Blue Flame Asian Bistro & Bar — Restaurant in Cashmere

Possibly the poorest excuse for "Asian" that I have ever had, short of the frozen food aisle at Safeway. Sweet & sour used pre-cooked & battered gound chicken from a bag, had 2 pieces of green pepper, 1 piece of onion and no pineapple, (as had been advertised.) Japanese teriyaki chicken had Yoshida's sauce poured over pre-cooked chicken strips and some onion slices. Period. When I asked where the sesame seeds were, she had to look closely before she could find some to show us. Her excuse about the pineapple...or lack of? They had used pineapple juice in the sweet & sour sauce. I promised her that no only would we not tell anyone that the food was good...which it wasn't but we would make sure that everyone knew how hideously BAD the food was. ...

Discovered this Asian bistro serving Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Thia dishes. Stopped by on Friday was back on Sunday. Working through the menu, each dish was perfectly prepared. Very rare to have a restaurant preparing 4 different types of cuisines that are perfectly done, with the right amount of spice. For example, we started with a spicy tuna roll. Very fresh and perfectly prepared. Then ordered the Korean bbq beef, 4 star and hot and sour soup. Both were Outstanding!! Returned 2 days later and order gyoza, spicy chicken with basil and Mongolian beef. Each dish had a majority of meat/chicken combined with vegetables in a super balanced sauce. Large portions at reasonable price. If you want fantastic Asian food, try the...

Our 14 yr old Granddaughter came to visit. She mentioned that her favorite food is now Chinese. I looked up all of the Chinese Restaurants in our area and settled on the Blue Flame Bistro in Cashmere. The service was very good and the food came quickly, and hot. Asked how her Sweet and Sour Chicken was, the Granddaughter said the deep fat fried tubes did not taste like chicken. The Grandfather said I had chosen a good place but wasn't sure that it was chicken. I choose Pad Thai...fairly good, a little over cooked and definitely spicy. Most choices on the menu are "spicy". I am of the opinion that the east side of the mountains is not a place to find really good...