text: On the past experience of my friend with this Chinese restaurant we went and tried Bamboo House My friend did all the ordering maybe we will change that procedure on our next restaurant visit Bamboo House claims to be a Chinese restaurant but also lists Thai and Vietnamese creationsnnWhat we orderednnStarters Seafood Soup This was a very thick soup filled to the brim with seafood ingredients Shrimp Scallops Abalone Fish vegetables and some ingredients I could not recognize Mistake The soup itself had a tap water aftertaste My friend disagreed but I know I tasted tap waternnDrinks Mai Tai Yummy yummy sweet and very alcoholic The bartender really knows how to mix his drinks And you get a little umbrella thing with your drinknnMain Dishes nnHouse Special Chicken This dish was essentially Chinese Fried Chicken in a batter immersed in their special sauce The batter was slightly crispy when bitten into and was especially tasty and had interesting textures when consumednnKung Pao Chicken II Off menu Kung Pao Chicken without the Cashews Skinned Chicken with Shrimp Mushrooms Peas Water Chestnuts and Celery covered by their special saucennBoth dishes were supposed to be spicy hot NOTnnMistake Never duplicate any meat dishes we discovered both dishes were immersed in their special sauce which made differentiation of the dishes difficult at best Did I just have the House Special or the Kung Pao Let me take a close look Not very creative cookingnnDemographics of restaurant All Caucasian clientele Less than of capacitynLocated in a small strip mall settingnService was friendly and attentivennProbably will not be coming back here for the food But maybe for the Polynesian style drinks They are pretty refreshing and GoodnnNext visit to any restaurant I am ordering for both of usnnMy Friends rating nMy rating Saved by MaiTai