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I'm so sad about the closure of this great restaurant! Szechuan Bistro was my first choice for delivery if I wanted amazing Chinese food at home. My boyfriend and I tried lots of menu items but quickly settled on our usual of Cumin Lamb and Hand Shaven Noodles in Hot Sesame Sauce! No question.
If they open in another location, I pledge my business!
I am saddened to report the closure of this business. Four businesses were destroyed in a massive three-alarm fire that broke out early this morning on Northwest 85th in the Greenwood neighbourhood.
http://www.phinneywood.../ for the news reports.
My thoughts go out to the business owners and employees during this difficult time. Thankfully no one was hurt.
I rated this the highest star rating because my friends raved about their food and we had made plans to try them soon.
I always hate to be the one who comes into a restaurant a few minutes before close (actually this time it was 20 min) and there are no other tables, however, I got the sense that the staff really didnt care (and i didnt feel so bad because a family of 5 came in at close and were still seated).
Our server was a sweet, older woman who was very attentive even though I could hardly understand what she was saying.
We got the hand shaved noodles in hot sesame sauce, some kind of beef entree that i cant remember-i think mongolian?, and chicken fried rice....all was very delightful. The beef was soft and tender with good sauce, the hand shaved noodles were fresh and the broth was good and really not "Hot", and the fried rice was standard. Finally a Chinese restaurant I like in Seattle that doesnt require going to the ID.
I want to like Szechuan Bistro.... I really, really do.... I just really, really didn't....
It was a lazy, Saturday afternoon and I was in the mood for some Chinese food. I was really interested in trying something new and more importantly, wanted someone that would deliver. I live maybe 10 blocks away from here and probably should have just called in an order for pick-up, but I heard awesome reviews about their "Fast" delivery. To make matters more complicated we didn't have a menu so we just sort of asked for items on the phone. We ended up getting an order of egg rolls, an order of gyoza and one order of hand shaven noodles that came with a peanuty sauce and pork. The total: $22. Eek. That's some expensive food. They said our food would get to us in 20 minutes.
Almost an hour later and with no food we start to get really irritated. The restaurant has no idea where the driver is and we're starving. It turns out the driver was almost a mile away and was totally lost. When he got to the door he had no idea how much the bill was and had no idea how to handle change (we paid with cash).
We ended up getting really funky, almost rotten tasting egg rolls that were a soggy mess. The Gyoza was cold, slightly slimy, greasy and limp but overall tasted pretty decent. The noodles were also cold and greasy but had some good flavor. I get the feeling they would have been good if they weren't frigidly cold upon arrival.
A long wait + cold, soggy greasy food = NOT impressed. For the quantity and quality of food $22 was a rip off as well (at our normal Chinese Delivery place $17 gets you two entrees a lot bigger than the noodle dish here and two appetizers). I might give them another chance.... those noodles had potential but I absolutely won't have them deliver and I'll certainly never get the egg rolls again.
No beer. No music. No ambience. No kidding.
Food is very good, however. We had the green beans which were seasoned and lovely; hand shaved noodles (huh?) that was like a soup almost with lots of yummy sauce, a gravy option and tangy meat; and finally the twice-cooked pork that was essentially bacon on steroids. Impossible to stop eating. Someone should keep one eye open tonight and keep it on the leftovers in the fridge.
I've been craving hot pot so I looked here to see what everybody thought about the hot pot at Szechuan Bistro. It's across the street from Gorditos, which I love, and every time I go there I think to myself that I should try the SB out.
But, the pull of the wet fish burrito from Gorditos is very strong.
What I found out on Yelp is that while there is not much mention of hot pot, people seem to dig the twice-cooked pork, the string beans, the shaved noodles, and the chicken with hot garlic sauce...
So, I resisted Gorditos and went to check out what gives at SB.
It's pretty much what I expected. The people there are very friendly, the room is quite bare. Clearly decor is not a huge interest of theirs. The floor was sticky, but it seemed otherwise clean.
We chose the twice-cooked pork, the hand shaved noodles, and the string beans.
Yum to one and all.
