Taipei Tokyo 3 - Bedford

The Yelp! Elites are few and far between here which should have been the first sign. The fact that most of the decent reviews are really old and that there are so few good reviews that were recent should have been the other. But when someone starts off raving about how good the crab rangoons are, you know what you are about to get. WTF is a crab rangoon anyway? Yes I 've eaten them and there 's NOTHING Chinese about them. I 've always wondered if I started a restaurant called 'All things Rangoon ' how successful would it be? You could have breakfast rangoons with eggs and bacon, sausage, or chorizo. You could have dessert chocolate rangoons or how about a Cajun rangoon with crawfish in it? Don 't forget the Maine Rangoons with lobster in them. The possibilities are endless. But I digress. Also with a name like Taipei and Tokyo I got a little excited that there would be some really tasty dishes. But in reality the name means nothing because there wasn 't one dish on the Taipei side one would ever find in Taipei. It 's the same Americanized garbage you find in nearly every Chinese restaurant in America. Thus, to attract more customers than what the crappy Chinese options would bring, they have to dabble in Sushi and therefore they do neither well. Positives: Fast and the order was correct. Negatives: Pricey. Food was meh. Ordered chicken fried rice which was largely flavorless and absent any egg. Scattered peas and carrots mixed in with a couple chunks of chicken added for effect. Had the Szechuan beef which should be renamed Shredded celery and carrots with scattered fragments of beef in brown sauce. Nothing Szechuan about it. Had the Ma la shrimp and scallop. Oh dear... do us a favor and just remove the Ma la from the name and it would be more accurate. 5 shrimp and 2 scallops. Same sad brown sauce the beef was cooked in. Also tried the Tokyo side of the menu, nigiri: salmon, tuna, yellow tail, sushi, California, spicy tuna, alligator and rainbow rolls. Have to say I would have been better off buying the ready made stuff from the grocery store because it would have been about as good and way less expensive. Wholly unexciting, lackluster, and mediocre at best.

Hmmm....what to say? Had the sushi and a couple of regular sides and everything was good. Not spectacular but not bad at all Service wasn't exactly friendly at first but he warmed up eventually. Not what I would call a very welcoming atmosphere but it was comfortable. Again, not bad but certainly not a WOW kinda place. Decent if you are looking for something to fill a void but it probably won't be a go-to spot.

The prices, the food, the service is fantastic. Great place to relax and eat fresh sushi or any Chinese or Japanese meal you want. The ambiance is quite and enjoyable.

Good value for money. Big portions. Their Singapore dried noodles are well made without the usual dryness associated with it. Friendly and efficient services. Ask for Flora.

Been coming here time and again for 20 years and the food just took a turn for the worse