Yoshimatsu Health Japanese

Well my fellow eaters i am sad to report a problem at Yoshimatsu. I have eaten there many times before. Their food was the best Japanese food in town. I have noticed though that recently the quality has slowly been degrading. Last night I recieved proof of it. We went in and the entrance and ordering were all unchanged. Then we went to find a table and there were only two open. Both of these open tables were open because they were still dirty from their last occupants. After a few minutes a waitress popped up and wiped the table down and then again because it still had stuff on it. We sat down and began waiting. It took a bit longer than usual. Now we get down to the food itself.
I had the Maku-no-uchi bento.
It consists of:
Tenpura (that is the correct spelling):
The tenpura was npt terrible by any means. It was still good but it did not reach the level of deliciousness that it formerly held. Still good though.
maguro maki-Tuna roll:
This was not good sushi. The fish wasn't bad but the roll was imbalanced and bizarre. First of all the roll had way too much avocado. This is especially bothersome when you consider the second problem: tuna rolls don't contain avocado.
Sashimi:
The sashimi was OK but there were still problems. The yellow tail was great. The tuna was good except for the one touching the salmon. The salmon was not fresh enough for my tastes.
Fried Sweet Potatos:
These were good. I genuinely enjoyed these even though they were a bit dry.
Yakitori chicken:
These were the best part of the meal. They were perfectly cooked with a perfect amount of sauce on them. They were... I would say the second best i have ever had.
Atmosphere and Decor:
This place has one thing about its decorations i always liked. Everything on the walls and ceiling is from some part of Japanese cinema or anime. I really dig both so I find myself wanting just about everything they have.
Final note:
so that was my latest trip to Yoshimatsu. Up until this last time Yoshimatsu was always my favorite Japanese restaurant. Now they seem rushed, crowded, and surprisingly dirty. I looked into their little side shop and found that all their freezers, which are usually fully stocked with Japanese imported goodies, to be almost completely empty. That was disappointing.

Yoshimatsu Health Japanese
2660 N Campbell Ave
(520) 320-1574

Old Peking chinese restaurant

Hello all this time I went to Old Peking. It is quite a place.
Eggrolls:
This is not the place to go for eggrolls. They are edible to be certain but they do not taste anywhere near as good as other ones i have had.
Tekkamaki- Tekka role:
This is a roll containing tuna. This however is not a tuna roll. It is a tuna roll taken to a whole new level. This tastes incredible. If you like tuna rolls this roll will make you s**t yourself.
Moo-Shu Chicken:
Moo-shu Chicken is chicken sliced with a veggie medley then served with the Chinese version of tortillas and a dish of plum sauce. This time it wasn't as good as last time but it still beats any other moo-shu chicken in town. This stuff was good. It is made from things i don't particularly like into something that is delicious.
Beef and Bell Pepper:
The name says it. It is beef, bell peppers, and onions combined into a plate of delicious. The recipe is nothing special but it is very well cooked.
Rice:
Most people say rice is rice is rice. I say that the differences in rice can change how good a meal is overall. The rice at Old Peking is quite good. It tops out at about 2nd to 3rd best.
Decor and atmosphere:
The place is purest white. The walls inside and out are pure white. The walls inside though have some excellent paintings from China. The atmosphere is also excellent. It is almost always dead silent so you can have a conversation without raising your voice to overcome the annoying people at the next table. It always smells clean but not in the bad stinks like soap and sanitizer way. Everything is well cleaned.
SPECIAL NOTE:
This place has one characteristic that sets it well above all other Chinese restaurants i have eaten at. The food is PURE. I cannot stress this strongly enough. You can taste the lack of chemicals. It is just that incredibly pure.

Old Peking
2522 E Speedway Blvd
795-9811 (carry out available)

A new review: Bunbuku Japanese Restaurant

Bunbuku is delicious. I tried their Teriyaki and Yakitori Chickens along with the shrimp and vegetable tempura.
Teriyaki Chicken:
Definitely the cleanest tasting teriyaki ive ever had. This stuff tastes cleaner than home made. The chicken itsself was quite good. Had there been any bones it would have been falling off of them. The chicken though served in solid chunk form was soft enough to push apart with the chopsticks. (for those who cannot use them there are also forks and knives provided standard)
Yakitori:
This is good yakitori. This is what it would probably taste like out of a stand in tokyo. The chicken is cooked well without drying out. The sauce is as good as that on the Teriyaki but there is one important difference. One can taste the fire in them. You can tell that they really are flame grilled rather than pan cooked. This is the best yakitori i have had to date.
Tenpura:
The batter was good. The vegetables were quite good. I am usually not willing to eat asparagus but with their tenpura it ended up being quite tasty. Their onions were so thin as to be almost non existant though. But they redeemed themselves with their shrimp and Sweet potato tenpura. Their shrimp is the second best I have had. The sweet potato is another thing which I normally will not eat but after trying it for the sake of this review i have to say it was delicious.
Decor and atmosphere:
And as everyone knows the perfect meal can be spoiled by simple noise level. I cannot speak for other times but when i went the noise level was 0. The place was empty.
The decor of the place is also quite nice. From the moment you walk in you know that you are in a locally owned and operated Japanese restaurant. There are all the standard decorations and then a few that if you look at them you may see that they are in fact hand made.

Overall: excelent restaurant 8 stars out of ten.

Location: Broadway, twixt Swan and Columbus, in the Beavers Band Box Shopping Center, west end

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