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| - Yamamoto is a fairly standard Chinese run all you can eat. Most of the things on the menu are alright, but not terrible or outstanding.
Lowlights:
- I was surprised to see scallop sashimi was on their weeknight and weekend menus. Usually, this is a weekend only thing. It turns out that Yamamoto doesn't do regular sized scallop sashimi. They serve raw bay scallops. I've never seen that at any Japanese restaurant. I'm not saying it can't be authentic. It just wasn't what I was expecting, and it didn't taste like much.
- They have mushrooms in cheese sauce on some of their menus. On other menus, it's crossed out. My menu said cheese. I ordered it twice. I got garlic butter twice. Disappointed.
- Mussels and cheese (I believe it said cheese), was more of a spicy cream sauce than actually cheesy. I don't mind spicy cream, but it was misleading.
- Ginger milk pudding or whatever they call it on the dessert menu is very strong on the ginger, and not sweet enough.
- steamed coconut milk pudding or whatever they call it on the dessert menu does not taste anything like coconut. It tasted like slightly sweetened steamed egg whites. While I enjoyed it, it was also misleading.
Highlights:
- their beef cubes with garlic were tasty.
- their beef tataki was tasty.
Good and bad:
- they have sweet shrimp sashimi on their weekend menus. They started off fairly decent, but as the night progressed, the shrimp sashimi they sent us progressively got slimier and more bland. That's not a good sign either.
Funny:
- pop is included in the dinner price. My friend asked for sprite. The waitress didn't know what she meant. We said soft drink, and she said they had iced tea. My friend asked for sprite again. She still didn't know what my friend wanted. She then listed out the soft drinks they had, including sprite. Then, my friend ordered her sprite. I have no idea what the issue there was...
Would I come again? I wouldn't recommend it, but if someone was having a party here and invited me, I'd still come.
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