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2013-01-11
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I had lunch here for my first meal back from a 2-week trip to California. It was time to return to Chinese food, and Sichuan was the first thing that came to mind. We'd tried to go here for dinner just before leaving, but it was booked for a private party. The set lunch is $88 and you have a choice of one of four appetizers, one of four mains, and one of four homemade dumplings. Between my wife and I, we had half the lunch menu. Here's a rundown:Appetizers:Sliced lotus root in a Sichuan spicy sa
The set lunch is $88 and you have a choice of one of four appetizers, one of four mains, and one of four homemade dumplings. Between my wife and I, we had half the lunch menu. Here's a rundown:
Appetizers:
Sliced lotus root in a Sichuan spicy sauce: This was the best thing we had. Very thinly sliced, crisp lotus root with a powerful ginger and Sichuan peppercorn sauce that had a noticeable spice. A
Deep fried goose liver spring rolls: Not nearly as indulgent as it sounds, just kind of plain in terms of flavor, crispiness, etc. Very small portion size. B
Main Dishes:
Beijing style noodles with spicy minced pork: OK, so the 'spicy' is part of the restaurant's description, not mine. The pork was not at all spicy. The noodles were very bland. I think they'd have been great with a spicy sauce or paste, but no such luck. C+
Stir fried crispy fish fillets in a sweet and sour sauce: I was worried there would be bones in the fish, but there weren't. The fish was great, the sauce was maybe a little too sweet, and the vegetables were somewhat underdone. The portion size was small, and it was good that we were sharing the noodles as more of a filler. B-
Dumplings
Bamboo steamed shrimp and spinach dumplings:We didn't order this. The server actually wrote down our order, and read it back to me, so I have no idea how they still managed to mess it up. I thought this was a decidedly bad rendition of shrimp and spinach dumplings too. C-
Pork wontons in Sichuan spicy sauce: The sauce looked like it should be spicy, but it wasn't. Bland and barely-noticeable. B-
There was nothing bad about any of the food, there just wasn't much good about it (lotus root excepted). It was mostly bland, not in the least bit spicy even when advertised as such (lotus root excepted), and came in small portion sizes that were a little too insubstantial for lunch. I don't think I'd go back for lunch, and I'd probably only try dinner if I heard on good authority that the food had flavor and spice.
Overall: C+/ B-
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