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  • Let me say up front that my food was great, so the missing two stars have little to do with that. Pacific Ring (did they mean Pacific Rim?) is an attempt to do Japanese and Chinese simultaneously, with some Thai thrown in for good measure. The bad news... Not the worst idea in the world, but as often happens with that strategy, the menu is way way way too long. It worries me when menus are that long at an independently-owned operation like this because the odds that the hundreds of ingredients necessary to cover all the dishes are fresh and at their best every day, are slim to none. As a vegetarian, I'm slightly less concerned since I'm not spending top dollar on what may not be the freshest fish or beef or chicken. But I still care about my carnivorous friends :-) Also, while some of the Japanese salads and noodle dishes seem fine, they're attempting sushi too, which makes little sense. If I want to consume raw fish, I'm going to go somewhere which sole laser-like focus is on the preparation of raw fish. Especially if I'm in an inland city like Pittsburgh. At Pacific Ring, sushi seems completely out of place. Like the menu, the place is just too big. Granted, I ate there on a Tuesday evening during Pittsburgh's worst snowfall in decades. But restaurants are always going to have more slow-going weekday evenings, and it's just not good advertising to be serving diners in a huge, fairly empty restaurant. Better to err on the side of small and pack them in every night, I think. The good news... My ma po tofu was excellent. Without requesting it, my tofu was steamed, not fried. Very little grease in either that or my hot & sour soup. There is likely some MSG here, but I'm sure they'd leave it out if asked. The waitstaff was prompt and friendly. Despite the size of the place, the design is pleasing and the lighting is good. Great location along the Murray strip in Squirrel Hill N. And the prices are, for the most part, very reasonable. I would eat here again, but I'd be weary of meat/seafood items, and I'm not sure that I'd invite anyone but close friends who don't need to be impressed to dine with me.
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