PF Chang's China Bistro - Alderwood Mall (Lynnwood)

Living in Vancouver, PF Chang's is a restaurant that probably would not be really well received. Asian style food,  made, and suited for Caucasian people, I can imagine it would not be very popular back home. One look into the kitchen and you can tell it is quite different than an place you'd go for chinese food in Vancouver.

I was down in Lynnwood shopping at Alderwood Mall, and with our large group we chose to dine here, thinking that they would have something for everyone.

We got there and happy hour was still going on so drinks were cheaper than normal. the Yuzu Ginger Mojito caught everyone's eye so we ordered a round. These were great. Regular mojitos are great, but with the addition of ginger beer, or whatever else they put in it really put these on another level.

Assuming we were probably going to run up a pretty large bill, the manager offered us a complementary appetizer, their Lettuce Wrap. They are supposed to be very good so I guess he felt the need to give us one...I'm  not complaining free food is always good with me. The lettuce wraps turned out to be very good indeed.

We got a couple orders of won-ton soup to go around the group and I was not very impressed with it. Too many water chestnuts in it. A lot of ingredients that usually aren't served in a soup back home.

The last appetizer we got were their gyoza/dumplings. These I really enjoyed, of course they are a hard dish not too enjoy, pretty simple but good.

We ended up just sharing a variety of entree items off of the menu. The basics; beef and broccoli, chow mien, fried rice, kung pau chicken and the likes. Everything was really good, again being Caucasian this food was probably catered towards the likes of myself.

On the table they provided a number of different sauces, I find that always makes eating a little more entertaining when you can suit it to your needs through way of sauces.

I revisited PF Chang's again for some cheap happy hour eats and drinks and was impressed with the food and service for a second time. I like this place and will be back next time I need some drinks after being dragged around the mall by my girlfriend. The great service and extensive menu were two big positives about this restaurant.

Black Angus Steakhouse - Lynnwood

Located literally a stones throw and a half away from our hotel was Black Angus Steakhouse. I was told we used to have these in British Columbia, but either I was too young or wasn't even born at the time.

This was the choice for dinner tonight, although by the time we actually went to eat, I'm not sure you could call it dinner, maybe closer to late night eating.
The restaurant was nice enough to let us in close to 10pm..the kitchen closed at 10:30 and the party we were dining with usually had dinners that lasted around 3 hours...Poor poor staff (I apologize).

The waitress was very friendly and brought out the bread right away, I could tell she wanted to get us ordered and ready but she didn't rush us too much which was nice. The bread was interesting, it had a nice sweetness to it and was very pleasant to eat.

It seems regardless where we chose to eat, lime margaritas were the standard. We all ordered these, I got the smaller size but ended up drinking my girlfriend's who thought it would be a good idea to order the super sized version.

This was only the start, our table ordered a couple bottles of wine throughout the evening, martinis, more margaritas..man I am not used to this long dining. Usually my girlfriend and I get in, get out..no harm done.

For my main I chose the 12oz Ribeye. There was a whole host of sides to chose from, I felt like I needed some greens so I got the Steamed Broccoli with shaved Parmesan, and the Wild West Onion Rings. I noticed a strong western theme on the menu and in the restaurant..nothing wrong with that! I ordered the steak medium rare and that's how it came out. It was nice and juicy and had just enough fat for me. Price wise it was close to the Keg.

I didn't take pictures of everyone else's food..we were at a big table and I didn't want to stress people out. I was very satisfied with the meal though, and wouldn't mind if one of these were to open up again in the lower mainland.

I would without a doubt come back here again..I'm a sucker for beef.