I came into Orting unexpectedly to go to an urgent care in the area as I've been having horrible throbbing ear pain today and my local urgent cares were overwhelmed with people and shut down for the rest of the day. There's still quite a bit of a wait for the one near here so I was put on wait list and went to check out what's around to eat. McDonalds was across the street but yuck ! I ate that garbage throughout my childhood because my mother loved McD's and now it's one of those places I try to avoid at all cost... I'd have to be really starving with nowhere else around to eat there.
Subway was another option which isn't a bad one. They aren't my favorite place to get sandwiches but every once in a while Subway is decent. Next to Subway was Modoo Teriyaki and not too far was a Safeway so I could have also gone there and grabbed something in the deli. I decided to go with Modoo because I haven't had Chinese food in a while and it sounded pretty good. It's a small teriyaki joint, was pretty slow when I came in .. as in I was the only one there and in the 20 or so minutes I was in the restaurant there were just a few people who came in separately to pick up to go orders. The vibe was overall very quiet. I got a lavender bubble tea and a teriyaki/sweet and sour chicken combo which is one of my go to combos whenever I go to eat teriyaki. I also had a little bit of lemon water from a dispenser they had at the front counter which was warm and not nearly as refreshing as I hoped.
I sat at the table in the very back corner and my order came up super fast.. maybe 3 or 4 minutes from when I sat down. The lavender bubble tea was very nice and my food was pretty good overall, great flavors. The teriyaki was just warm but the sweet and sour was scorching hot to the point where I almost burned my tongue when I first took a bite... kind of seemed like they cooked the teriyaki a head of time. My only other concern is that the portions they give seem kind of small for the price they charge. I paid $30, with $5 of that being a tip which isn't that big of a deal if there's enough food to share with someone or be able to take some to work the next day but to me it wasn't. There's places closer to my home that charge the same and you get so much meat that you could eat off that plate for 3 days and it even comes with free salad and a fortune cookie, no joke ! The employee did offer free fortune cookie to other customers who were taking their order to go but not me. It's not a bad place to go to for this area if you have that teriyaki craving but now I see not all Teriyaki establishments are created equally. read more