Chengdu Spicy

If you know anything about Sichuan food, this is a great place to eat. Their hot pot (Hou Gou) correctly balances la jiao (chilli pepper) with Hua jiao (wild pepper, paralyzes certain parts of the tongue). The dumpling wrappers have the equivalent of an Italian 'al dente ' chew and the sauce is correctly spiced by Chengdu standards. The same for the dan-dan mean (noodles), a dish with peanut sauce and spinach or other leafy vegetable. The language skills in English are minimal and the service so-so but that should not get in the way of a great meal. Just be patient. Chengdu people are famous for a laid back style, maybe even a little abrupt. So What? Ya wanna eat and be satisfied with with taste that will linger for the rest of the day or night? This is the place for that.

We are three out-of-towners staying for a weekend on Eat Street so we thought we would try this new (to us) Sichuan place for a late lunch. The wait person was very helpful in helping us understand the menu. There were four cold chicken dishes so we asked her for the most popular an she recommended the 'Chilled Mouth Watering Chicken, ' so we went with that. We confirmed that the 'Twice Cooked Pork with Cabbages ' was pork belly. For a veg we ordered the 'Eggplants in Chili Garlic Sauce. ' We also ordered the Tan-Tan dumplings. Our food came out with surprising speed. Our favorite was the pork which was made with garlic stems, not cabbage as advertised. But that was a plus in our book. The chicken was good, but a little boney. The eggplant dish was just average. The dumplings were very spicy and intensely flavored — maybe a little too much so. Overall it was a fine Sichuan meal, and reasonably priced. There were some specials on a card at our table, but only in Chinese. There are probably some real gems to be had here if you were to be able to come back a few times and get deeper into the menu.

Honestly, i didnt expect it to be this good. Finally, i was able to try chengdu food woohooo. Well i got to try the cold chicken, the mapo tofu and the chinese marbled pork. They were all equally good and didnt expect them to be better than 4 star mannn cant really trust reviews these days. A lot of reviews are unreliable somehow. Anyway this is recommended from me. Cheers! I hope this feedback helps!

If you like real SICHUAN spice food, the restaurant should not be missed. It's better than the next store Miss FU that provides the SHANGHAI style spice food . Maybe missFu lived in SICHUAN for a short term.

As someone from Chengdu I would say this is the best Sichuan restaurant in town. It is as authentic as any good street restaurant in my hometown, nothing altered, nothing toned down!