We ate at Humphrey's Pacific Rim restaurant in Arizona. Instead of bread they brought out shrimp chips. I've never seen shrimp chips in place of bread and butter. Shrimp chips are the decoration to Chinese dishes. Weird ketchup-like sauce was served with. Was this some kind of "Asian" twist on potato chips and ketchup??
For appetizer we ordered a mediocre california maki. I doubt the there was a master sushi chef in the kitchen as the rice was pressed too tightly.
Dinner was okay. The menu made the entrees sound good. Lots of different ingredients but the chef didn't have technique I'm guessing. The risotto was too mushy and the bok choy was too soft. Everyone knows the secret to stir fry is high heat for a *short* amount of time. The sea bass was good, but served with some weird cilantro sauce and mashed sweet potatoes that I thought were an odd combination. I could see the asian influence that would qualify this as "pacific rim" cuisine. For example, the black beans added to the sea bass, traditionally used in Chinese cooking.
My overall comment is that the *Asian inspired* ingredients were only after thoughts and not complements to the food. Just enough exoticness to give the audience that pseudo cultural experience.
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