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| - I've been a fan of Bamboo 7 since they opened, and I was so considerably disappointed tonight that I must write this. I ordered take out: 1 egg roll, an appetizer order of the Salt and Pepper Calamari, and Shrimp with Garlic Sauce (sub-Chicken Fried Rice for white/brown rice).
The egg roll was dismal. A tiny offering compared to a normal egg roll and browned almost until burnt; incredibly mushy on the inside. One bite and didn't finish it. I will never order this again. The Salt and Pepper Calamari - which I have enjoyed many times from this restaurant - was horrible. Cooked almost until the coating was rock solid, the calamari had shrunk completely inside the coating. This left me with rock hard coating and small pieces of severely overcooked calamari which I did not want to dig for. Additionally, the portion received was probably 2/3rds of what is usually provided. I tossed most of it, no reason to eat hard coating.
Finally, we get to the Shrimp with Garlic Sauce and Chicken Fried Rice on the side (sub for white or brown rice). What I expect from this restaurant, based on previous experience, is crisp vegetables with a somewhat spicy sauce, and a considerable amount of shrimp cooked just until they are done. What I got was 100% the opposite. A total of eight shrimp in a huge container of vegetables, all of the shrimp had a mushy consistency. The vegetables were soggy and sad, and the sauce had zero taste. I ate a couple of the shrimp, hoping they would get better, but no. Most of this went into the trash.
Chicken Fried Rice....tiny scraps of chicken, no flavor, also ended in the trash.
So.....$24.00 for a meal of which the majority landed in the trash. I'm actually pissed off beyond belief that they would knowingly serve me this take out meal for that price. Never again. :(
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