite quiet and slow for them, although I must say, it was late.

I thought the food, price and service was decent and would go back if I was in the area.

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Temaki Sushi

Temaki Sushi on UrbanspoonA sushi restaurant close to BC Sushi which we now avoid due to low quality, so we weren’t all too sure about trying out Temaki Sushi since it looked similar. The interior was your typical average ‘Japanese’ restaurant in Vancouver, but run by Chinese.

The tea as well as the cup (quality of the type of cups used) were both quite good.

idearabbit-temakisushi1Negitoro roll $3.50, Spicy Tuna roll $3.75 and 2 salmon nigiri $1.75 eachidearabbit-temakisushi2Sushi Combo $11.99 and salmon roll $3.50

I ordered Negitoro roll $3.50, Spicy Tuna roll $3.75 and 2 salmon nigiri. Sheepie ordered the Sushi Combo $11.99 and salmon roll $3.00.

The sushi was fresh, and we got good service though the girl seemed like she may be new to the job. The restaurant had this booming sound, as if it was sitting under a highway or something.

Overall, the dining experience was satisfactory, but wouldn’t really be on my list to go-to for sushi/Japanese food.

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