Address:King of Prussia, The Pavilion
640 West DeKalb Pike King of Prussia, PA 19406
610-265-0660 Phone
610-265-0669 Fax
Cuisine: Pan-asian
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Overall Rating: Sat. evening
Erica and I went to the Bamboo Club for dinner. Like
the Cheesecake factory it is next to at the Mall, the
wait was over an hour. On the upside they do take reservations
(unlike the Cheesecake Factory), so you don't have to
wait if you plan ahead.
All the food
served is in generous portions, so you don't need to
order a lot of food to get a full meal. All the food
is reasonably priced, with dinners being just under
$20 for the most expensive.
The cuisine
is derived from Korean, Japanese, Vietnamese and Hawaiian
cusines. Those cuisines are simply the basis for the
food, the food is loosely based or inspired by those
areas and are not so much directly taken from their
traditional cuisine.
We had crispy
crab wontons and Kwan's spicy soup to start. The soup
was large enough for two, with scallops, brocolli, carrots,
spinach, bamboo shoots, mushrooms and more. It was spicy
but not overly so.
That was
followed by our dinner, I had a halibut with a gingre
garlic sauce on a bed of asparagus. Erica had a steamed
chilean sea bass with mixed vegtables. As sides we had
a Thai cucumber salad and Korean spicy cabbage. The
cucumber salad was light and delicous. The spicy cabbage
was not the Kimchi (which is Korean pickled spicy cabbage),
it was simply sliced cabbage in a spicy sauce. It was
terrific - Erica even enjoyed it and she is not one
for cabbage generally
Both of our
meals were delicous, and laid out well. The only negatives
were that the bar service was very slow, not too responsive
and the timing between the appetizer and soup and the
main course could have been a little more even time
out. After our appetizers we had to wait quite a while
for our main meal. However, our server, Tyra, was very
nice and responsive.