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| - I never write reviews on Yelp, but figured I needed to for Feng. I was pulling for them when it first opened, so when I saw the reviews I was excited to try it. After purchasing a Groupon for them I decided to head down for dinner.
We rolled in around 6pm to notice it was a ghost town. We ordered an app, some rolls, and a dinner bento. The dumpling app was good but no better than you could make at home with frozen dumplings. The spicy salmon and Mt. Washington rolls were less than bland, and had some odd textures. The beef negimaki tasted fine, but there was just thr thinnest strip of chewy beef wrapped around a thick bushel of scallions. Again, it did not have the correct texture one would hope for. The salad and miso soup that came with the bento were sub par, and I did find a gnat floating in the soup.
My assumption is that they haven't been as busy as they would have liked to be, so their "fresh" ingredients have sat for too long. Perhaps I ordered the wrong items and should have stuck to the hibachi. Even with the Groupon I felt it was overpriced for what you received. I'd rather go to Little Tokyo or Nakama where I know the quality of the food. If I'm going for cheap Asian food I'd rather just go to Szechaun's in Oakland, at least it is going to have some flavor.
I'd say take all if the reviews for Feng with a grain of salt - including mine. Perhaps if they get busier the quality will be better. Maybe I went in on the wrong day, or like I said got the wrong items. This one experience was enough for me though, and I will not likely go back.
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