{"id":1467,"date":"2012-12-15T21:01:41","date_gmt":"2012-12-16T03:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmgastronome.com\/?p=1467"},"modified":"2026-04-06T13:17:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T19:17:49","slug":"yummi-house-albuquerque-new-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nmgastronome.com\/?p=1467","title":{"rendered":"Yummi House &#8211; Albuquerque, New Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_1469\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1469\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/yummi01.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1469 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 450px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 450\/338;margin-top: 3px; margin-bottom: 3px; border: 4px solid black;\" data-src=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/yummi01.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/yummi01.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 450w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/yummi01.jpg?size=128x96&lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 128w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/yummi01.jpg?size=256x192&lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 256w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/yummi01.jpg?size=384x288&lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 384w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1469\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/span> <span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Yummi House Chinese Restaurant<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\">Years ago, I had the misfortune of working with a technical writer who couldn&#8217;t spell his way out of a paper bag. \u00a0His punctuation was pathetic, his vocabulary vacuous and his writing peppered with malapropisms (the incorrect use of a word by substituting a similar-sounding word with a different meaning). \u00a0Some comedians have made an art out of malapropisms, but there wasn&#8217;t anything funny about this terrible technical writer. \u00a0How he passed English classes at a state school which will remain nameless, much less become a technical writer, is beyond me. \u00a0Fortunately it didn&#8217;t take our employer long to realize the right thing to do about that writer was to let him go.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\">In mock tribute to our departed former colleague, my friend Ken VanLyssel and I designated an office bulletin the &#8220;Don Cruize&#8221; (in his honor, his name is misspelled) bulletin board. \u00a0Every time we came across slaughtered syntax, shoddy spelling or any grammatical faux pas, we would tack it to that board. \u00a0Many of our contributions were courtesy of menus from Albuquerque&#8217;s Chinese restaurants. \u00a0Chinese restaurant menus, in general, are notorious for grievous grammar and are frequent fodder for Jay Leno&#8217;s Headlines segment. \u00a0We wondered if some of the Chinese restaurants hired our terminated technical writer colleague to write their menus.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1475\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1475\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/yummi02.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1475 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 460px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 460\/345;margin: 3px; border: 4px solid black;\" data-src=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/yummi02.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"345\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/yummi02.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 460w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/yummi02.jpg?size=128x96&lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 128w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/yummi02.jpg?size=256x192&lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 256w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/yummi02.jpg?size=384x288&lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 384w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1475\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/span> <span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Hot and sour soup<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\">The writer who wasn&#8217;t right came to mind when my brother Mario and I approached Yummi House Chinese Cuisine in November, 2008. It was my inaugural visit; he&#8217;s a regular. \u00a0The spelling &#8220;Yummi&#8221; had me wondering if Don might have hired himself out to a sign company? \u00a0The fact that &#8220;House&#8221; was spelled correctly quickly debunked my suspicions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\">The Yummi House was launched in 2007 by Carol Chaing, a former waitress at <a title=\"Chopstix\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nmgastronome.com\/?p=247\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chopstix<\/a>, one of Albuquerque&#8217;s very best Chinese restaurants. \u00a0It is situated in the same edifice which once house the Pasteur City Vietnamese restaurant which closed a few years ago. \u00a0The restaurant&#8217;s interior hasn&#8217;t changed much since the Pasteur City days, but the feel of the place certainly has. \u00a0The Yummi House is practically raucous compared to the sedate as a\u00a0monastery\u00a0Pasteur City, much of the ambient volume courtesy of a robust lunch time crowd. \u00a0My brother tells me the restaurant is equally busy during dinner.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19975\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19975\" style=\"width: 470px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19975 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 470px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 470\/293;border: 4px solid black; margin-top: 3px; margin-bottom: 3px;\" data-src=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/Yummi05.gif?