February 14, 2006
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J & I went to Pauli Moto's Asian Bistro for lunch today. The menu was not that exciting; it was your basic, Americanized, Asian cuisine. We got salt & pepper calamari [too salty, and no salt/pepper taste], salmon skewer [just one], bi bam bop [not spicy at all, and nowhere near as good as most Korean restaurants], and roast duck [which was good, but pancakes were too hard]. My favorite was the dessert: banana spring rolls with green tea ice cream. The spring rolls were very hot and crispy, and the smooth texture of the bananas and red beans offset the crunchiness of the skin. Although traditional Chinese medicine says not to eat hot and cold foods together, I enjoyed the contrasting temperatures and textures. Overall, the food may be okay for people who can't tell the difference between authentic and Americanized-Asian cuisine, but it's not acceptable for those who can, and prefer, authentic Asian food.
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thanks for the review... when i was at tyson's over thanksgiving we were perusing the menu and wondering if the food was actually decent. but from the way you are describing it... it's another one of those american chinese places like PF Chang's.
My gf used to work there. They are basically going after the same niche as PF Chang's. I like Pauli's a tad better. My gf even got me iron chef Morimoto's autograph! (He's part owner)
cool.
yeah, i was going to say...similar to PF Changs...
stick to the asian areas man, hehe. You know all the americanized stuff is hyped up and expensive.
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