AsiArt Restaurant — Restaurant in Łódź

What a disappointment this restaurant turned out to be. Located amongst a couple of my favourite places to eat in Lodz, I thought I'd give Asiart a try on a Saturday evening. The place was not very full on a weekend day, which should have been my first warning, but I put that down to the rainy weather. The decor was drab and more suited to a fast food joint than a dine-in restaurant. Nevertheless, me and my family settled in and placed a very minimal order, just to get a gist of the flavours - two sushi dishes and one noodle main course. To our shock and dismay, the sushi took a whopping 45 minutes to arrive. The kids, who weren't that hungry in the beginning, got super hungry and started to kick up a fuss. To make matters worse, the noodle main took another whole 45 minutes still! As mentioned, it wasn't like the place was full or anything - there were 4 or 5 tables other than us, barely a third the capacity of the restaurant. I dread to think what would have happened if the place was actually at capacity. To top off the nightmare experience, our server looked stressed, overworked, and seemed to have forgotten about our side of the restaurant for most of the evening. Af over an hour of waiting for the single main course we ordered, we chased up about it and we're told "a few minutes" which, if you have irritated children sitting with you for an hour, doesn't provide any consolation. Another 10-12 minutes passed and we had to follow up another time, only to be told another 5 minutes. Another 10-12 minutes later, the food did arrive, and it was the most disappointed I have ever been with a noodle dish. The taste was very average and not at all something I would wait an hour and a half for (or even 45 minutes for). The sushi itself was also extremely disappointing, as the rice had been overcooked, as had the grilled salmon in one of the sushi dishes. What's more, after such a delay we would have expected at least an apology from the chef or waitress, but none was forthcoming. The waitress could also have followed up with the timing herself when she saw two kids getting more and more irritated as the food took disproportionately long to arrive, but I said before, she seemed too stressed out and too busy with the other side of the restaurant to really care about our table that much. Overall, a super disappointing outcome to our evening and to our taste buds and I would not recommend this place over the other, much better restaurants in the same area (try ukryte rzeki or tutti santi rather than Asiart) and if you feel like sushi, it'll be quicker for you to go home, order a takeaway, have it delivered, and even finish eating than to be waiting at this restaurant...

Contrary to multiple opinions service was swift, although the place was far crowded. Also, the server was competent in regards to gluten content and generally helpful although in need of additional training in beverage department. Food itself was not of awe-inspiring quality, yet very properly prepared ans spiced, what is worth mentioning the portions were sizable, just enough to satisfy a hungry Pinoy girl. Cao Tom is a rather distant cousin of Xioabaos, Bun La Lot and Pho Tron were more original. All in all a good solution, considering a line in Italian...

Odwiedzając lokal AsiArt, mieliśmy okazję skosztować kilku dań z ich menu i muszę przyznać, że doświadczenie kulinarne było rewelacyjne. Już od samego początku zauważyliśmy, że obsługa była szybka, sprawna i niezwykle pomocna.

Zamówiliśmy zestaw dla dzieci, który składał się z kurczaka w sosie słodko kwaśnym. Danie to okazało się być prawdziwym strzałem w dziesiątkę. Porcja kurczaka była ogromna, a sos miał oryginalny smak, który wcale nie był przesłodzony. Dla dziecka była to idealna proporcja, nie za dużo i nie za mało.

Następnie spróbowaliśmy gyozy z kurczakiem. Te małe, chrupiące pierożki okazały się być absolutnym hitem. Nadzienie z kurczakiem było pełne smaku i świetnie komponowało się z delikatnym ciastem. Były one po prostu rewelacyjne.

Kolejnym daniem, które wybraliśmy, było duszone mięso kaczki w sosie honey hoisin. Sos ten miał głęboki, wyraźny smak i delikatnie pikantny posmak. Warzywa, które towarzyszyły mięsu, były doskonale dopracowane i dodawały daniu świeżości i chrupkości. Kaczka była idealnie przyrządzona - chrupiąca z zewnątrz, a jednocześnie miękka i soczysta w środku.

Ostatnim daniem, które skusiło nasze podniebienia, było połączenie kaczki z makaronem ryżowym, jajkiem i warzywami w sosie z tamaryndowca. Kaczka była nadal chrupiąca, a połączenie jej mięsa z makaronem tworzyło smakowitą kompozycję. Sos z tamaryndowca nadawał daniu ciekawego, lekko kwaśnego smaku, który idealnie komponował się z...