Chang's Mongolian Grill
www.changsgrill.com
505 Rainier Ave N
Renton, WA 98057
(206) 772-5455
Cost: about $30 for all you can eat lunch for 2 with drinks.
For this review, we wanted to do something a little different and decided to try a conversation style. Here's how it went!
Kat: Laura, what do you think of Chang's?
Laura: I think they are OK, but are lacking mushrooms and sauce choice.
What do you think of Chang's?
K: I agree. I do like the tea pots. And I am partial to the soft-serve
L: How were their veggies other than the lack of mushrooms?
K: To be honest, the veggies were good, the atmosphere good...but the place just seems..ok? Why is that?
L: I think it has to do with the lack of sauce. They really didn't have a good selection, and what they did have seemed weak.
K: True, that's probably why I drowned it in the hoisin sauce.
Wraps were the best EVER.
L: Yeah, wraps there were good!
Overall, we decided to give Chang's 2.75 out of 5 bowls, and might go back. They aren't the best or worst, just middle of the road OK.
Monday, March 8, 2010
Hot Iron Mongolian Grill in Auburn
Hot Iron Mongolian Grill
4025 A Street Southeast
Auburn, WA 98002-8608
(253) 288-0900
Price: about $35 for 2 all you can eat dinners and drinks.
We really liked this grill! Great, fresh selection. Lots of different noodles, meat and veggies to choose from, including the mushrooms so many grills ignore. They also have a really good, flavorful, pre-grill sauce selection and Hoisin is readily available! And everything was grilled just right! Not burnt, but not undercooked either. They also have a couple of pretty good post grill sauces.
The service was good except for when we were waiting for drink refills for so long Kat took matters into her own hands and got us refills. It wasn't clear if it was serve yourself or wait for them for the refills. There were no tea pots and no one was around to get us more hot tea so we jumped up on the table and shouted, "Anarchy!!!". Not really, but we wanted to. Then the waiter guy came out and looked at us funny because Kat had gotten a refill. We couldn't decide if he was being sarcastic or serious about being mad. We choose to go with sarcastic. Then he started putting up chairs (it was about 45 minutes before closing) and making loud comments about how it was closing time.
At some point Kat panicked and made some monstrosity that smelled like a pine air freshener and we deemed it "Pineapple Panic". As long as you don't do that, this is a great grill.
Kat also wants to add that the bathroom was really nice and super clean, a big plus!
We give them a 3 out of 5 bowls. The food was good, and we would eat here again, but the service needs to improve a little for another star!
4025 A Street Southeast
Auburn, WA 98002-8608
(253) 288-0900
Price: about $35 for 2 all you can eat dinners and drinks.
We really liked this grill! Great, fresh selection. Lots of different noodles, meat and veggies to choose from, including the mushrooms so many grills ignore. They also have a really good, flavorful, pre-grill sauce selection and Hoisin is readily available! And everything was grilled just right! Not burnt, but not undercooked either. They also have a couple of pretty good post grill sauces.
The service was good except for when we were waiting for drink refills for so long Kat took matters into her own hands and got us refills. It wasn't clear if it was serve yourself or wait for them for the refills. There were no tea pots and no one was around to get us more hot tea so we jumped up on the table and shouted, "Anarchy!!!". Not really, but we wanted to. Then the waiter guy came out and looked at us funny because Kat had gotten a refill. We couldn't decide if he was being sarcastic or serious about being mad. We choose to go with sarcastic. Then he started putting up chairs (it was about 45 minutes before closing) and making loud comments about how it was closing time.
At some point Kat panicked and made some monstrosity that smelled like a pine air freshener and we deemed it "Pineapple Panic". As long as you don't do that, this is a great grill.
Kat also wants to add that the bathroom was really nice and super clean, a big plus!
We give them a 3 out of 5 bowls. The food was good, and we would eat here again, but the service needs to improve a little for another star!
Jasmine, Federal Way with pics!
Jasmine
1948 S 320th St
(in the Commons mall)
Federal Way, WA 98003
(253) 529-9566
Cost: about $30 for 2 lunches including drinks and tip.
***disclaimer: Laura is the writer; I’m kind of a prose-stream-of-thought type, but here goes!
Jasmine is by far our favorite. The atmosphere is clean, bright and welcoming; the selection of ingredients is abundant, veggies are always fresh (and they have mushrooms!), sauces potent.
Service is good, the waiters are cute ;) Wraps and rice served together and Hoisin sauce is at every table.
The tea. I could go on and on and on about the tea. It’s served in pots (yay!) With little cups, (double yay!)
The only negatives are that the wraps dry out pretty fast, the egg drop soup lacks in flavor and has the consistency of post-nasal drip and the vanilla ice cream taste a bit like “bucket ice cream”, you know, the generic stuff in the tub? But Laura loves the raspberry sherbert.
I wouldn’t let any of that stop me from eating there
We give Jasmine 4.5 out of 5 bowls, and eat here a lot!
Hot Iron Grill, Oly
Hot Iron Grill
345 Cooper Point Rd. NW
Olympia, WA
360-753-2941
Price: Just under $10 for one trip through and a drink.
NOT all you can eat! They charge regular price for your first bowl, then 1/2 price for your next. They DO however have bigger than normal bowls and offer a take out box for your first helping if you don't finish it, that's a rarity!
They take the "do it all yourself" route, fill your bowl, then they cook it, then you get your own drink/napkins/utensils. No teapots, but you can refill your own tea as you wish.
We were pretty disappointed with their selection. NO mushrooms is a tragedy! And the veggies they did have looked a little anemic and sad. Their pre-grill sauce seemed weak at best. While there was a decent variety to choose form, we couldn't taste it after it was grilled up. They do have 3 excellent post-grill sauces that almost make up for this. They also don't have table side Hoisin sauce, our fave, but our rad waitress got us a ramekin of it when we asked. Noodles here seemed limp and not yummy. Not sure if it was the brand they use or if they were a little undercooked, but we were not satisfied with this overall grill experience. The best thing we can say is that the service was extremely good and there were no rats (YAY).
We give this place a 2 out of 5 bowls and will probably never go back.
345 Cooper Point Rd. NW
Olympia, WA
360-753-2941
Price: Just under $10 for one trip through and a drink.
NOT all you can eat! They charge regular price for your first bowl, then 1/2 price for your next. They DO however have bigger than normal bowls and offer a take out box for your first helping if you don't finish it, that's a rarity!
They take the "do it all yourself" route, fill your bowl, then they cook it, then you get your own drink/napkins/utensils. No teapots, but you can refill your own tea as you wish.
We were pretty disappointed with their selection. NO mushrooms is a tragedy! And the veggies they did have looked a little anemic and sad. Their pre-grill sauce seemed weak at best. While there was a decent variety to choose form, we couldn't taste it after it was grilled up. They do have 3 excellent post-grill sauces that almost make up for this. They also don't have table side Hoisin sauce, our fave, but our rad waitress got us a ramekin of it when we asked. Noodles here seemed limp and not yummy. Not sure if it was the brand they use or if they were a little undercooked, but we were not satisfied with this overall grill experience. The best thing we can say is that the service was extremely good and there were no rats (YAY).
We give this place a 2 out of 5 bowls and will probably never go back.
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