Even though I am not too experienced with real traditional chinese/japanese cuisine, I have been to enough local restaurants to know a good chicken bowl. Many places will charge around ten dollars for a chicken/beef bowl and a drink. I feel that eating at places, such as, Pick up Stix and Pei Wei, you are paying more to eat there than the actual value of the food itself. These restaurants have raised the prices simply because of the flashy menus, professionally dressed servers, and their locations. The last time eating Pei Wei, the chicken, half-covering the rice, had a texture as if the chef just threw the chicken pieces on the wok still wrapped in plastic. It was as if the chicken had a balloon around it. On top of this, all the juice was completely cooked out of the chicken. It was definitely not worth having to clean myself up, as if I were going out afterwards.
After years of searching for a delicious and well-priced chicken bowl, I was in awe when introduced to Yamas. Since their opening, they have served a perfectly proportioned, full flavored, three dollar and twenty-five cent chicken bowl. When you walk into Yamas, it is extremely comparable to looking in a taqueria: Nice, little lady working the register, simple colors, and a view into the kitchen. There are only necessities found within; tables, chairs, soda machine, and a menu that looks like it was given to them from an old breakfast joint. Five or so minutes will pass after ordering, and a bowl about seven inches in circumference and three inches deep will be placed in front of you. On the table, you will find teriyaki sauce, hot rooster sauce, soy sauce, and pondu. The bowl is nearly two-thirds full of rice and the rest chicken. The chicken is always cooked thoroughly, covered in teriyaki sauce prepared in the kitchen, and the rice is sticky and compliments the texture of the chicken perfectly.
I hope one day I can travel and try authentic foods from other countries and cultures, but until then I am happy to have been introduced to the wonderful world of Yamas.
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