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1\" alt=\"Yummi05\" width=\"470\" height=\"293\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/Yummi05.gif?lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 470w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/Yummi05.gif?size=128x80&amp;lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 128w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/Yummi05.gif?size=256x160&amp;lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 256w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/Yummi05.gif?size=384x239&amp;lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 384w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19975\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/span> <span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Potstickers<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\">Considering the Yummi House doesn&#8217;t offer a buffet yet its lunchtime crowd is even more formidable than that of <a title=\"Ming Dynasty\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nmgastronome.com\/?p=339\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ming Dynasty<\/a> almost directly across the street on Eubank, my initial thought was &#8220;Americanized&#8221; Chinese food. \u00a0You know the type&#8211;candied, fried, sweet and sour. \u00a0The menu quickly reprobated that theory. \u00a0Sure, it has the usual sweet and sour suspects and plenty of sweet, fried meats, but it also includes some surprises <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\">The menu, in fact, includes some items heretofore unseen (by these eyes anyway) in Duke City Chinese restaurants. \u00a0Those surprises include cold jelly fish, sizzling rice soup, Westlake style beef soup, crystal chicken, sea cucumber in brown sauce and pork with leeks. \u00a0Another surprise is several Korean items including Korean style short ribs, Korean style sweet and sour beef and even Kim Chi. \u00a0Libations include a Shirley Temple and a Roy Rogers.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1482\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1482\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/yummi03.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1482 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 450px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 450\/338;margin: 3px; border: 4px solid black;\" data-src=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/yummi03.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/yummi03.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 450w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/yummi03.jpg?size=128x96&lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 128w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/yummi03.jpg?size=256x192&lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 256w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/yummi03.jpg?size=384x288&lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 384w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1482\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/span> <span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Sweet and sour shrimp<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\">Bargain seekers will appreciate the cheap lunch options&#8211;twenty menu items priced at just under six dollars to just under seven dollars. \u00a0Each is served with egg drop sour or hot and sour soup (or wonton soup for fifty cents more), a chicken skewer, cheese puff and your choice of steamed or fried rice. \u00a0If you&#8217;re thinking penurious portions, you&#8217;ll be happily mistaken. \u00a0The portions are so profligate you&#8217;re unlikely to be hungry an hour later, stereotype be damned.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\">If you&#8217;re not in a hurry, you&#8217;ll appreciate the fact that your order isn&#8217;t rushed out of the kitchen. \u00a0That means you&#8217;ll be able to finish your soup before your entree hits your table. \u00a0The soup arrives steaming hot, just beckoning to be blown on. \u00a0The <em>hot and sour soup<\/em> will warm the cockles of your heart. \u00a0It&#8217;s not a lip-pursing sour, but it&#8217;ll get your attention. \u00a0The cheese puff are unremarkable&#8211;a miniscule bit of cheese enveloped by a large fried wonton which is the dominant flavor.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1484\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1484\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/yummi04.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1484 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 450px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 450\/338;margin-top: 3px; margin-bottom: 3px; border: 4px solid black;\" data-src=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/yummi04.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/yummi04.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 450w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/yummi04.jpg?size=128x96&lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 128w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/yummi04.jpg?size=256x192&lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 256w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/yummi04.jpg?size=384x288&lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 384w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1484\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/span> <span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Crystal Chicken<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\">The <em>sweet and sour shrimp<\/em> lunch special (pictured above) includes a netful of lightly battered shrimp topped liberally with a Day Glo colored orange sweet and sour sauce. \u00a0It&#8217;s not every Chinese restaurant which dares to serve sweet and sour seafood because, much like the combination of seafood and fruit, the pairing of oceanic brininess and syrupy sweetness usually makes for an incompatible entree. \u00a0The saving grace for this entree is the batter which is almost tempura-like in its texture and lightness. \u00a0It allows the shrimp to shine.\u00a0 It also helps that sweet and sour sauce isn&#8217;t cloying.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\">The <em>crystal chicken<\/em> is described on the menu as &#8220;white meat sliced chicken stir-fried with Chinese green in clear wine sauce&#8221; but in taste and texture is more reminiscent of a steamed entree. \u00a0The vegetables&#8211;bak choy, water chestnut, carrots, zucchini, pea pods and broccoli&#8211;are al dente and the clear wine sauce is savory. \u00a0If you like vegetables, this is the entree for you.\u00a0 It&#8217;s an entree for which you might ask for the lazy Susan and its triumvirate of sauces, an incendiary hot mustard, the Day Glo colored sweet and sour sauce and a chili sauce that&#8217;s closer to a chile piquin salsa than it is to either Sriracha sauce or the tobacco spit looking chili sauce served with dim sum. \u00a0Its piquancy will water your eyes and clear your nasal passages. \u00a0You might even crave some tortilla chips.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19979\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19979\" style=\"width: 470px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19979 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 470px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 470\/324;border: 4px solid black; margin-top: 3px; margin-bottom: 3px;\" data-src=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/Yummi06.gif?