Coquitlam BC
Beers with the boys tonight.
Gonna need some food too after a hard day work.
Trying the Teriyaki Chicken Bowl for the first time.
I wish I hadn’t.
I have eaten at Cactus a lot, and this is one of those rare occasions that the good was not good.
In fact, this dish is shite.
There is too many sprouts for my taste. Course I hate broccoli, but I can look past that. That’s just me.
The sauce was rather awful. It was unlike any teriyaki sauce I’ve ever had. Or made.
It’s not a hard sauce to make. It can be as simple as soy and brown sugar. It can be zinged up with garlic and ginger.
The secret to a good teriyaki is the juxtaposition of the sweet and the savory of the two main ingredients.
This sauce had none of that. It was plain and one note.
The chicken itself was good, however there was too little of it.
The cabbage was blah.
Well frankly that’s what I thought about the whole dish.
I couldn’t even finish it. Very disappointing, considering the usual selection of excellent dishes on offer here.
I will not be ordering this again. I’d also suggest you skip it should you find yourself considering it. Go with the lettuce wraps instead.
4/10