Congratulations on surviving another week of your college life! And same as always, I will present you with a brand-new restaurant in-campus today, “Market Pollock Asia Kitchen”!

Before I dive into any details, I highly recommend you check out their menu prior then your order because no restaurant can satisfy every customer, Pollock Asia Kitchen is no exception. All comments I collected for this restaurant have confirmed that some particular dishes were delicious and economical, but others tend to scare away customers. And let me tour you through this restaurant to avoid future disasters.

Like any other restaurant, I start the show with the appetizers. There are many to choose from, but fried dumplings and crab Rangoon usually get overfired, reinforcing their shell and leading to a dry, bland taste inside. However, Egg Rolls and Shrimp Shumai clutched all the needs like superheroes. Unlike other fried products, egg roll owns a thin warp so no matter how much you fry (as long as it doesn’t become a piece of coal), it’s still crispy and tasteful! Shrimp shumai fascinated me with its chewy skin, when it collides with shrimp, all the flavors line up one by one and then mix all the tastes to level up as a whole.

Now we move on to entrees. As a noodle lover, I discourage anyone from ordering their noodles! IT’S TOO OILY.  Instead, I recommend making your own bowl choice, compared to completed dishes such as Shanghai Chicken, you are allowed to abundant your bowl with much more ingredients. All the protein choices are great (especially tofu and pork), but the sauce and vegetables matter the most! Ginger Bok Choy is something that everyone will get, but Japanese Eggplant stir fry can be a stranger for many, please give it a chance before your judgment based on the name. It may look a bit ugly, but the seasoning matches perfectly with fried rice! For anyone who enjoys spices, sliced hot chili is a must, it harmonizes well with both protein and starch. The next ingredient stands as the core of this bowl – the yum yum sauce – which, like the name, flavors everything else “yum yum”. It starts with a sense of sweet flavor and quickly transitions to salty with the right amount of spicy decorating the whole taste, striking your tongue and soul in just a few seconds.

After all my recommendations, I wish to provide you with some tips for you better experience if you choose to attend.

1. Always order the vegetable rolls with entrees! Vegetable rolls are only available when you order entrees, and you may add 3 dollars (1 dollar after the discount) to get 2 additional rolls. Trust me they are 10/10 every time! Most of the time they outperform regular egg rolls, but they are half of their price so take advantage when you can!
2. Order side noodles or fried rice! I am aware I have mentioned their noodles can be over-seasoned, but the ones you may order as a side dish are just the opposite! Both fried rice and noodles are super cheap and well-seasoned, only flaw of them is the simplicity.
3. 24Oz Boba Tea! Raised and grew up in Asian culture hold my standards for boba tea extremely high, but the Asia market managed to fit my picky taste with such a cheap price! You may level up your 16oz to 24oz with less than 1 dollar after the discount so always enjoy the benefit!

That is all for this week’s PSU food recommendation! Hope to see you next time!

 

 

Helooooo everyone! Hope everyone enjoyed their long weekend since we not getting another off till Thanksgiving 🙁

Most people insist that healthy food tastes too light, bland, and tasteless. For sure they proved to be absolutely right the majority of the time, but today’s recommended restaurant managed to balance these two qualities perfectly in a small, little bowl.

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Hibachi-San owns three sizes of meal that you may choose from: Small (2 proteins), Regular (3 proteins), Large (4 proteins) which categorized by different price level. The choices for protein diversify into Shrimp, Tuna, Salmon, Chicken, and they have different flavored for each kind! On top of that, you are allowed to get as many toppings as you wish which includes Fried Onion, Avocado, Seaweed, Green beans, Kimchi, and variety of vegetables! At the end, they provide you spicy mayo and teriyaki sauce, strongly discourage teriyaki here simply because its overwarming sweetness may ruin other taste this bowl supposed to have.

As a huge fan of all tuna product, I combinate my bowl with Spicy tuna, regular tuna and spicy salmon for proteins. Among all choices these three will be the ultimate top 3 that I recommend you get, because they both contain full of proteins, healthy fat and other nutrients your body requires. For toppings I highly recommend you avocado and fried onions which credited by their nutritional value and the crispy/tender taste, and seaweed will be a bonus if you love its unique flavor like me. For base I decided on brown rice to keep a healthier diet, but if you are looking for the tastiness then sushi rice will take the spot (always ask for extra rice! they don’t provide much rice). And of course, I ended up with spicy mayo for reasons I mentioned on top, but their spicy mayo has surprised me with its appropriate spiciness which everyone can handle perfectly.

“How do you know the tuna is good or no?” A really simple but complex question I faced one day, it’s simple because the -freshness– determines everything, it’s also complex because tuna itself taste bland which requires seasoning that can keep the original taste of tuna. Both spicy and regular tuna achieved this easily, tuna tasted fresh and a light salt seasoning on top with small amount of pepper and spicy tuna had a fancy spiciness added into that. Even I am not an expert on salmon, I still have a few comments for it. Seasoning for spicy salmon was perfect, as spiciness rush all over your tongue it also brought the taste of salmon itself, and it is more chewable than tuna!

Habachi-San serves its own special drinks as well! Thai-Tea and Milk tea are something worth trying! I prefer boba which everyone loves but milk tea may substitute the spot for now, it is a little over sugared personally but if you love sweets, make sure to give it a try and I can promise you will love it!

This will be the end of my second blog! Hope y’all have a healthy and delicious diet!