Thursday, May 10, 2018

Shanghai Yau Fat - Alhambra, CA


Foodie bro Charlie told me about this AYCE Chinese restaurant and I was very curious about it. One night I dragged slave girl and met up with him and his wife to get some all you can eat fun.



The price for AYCE was $13 per person with 4 people minimum. The average price per dish was about $8, so to break it even, we needed to order at least 7 dishes. We barely made it with 8 plates due to their huge portions.






Our order

Our favorites included black pepper chicken, salt n' pepper pork chop, salt n'pepper chicken wings, and pickled radish with scrambled eggs. They were flavorful and yet not overly greasy.

black pepper chicken

salt n' pepper pork chop

salt n'pepper chicken wings

pickled radish with scrambled eggs

The rest of the dishes were a bit salty and greasy. Not horrible eating them with rice, but the flavors could be cleaner.

beef tripe

braised pork belly

preserved pork stir fried with celery

The soup had a lot of stuff in it but it was bland. It was pretty big, even with 4 people we had a hard time finishing it.



Overall, we were full but far from being satisfied. The dishes tasted like chained Chinese fast food, but with a lot more oil and msg used. For one time experience it was really cool, but that was pretty much it. I meant, who wouldn't get excited when you can pick anything on the menu as all you can eat? I sure did.

No comments:

Post a Comment