Yummy House in Tampa

So this will be my first restaurant review for the site, and I'm happy to say that it will be about a yummy meal from Yummy House - a chinese restaurant in Tampa, FL. As with nearly everything down here in the sunshine state, Yummy House is in a small strip-plaza, and is fairly unassuming, but the food inside certainly lives up to the name on the sign. So let's get down to it - our meal: We started with an appetizer of the salt & pepper tofu, which was definitely the highlight of the evening. Crispy-fried cubed tofu, soft and creamy in the center, and topped with a type of salt and pepper crunch, made of garlic, chives, cilantro, jalepenos, and of course salt and pepper - we didn't stop until the plate was clear. We also had a pot of green tea, which seemed to have a hint of seaweed that my friend didn't like, although i have to say it made for a compelling flavor. We finished the evening with two entrées - the tofu-fish bowl, and the vegetarian buddha's delight. The tofu-fish bowl was basically a large soup, warmed by flame in a unique metal pot, with large slabs of silken tofu, cabbage, onion, whole cloves of garlic, ginger, and big chunks of white fish, served with a side of rice. Tasty, but a whole lot of soup for one person, and a bit lacking as an entrée. The buddha's delight was a typical vegetable stirfry, with baby portabellas, baby bok choy, onions, carrots, baby corn, and water chestnuts, covered in a light, slightly sweet sauce, over thin rice noodles - simple, but good. With the lack of good Chinese food in the Tampa Bay area, I will certainly hit up Yummy House again, and the menu invites multiple visits, with a number of unique dishes available. Service was certainly a bit abrupt, but we got what we wanted fairly quickly, despite the lack of open tables. I think we both would have liked to finish the meal on something as tasty as that salt & pepper tofu though, and walked out to the cold with those smiles that the appetizer brought to our faces at the beginning of the meal.
Give it a try:
Yummy House
2202 W. Waters Ave
Tampa, FL
813-915-2828