Leaving the house this morning I noticed the Anise Cafe. They are only about a half mile form my house in a strip mall. I had never really noticed them. I had made up my mind I would give them a try at the first chance. It is now lunch time and I decided today is the day. I like to patronize locally owned establishments as more of the money I spend stays in my community.
I knew they were asian but not what to expect. I looked at Yelp when we got to our table and they are labeled as Asian Fusion. I am not an expert in any way on Asian food. I do know when I like how it tastes.
There is an order counter in front as you walk in and some tables and chairs to the left as you come in. Farther back is some booths. We sat in a booth. Everything was clean abd Our waitress came over promptly and asked what we wanted to drink. On bring our tea she asked if we had decided. I had decided on the beef Poe soup. My wife got shrimp laid out on sweet potatoes.
Since I had not been there before and because I was not thinking I did not realize these dishes were made to share. There were only about 5 shrimp and this was a pretty light meal for my wife. On the other hand the Poe was in a very large bowel. I offered some Poe to my wife but she did not want any, leaving this large bowel to me.
She said the shrimp and sweet potato was good. The Poe was excellent. Lot of meat and noodles.
I gave them 4 stars. I will definitely be coming back. There are several other dished that looked good.
Everything looked good and tasted good. The food was priced right. We were well taken care of. Our tea was filled three of four times.