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| - So, I and one of my intrepid lunch partners-in-crime (LPIC) decided that we were going to check out Yuzu Kitchen because we had been meaning to go there, but with the addition of so many new restaurants in Downtown Pittsburgh, it took us a minute to get there. But get there, we did!
First of all, I'm a damn dumpling fanatic. I don't care whose cuisine we're talking about, if they have a dumpling, I'm trying it. I asked our server about the Gyoza at Yuzu Kitchen and she said that they were her favorites. Say no more! Put me down for the gyoza! GBD(Golden, Brown and Delicious!) and moist and flavorful and freshly made and tasty and porky! Yuzu Kitchen's gyoza rank up there with some of the best that I have had in San Francisco's and New York City's Chinatown neighborhoods. (I hate when restaurants serve "frozen" gyoza and try to pawn them off as house-made. Yech!)
As far as our entrees, me and my LPIC were going to go with the ramen but decided to go with the "Da Shoyu Mein" at the last minute. Ramen noodles with pulled pork, Korean pickled bean sprouts, scallions, mushrooms and a 30 minute egg! What form of madness is this? Crazy goodness! I swore off all forms of ramen noodles after college. (When the only thing that you can afford is 10 packs for a dollar ramen noodles and you eat them almost EVERY DAY for several years, you would swear them off too!) However, Yuzu Kitchen made me a believer and we are already contemplating eating our way through the menu. (Just to make sure that they don't have anything bad on their menu.) And while the space is small, it is truly artfully and elegantly designed. Tres chic! I'm just sorry that I didn't take any pictures, but I was so hungry that I was almost completely finished with my meal before I realized that I didn't really get good photos.
Anyway, you must go and I think that you will be impressed.
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