Corona, Mexico
Bamboo

Bamboo

1441 Polk St, San Francisco, CA 94109, USA, 94164, United States

Asian • Seafood • Chinese • Japanese


"We were staying at the Holiday Inn nearby. My wife ordered Thai food from a restaurant on the same street and had me walk down the hill to pick it up for her. I wasn't in the mood for Thai and decided to pick something up from Bamboo. I was glad I did. I walked in and looked at their lunch menu. I ordered a combination lunch special... Kung Pao Chicken, Orange Chicken, and white rice. I could have had chow mein or fried rice instead of white rice. Based on how great the food tasted, I regret not getting it with chow mein, . The lunch special even came with and egg roll and soup (egg drop soup or hot sour soup). Unlike back home, they even gave the soup when getting take out. This was a nice surprise. I chose the hot sour soup. I had no complaints about any of my choices. All were delicious. The Kung Pao looked a little different than I am used to, it was tender sliced chicken and I am used to chucks or cubes of chicken. It had a very good sauce and I like it a lot. The Orange chicken was wonderful. It also looks a bit different than I am used to as the sauce was a little dark and it had thin slices of orange peel nested in the sauce. None the less, it was great., maybe the best I ever had. The egg roll was still crisp when I got it back to the room. And the soup was pretty good. A nice touch was a big wedge of orange in the container. They gave me two fortune cookies and two sets of plastic wear. An added bonus, I was served tea while waiting for my order. The place is small and not a fancy place, but the tea gave this place a touch of class. The price was very reasonable too. In short... I was very happy I went to Bamboo. If I had another day in San Francisco, I would have probably gotten food from here again. But would have tried the chow mein with the lunch special. The walk back up the hill was the only thing I didn't enjoy about this excursion. I am old, out of shape, and not built for hills."

Pickle Barrel Restaurant

Pickle Barrel Restaurant

1 Promenade Cir Thornhill, ON L4J 4P8, L4J7W8, United States

Burgers • Canadian • Barbecue • American


"There are Pickle Barrels all around town. This has to be my worst experience so far. Can't give them a total fail but I won't be going back there anytime soon.The service is slow with less than half capacity. The place is in disarray and maybe they need to look inwards and make some changes.I was there with my wife, Mom, and Mom-in-law for an early dinner. I swear, as we get older, I think Dinner goes from 6-7PM-ish to 4PM-ish!The Ginger Chicken Bites appetizer was horrid - overly salty and no other flavours. The Moroccan Cigars were not worth the price I paid - especially when we all know it's a frozen mid-east spring roll that they deep fry. I only ordered it since I haven't tried them in any place for a long time.The entrees fair no better. The striploin was overcooked - basically well done and then some. So they took attempt #2 at it - came out medium well in some places and well done in other spots. Don't they thaw the meat before they cook? Do they even know what Medium is? I know, what the heck was I doing ordering a steak at PB? Not my idea, I did recommend against it but they are Moms - and they are always right!The Seafood Linguine was passable - a little too creamy though. The Montreal Smoke Meat was really fatty - way more than usual. The Matzoball was dry even drowned in the soup - how?!?!?!Never had this issue at Centrepoint Mall. Next time someone wants to go to a pseudo-deli, we're driving a bit further and avoiding this PB = Pretty Bad!Cheers!"