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| - Hello, Yelp. I've missed you. I know it's only been a few days, but it's nice to be writing again, especially cuz I know I've got a few backlogged reviews.
Bayview Kitchen has been around quite a while. While this is not my first time eating here, It's been quite a while since I've come. This time, we ordered takeout for Grandma's house.
Their seafood fried rice looks very plain. Rice base wasn't very tasty. Not much seafood. If you like plain rice, this is good for you. Portion was fairly large though.
Their beef and veggie hor fun was also generous in portion. There wasn't enough wok heat to char the hor fun the way I like it. Not smokey enough. The veggies were fresh. I can't comment on the beef, because Chinese sliced beef (and most pork) makes me sad. It's not meat textured or meat flavored, but is supposedly meat. While this is culturally accepted, I am not a fan of the flavor or the texture, so I'd rather just not eat it.
Their red braised tofu (forgive my poor attempt at translating. Probably more of a braised tofu and veggie esque thing on their menu) was more veggie than tofu, which was fairly disappointing. I expect random veggies to buff up the portions in Chinese dishes, but the fewer there are, the more pleased I will be. If it's more filler veg than the main item I wanted, it'd be lovely if the menu item read "filler veg with tofu" instead of tofu with (filler) veg. End of rant. I have to say, though, that one of the filler veg items was baby corn, and it was the giant version of baby corn. Sort of an oxymoron here, but baby corn is usually fairly skinny, and has tiny little kernels. This was more like mini corn on the cob, except that you could eat the cob part too.
I'll probably be back for convenience's sake, but I won't be ordering these three dishes again.
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