Philly Beek sandwich
This is not a true Philly beef. It should be called a roast beef sandwich
on 1/15/2011
Taste: 2
Presentation:
4
Originality:
1
Review:
So what is the difference? A true philly beef should be prepared from raw slices of some kind of steak meat including the rib eye steak. It is cooked to order with fresh ingredients. But here at Annie's, what you get is slices of roast beef (they could not even do thin slices, the thickness I had could be thinned down at least 50%)already cooked and then they make it look like a Philly beef by grilling the already cooked slices of roast beef and let there be some burned color. I could not tell if the onion and green bell peppers were already pre-cooked. I would not be surprised if they were. So this dish was poorly prepared and is not a traditional Philly beef sandwich. Be on the alert!. By the way, even the roast beef tasted dry, however it had some flavor to them. The bread was fresh. I still would not recommend this dish.
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The Works Omelete
Why do they cook this breakfast with such a sloppiness!
on 1/15/2011
Taste: 2
Presentation:
4
Originality:
3
Review:
You get fooled by the presentation at first sight. As you dig into the omelete you realized that The Works should not be called an omelete but should be called an egg wrap. There is poor intergration between the eggs and the ingredients. The cook must just pan fried the eggs and piled the already cooked ingredients onto one side of the egg sheet and closed the other side by a wrapping action. An omelete should be using fresh ingredients in an egg batter and then on a grill, fry the mixture- you get an omelete. The hash brown tasted oily with stale taste. So that means the oil was from a reused portion probably from the oil used to do the french fry. I thought only the Chinese restaurants would go cheap with reused oil. I would not recommend this dish to anyone.
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Chirashi
sushi rice under the fish pieces was warm and plain taste
on 8/5/2010
Taste: 3
Presentation:
2
Originality:
2
Review:
I was shocked with the presentation of this dish. The fish pieces were cut big ( my feeling is that the chef is not skilled in cutting or it could be the chef is generous with the fish that day). The varieties were not there. They are not consistent each time you order this dish. So I want to warn the next person ordering this. The rice under the fish is warm (this is a warning that the chef does not know what he is doing or shows no respect to how a Japanese dish should be prepared. As the cold cust of fish is being warmed up by the warm rice under you see the blood of the fish staining the rice! Very un appetitising! The chef needs to go back to cooking academy and relearn to respect the dish. As far as the total quantity, there were not enough variety of pieces to please your appetite for what you pay for the dish. Over all I was kind of mad at the chek that what a lazy person sloppily prepared my Chirashi. I would not come back here again.
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Chirashi
Best Chirashi in Sacramento area!
on 8/4/2010
Taste: 5
Presentation:
5
Originality:
5
Review:
Both lunch and dinner of this dish is great! Lunch is about few dollars less. Mr. Shige prepares the dish, yes you want him to do it not the young man who works along side at the sushi bar. Mr. Shige uses only fresh fish and other ingredients for this wonderful cold fish dish. You can taste the freshness of each piece and sometimes a few pieces specially prepared may surprise your taste buds. I rate this dish A over the Special Chirashi dish by Mikuni Restaurant on Hazel Ave. a "B".
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Special Chirashi or Chirashi
This dish used to be top but still good just not as good as before
on 7/29/2010
Taste: 4
Presentation:
3
Originality:
3
Review:
Sometimes I get shreded daikon (white radish) and othertimes I don't included in this dish. Yes, I prefer to have daikon. Ask for the daikon becasue I think the correct way to eat Chirashi is with daikon. Every piece of fish must be fresh without exceptions. Being a busy restaurant, Mikuni has no problem providing fresh Chirashi. The challenge is how many pieces and what varieties of fish you get. If you really love Chirashi, I would recommend Sheige Sushi on Madison Ave. in Sacramento. Check out that restaurant. Sheige gives you a more beautiful presentation of Chirashi with about 14-16 pieces of fish. Mikuni is fine for its Chirashi but Sheige is better.
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Soup and Salad combo
Creamy soup with Spinach green salad
on 7/28/2010
Taste: 4
Presentation:
5
Originality:
5
Review:
The soup was excellent to tast but hard to digest later. This maybe due to the creamy aspect of the soup. I thought the spinach salad was on the light side meaning there were not enough leaves to eat. The dressing was little sweet and just right for the taste. Of course few pieces of cheese added well to the taste buds. Other than the quantity of the salad, I would say the combination tasted fine.
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Pepper Steak Cavatappi Pasta
very tender beef
on 7/28/2010
Taste: 5
Presentation:
4
Originality:
5
Review:
The tenderloin deserves its name because it is tender to eat the beef. The sauce is good with mushroom and the tomatoes chopped were generous. This is a pasta dish and the meat with the mushroom and peppercorn sauce was filling. The taste was quite Italian! nothing spicy and I am okay with that. If you like Parmesan cheese, it does have a final layer on top of the sauce. I would enjoy the dish with the cheese or without it. I would order it again if I am hungry for beef and pasta.
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