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| - We're still on our adventure to find the best chinese restaurant in the Gilbert/Mesa area. We passed this place and decided to give it a try. Like another poster have already said, the sign/logo of the place threw me off. It was a moon logo with the letters 's' and 'a'. But then it said Pan Asian. Wasn't sure of the name of the place...eh, maybe the food is good?
The ambiance of the place was nice, there was a live group playing jazz, lots of modern fixtures, furniture, and paint job--but small. There were only maybe 5 customers in the place, 1 waitress, and 3 cooks. I was surprised the menu had Chinese, Japanese, Singapore, Malyasian food, sounded great.
I ordered, saying that "I wanted the Sunrise Shrimp and Veggie Udon", (mind you the traditional udon is a thick, white noodle soup in a broth with veggies and meat usually). She must have misheard me, she said, "shrimp and veggies"? I said "yes". She bought out a plate of just the shrimp and veggies! No udon. It looked like chow mein. I was sssoooo disappointed. How is this part of the Japanese menu? It's more like Chinese food! It was greasy and the ingredients weren't very memorable, except that it reminded me of Panda Express.
We both felt like we could have cooked a bag of sir-fry at home and done better. I felt like I ordered a supreme pizza, but got just the toppings served to me a la carte. We orded the California and Cucumber roll, which the proportions came out wwayyy smaller than I imagined. They were mini-sized and had teriyaki sauce poured all over them already! I guess maybe I am picky with Japanese food, but you don't usually have sushi pre-dipped in sauces already.
The bar seems like it would be a nice place to hang out, decor is good, but the food... quite honestly sucks. It's a good thing she is so nice though, although she could have come back to check on how we were doing during the meal. We got out of there so fast that I actually forgot to pick up my credit card, and she ran after us and returned it to me. Maybe we'll try this place one more time (just because she is so nice), but if the food doesn't get any better than this, I can get the same thing at Mr. Chau's for a lot less.
Ooops, I meant to post this for the location in Gilbert.
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