"This was my second visit to Tian Fu over a three year period, and this time the food was mediocre, at best. I had something called the Phoenix and Dragon which was recommended to me by the waiter. Being unfamiliar with their new menu, I asked him for a dish that had meat and vegetables, and wasn 't spicy. He confessed that he 'd been working there only about a month, but suggested the P D, even though he wasn 't sure what was in it, exactly. That should 've been a warning to me, but I went ahead with it figuring that he would know if something had meat and veggies. The menu described it as having shrimp, chicken, and vegetables. Sounded good, so far. I was accompanied by a friend and we split an order of egg rolls as an appetizer while we waited, and those were hot and tasty. The entrees arrived, and to the credit of T.F., mine had several large shrimp, but the veggies were mainly just a few carrot planks, some snap peas, and a water chestnut or two. The other meat was supposed to be chicken, but I couldn 't confirm that because it was bland, and the texture was similar to that of a wet, wadded-up paper towel. I tried a couple of the pieces of alleged chicken and gave up on them. The sauce that was liberally poured over everything was far too salty. I picked through the shrimp and abandoned the rest. The white rice that 's mandated to come with it was, as usual, forgettable and it was a waste to bring it to me because I didn 't want it, nor did I eat it. On a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being best, I 'd give my meal a 4, with the egg roll and the after dinner, prepackaged fortune cookie being the highlights. My friend ordered the Teriyaki Scallops and was marginally pleased with it. Although there was a generous helping of scallops and a few broccoli spears, there was too much Teriyaki sauce on it for her taste. The low-light for her was their salad, which was just white iceberg lettuce, some sparse carrot and red cabbage shavings, topped with a non-descript and not-very-pleasant tasting mystery dressing that came plopped on it. No choice of other dressings was given. She said the Miso soup was better. Overall, I 'd give my latest visit to T.F. a 5 out of 10, based on the food. Not terrible, but certainly nothing to merit a recommendation. The waiter was pleasant, attentive, and as helpful as he could be, but he wasn 't very knowledgeable about the menu. I would be open to going there again, but only if someone could recommend a better choice of an entree."