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1\" alt=\"Yummi06\" width=\"470\" height=\"324\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/Yummi06.gif?lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 470w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/Yummi06.gif?size=128x88&amp;lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 128w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/Yummi06.gif?size=256x176&amp;lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 256w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/Yummi06.gif?size=384x265&amp;lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 384w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19979\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/span> <span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Sizzling Rice Soup<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\">It&#8217;s when you don&#8217;t order from the lunch specials menu that you truly come to appreciate the culinary alchemy being practiced in the kitchen.\u00a0 That magic comes across even on relatively simple dishes such as an appetizer order of <em>pot stickers<\/em>, six Chinese fried dumplings engorged with seasoned ground chicken (a nice departure from the seemingly de regueur pork) and chopped vegetables.\u00a0 The oversized (there&#8217;s no such thing) pot stickers are golden brown and arrive at your table steaming.\u00a0 They&#8217;re served with a dipping sauce made from soy sauce, sesame seed oil, ginger and chili sauce.\u00a0 The sauce is nice, but wholly unnecessary.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\">Since its launch in 2007, the most talked about specialty at Yummi&#8217;s has been the <em>sizzling rice soup<\/em>, a swimming pool-sized bowl of clear broth resplendent with chopped vegetables (lots of baby bok choy), sliced chicken, scallops and shrimp.\u00a0 It&#8217;s one of the favorite dishes of Mina Yamashita, the wonderful food writer for the Alibi.\u00a0 What makes it a conversation starter is the hot-popped rice kernels which your server will pour into the broth.\u00a0 Don&#8217;t expect a pop rocks effect when the rice kernels are poured onto the broth; it&#8217;s a very temporary effect at best&#8230;and don&#8217;t expect the rice to have the same crispy-texture texture as the rice at the bottom of a Vietnamese clay pot dish.\u00a0 It&#8217;s a good, maybe very good soup with all ingredients perfectly prepared, but it&#8217;s not nearly as flavorful as most of my favorite Vietnamese phos and it won&#8217;t make my list of <a title=\"Gil's Highest Rated Soups\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nmgastronome.com\/?page_id=19895\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">favorite soups. <\/a> The same could be said about so many very good soups. <\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19981\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19981\" style=\"width: 470px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19981 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 470px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 470\/296;border: 4px solid black; margin: 3px;\" data-src=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/Yummi07.gif?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1\" alt=\"Chinese Style Pork Belly with Lo Mein Noodles\" width=\"470\" height=\"296\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/Yummi07.gif?lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 470w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/Yummi07.gif?size=128x81&amp;lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 128w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/Yummi07.gif?size=256x161&amp;lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 256w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/Yummi07.gif?size=384x242&amp;lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 384w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19981\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/span> <span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Chinese Style Pork Belly with Lo Mein Noodles<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\">Yummi House joins a triumvirate that includes <a title=\"Budai Gourmet Chinese\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nmgastronome.com\/?p=9008\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Budai Gourmet Chinese<\/a> and <a title=\"Chopstix\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nmgastronome.com\/?p=247\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chopstix\u00a0<\/a> as the Duke City&#8217;s most authentic Chinese restaurants in that many of its dishes aren&#8217;t dumbed down for American tastes. One very authentic dish is Yummi&#8217;s Chinese style pork belly (bong bo pork), a wonderfully rich, unctuous, smoky bit of deliciousness served with vegetables (though Yummi House will accommodate special order requests such as pork belly with lo mein noodles). Some may find the texture of pork belly off-putting with its half-lean, half-fatty texture, but gourmets recognize it as a melt-in-your-mouth delicacy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\">One of the waitresses, a Seattle transplant, told us the Yummi House&#8217;s offerings are the closest she&#8217;s had to the Chinese food in Seattle. \u00a0That&#8217;s a rousing endorsement considering Seattle may have some of the best Chinese food in America. I suspect there are already some people who think the Yummi House has the best Chinese food in Albuquerque. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\"><strong>Yummi House<\/strong><br \/>\n1404 Eubank, N.E.<br \/>\n<strong>Albuquerque, New Mexico<\/strong><br \/>\n(505) 271-8700<br \/>\n<strong>LATEST VISIT<\/strong>: 15 December 2012<br \/>\n<strong>1st VISIT:<\/strong> 14 November 2008<br \/>\n<strong># OF VISITS<\/strong>: 2<br \/>\n<strong>RATING<\/strong>: 18<br \/>\n<strong>COST<\/strong>: $$<br \/>\n<strong>BEST BET<\/strong>: Crystal Chicken, Sweet and Sour Shrimp <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Years ago, I had the misfortune of working with a technical writer who couldn&#8217;t spell his way out of a paper bag. \u00a0His punctuation was pathetic, his vocabulary vacuous and his writing peppered with malapropisms (the incorrect use of a word by substituting a similar-sounding word with a different meaning). \u00a0Some comedians have made an art out of malapropisms, but there wasn&#8217;t anything funny about this terrible technical writer. \u00a0How he passed English classes at a state school which will remain nameless, much less become a technical writer, is beyond me. \u00a0Fortunately it didn&#8217;t take our employer long to realize the right thing to do about that writer was to let him go. 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