Comments on: The FiDi’s Yushi Has A “Build Your Own Bowl” Bar, And It’s Delicious

By: gingerchloe

gingerchloe — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 19:41:12 +0000

Yushi is absolutely my favorite bowl option out there. I call it my “power lunch” because it’s my go-to after a hard spin class. I usually get the brown rice & chicken with whole sautéed mushrooms, carrots & kimchi. The chicken has a really nice “off the grill” flavor and I think they use both white & dark meat and the carrots are really nicely roasted with a ton of flavor. Anyways I’ll get to the point.
I pick up food pretty late (around 2pm) and I’ve noticed that they have been out of some options. I spoke to the manager (I think his name is John) because I really like the bowls and get pretty disappointed when they are out of my favorite ingredients. And then he told me why: They are still running on GENERATORS! I had NO idea. So because of this, he cannot refridgerate anything on site and only stay open until 3pm. He has to estimate how much beef, pork, and other ingredients he needs to bring in for the day. So if the majority of customers orders beef and they run out, unfortunately they can’t replenish it. Yushi is still losing money every week. I feel so bad – here I am gripping about not having carrots while they might not make it through the winter. I wanted to do something, so I wrote this. SUPPORT YUSHI!

By: Andrea H

Andrea H — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 20:30:50 +0000

Good to know I didn’t miss out on anything with the sushi or dumplings. The prices on those were crazy!

By: Google_Me

Google_Me — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 17:54:03 +0000

I got the pre-made Bull & Bear, which is brown rice, bbq pork, corn, carrots, broccoli, in a sweet chili sauce. The sauce wasn’t spicy so I asked for chili flakes, some spicy peanuts and siracha. Wasn’t charged extra for that but I suppose I would have been were it a veggie or meat. It was good. I loved the carrots (big chunks roasted so they’re partially browned and sweet) but could have done without the broccoli (they chopped up the stems into big hard circles and that’s what was mainly on my plate as all the florets were gone). The sweet chili sauce was good and the siracha and chili flakes gave it a nice kick. I also tried the veggie dumplings, which yes were overpriced and nothing spectacular, and the strawberry basil thai lemonade which was very refreshing but overpriced as well. Verdict: I’d go back for sure and play around with the bowl combos. That is def the way to go. Btw, a pre-packaged spicy tuna roll was more than $8 for 6 pieces and you get 8 pieces at Duane Reade for $6.50.