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| - our neighbors use to run Lao Thai, the restaurant that use to be here. they had one of the best asian fish dishes in the valley. Now this new place, BEI is here and i'm thinking "when did this happen"?
i was VERY skeptical at first, especially when i saw so many yelp reviews with 5 stars, most from people with 1 friend/1 review or 66 friends/0 reviews. i appreciate elite reviewers for the most part and there weren't many.
anyway, it was late and we didn't want a sit down dinner so i stopped by for a takeout order. the place was quite full on the wednesday before thanksgiving. the staff greeted me with open arms...very friendly. i was given a full menu and a sushi menu. the sushi menu is large and even has sashimi. i ordered a salmon and tuna sashimi. i thought both were very good...nice big cuts, fresh, and very smooth on the palate.
also ordered a seafood udon soup dish. although the portion was large and overflowing with those delicious noodles, they were WAY skimpy on the seafood. one mussel, 2 shrimp, and about 5 baby scallops. for 10 bucks, i expected a bit more seafood because i know udon noodles are cheap. this brought the stars to 3 unfortunately.
the rest of their menu looked good and apparently they have a great happy hour. when we go for a sit down and try something else, maybe i too will be on of the multiple 5 star reviewers.
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