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| - I can see why people give this place high ratings. I'd personally give this place a 3.5 star (rounded up because I think I came at a good time and I could tell they put a lot of effort in the decor).
Bazara Asian Cuisine is a nicely Western decorated Asian Cuisine that serves Japanese maki, sashimi and sushi, Thai food such as red and green curry and also Chinese food such as dim sum.
Entering in, the server kindly lit our candle and provided us with waters. We came on a Tuesday, so there wasn't too many people. I wasn't able to see the "slow service" that other people stated in their reviews.Prices are fair and closer to the expensive side - an eight piece maki roll is on average, about $12. The curries are cheapest at $14 each, with other mains at higher prices.
We got the snow white maki roll ($12), green caterpillar maki roll ($10), spicy salmon pizza ($9) and the green curry ($14) with extra jasmine rice being $2.
Snow White Maki Roll:
(Grilled Roll) - avocado, crab meat, caviar, house sauce, scallion wrapped with snapper. This roll was delicious and nicely placed on a long plate. I could tell the chef spent a lot of effort in making the rolls beautiful, but if I were to be nit-picky, they weren't cut the same size. The rice was also a little soggy for my preference. The snapper was grilled very nicely though.
Green Caterpillar:
Unagi, cucumber, pine nut wrapped with avocado. The avocado had beautiful fork pressed marks on it. The presentation was great - same thing, they weren't cut the same size. There was an adequate amount of unagi though and the taste was pleasant. I thought the seaweed was a little tough in some parts and the rice was again, a little soggy.
Spicy Salmon Pizza:
This was really good because a lot of all you can eat places don't spend a lot of time making this. This pizza was TOPPED with a ton of spicy salmon. Would recommend this dish.
Green Curry:
A petite size with a small cup of rice. I've never seen rice presented in that shape and I was definitely surprised to find out that it was $2 for something this small, especially eating regularly at Chinese restaurants. The green curry didn't have a lot of sauce, but it had A LOT of chicken and greens.
Overall, a restaurant to try, come check it out especially for the nice decor, but expect it to be more expensive than your average restaurants.
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