I'd never had dried, cooked string beans, which is how they are described in the menu. They were spicy and delicious. Sweetheart commented that he could eat them all night like fries. The twice-cooked pork was delicious, but so fatty, it's basically bacon stir fry... I felt like it would be better suited on toothpicks as an hors d'eovers. My favorite was the hand shaved noodles. I would be happy as a clam just to have that for dinner, all by itself - and it would be a very economical way to go too.
Looking forward to going again and actually trying the hot pot and the chicken with hot garlic sauce. I guess that's two visits...
IF I can manage to stay away from Gorditos.
This was my first time trying hand shaven noodles, however I do have a little experience with Szechuan cuisine. I tried the "Noodle in Szechuan Hot Sesame Sauce" with pork. It's a steaming hot soupy noodle bowl, greasy and spicy and satisfying (as most Szechuan food seems to be).
The noodles are so light and fresh. The sauce slowly builds a spicy heat inside your mouth, in that unique Szechuanese way. Chinese cabbage and green onions help cut the greasiness. The bowl comes topped with a pile of the freshest, best bacon bits you've ever had.
This bowl is amazing: it gets better the further down you eat. The sauce reduces and intensifies; the little bacon bits sink to the bottom; the noodles soak up more goodness. It's very similar to ma po tofu.
The free plum oolong tea was tasty. I haven't tried anything else yet though.
This is down the street from my cousin's house, and I have memories of their hand shaven noodles from at least 10 years ago. This is super comfort food, and whenever I'm in Greenwood I find myself craving it. I tend to come for the lunch specials, and I love the fact the cute little old owner lady always brings me tea, even if I'm sitting alone. For some reason, this is the only place that brings me tea when I'm alone. Hoorah.
The hand shaven noodles are great, but I'm super fond of their "chicken in hot garlic sauce," -- mmm. That, with some hot and sour soup? Makes for some damn good cheap eats -- less than $10 with tip, yay.
Went there after reading all the positive reviews on Yelp. The hand shaven noodles were amazing. Definitely among the best I've had in the US.
They have a menu with no English on it that I didn't know existed, though. I should order something from it next time I go and I'll rereview base on that.
Another place we've been patronizing for years. The
staff is unflinchingly friendly, and this is very much a
family operation.
The dishes that have been consistently good include
the hand-cut noodles, Sichuan pancake appetizer
and fresh vegetables.
Would give four stars, but lately there has been some
funkiness. In particular, some vegetable dishes have
come slathered with meat drippings. A couple of
shrimp and tofu dishes, too, have arrived tasting more like
sausage. This seems to be due to some new faces
in the kitchen. Time will tell.
A decent and none-too-memorable Chinese eatery hanging out on 85th.
Dirty and tasty like a cool family establishment should be. Enjoyable and not pretentious.
Perhaps a bunch of Yelpers should come down on this place like a tide of drunken ravenous beasts after the next SHPOC DYL!
Meals are the family-style slopped-on-a-big-plate variety and are pretty tasty.
If you don't expect anything special, you will get exactly what you expect, but enjoyably so :D
Dude, don't let the little unassuming storefront deter you. This place serves up the goods. I went with a friend who speaks Chinese and he ordered all of this stuff that was not on the menu.
Cumin fish - lightly fried fish (halibut) I believe with an amazing hot pepper and cumin seasoning. It wasn't saucy at all which was nice so you could just taste the fish and seasonings.
Brisket stew - the meat was sooo tender and the stew juice was just the right balance of tomoatoey and spicy. Bamboo shoots made a nice texture crunch with the tender meat.
The service was great and if you ask the server, she will give you some good recommendations if you want to go outside the box. The only bummer of the meal was that they do not serve Tsing Tao. I need a cold beer to wash down the Szechuan goodness! T
Mandarin chicken- crispy, sweet, spicy = delicious
Chow Mein = different but ok.
Sticky Rice = Not so sticky
Egg Role = Had better
Service = Friendly
this is not the first time i have ordered hand shaven noodles, and so i ordered them from this place, plus won ton soup and garlic broccoli. i just threw the whole thing out. the soup was oil and water with cabbage and wontons, no flavor at all. i went searching for the pieces of broccoli that were still a nice shade of green--there were two and they flavor was vinegar-y at best. the noodles, blech.
i have no idea how this place gets 3s and 4s over and over, although the person who took the order and the one delivering were super nice...i will never order food from here again.
When we had the "snowpocalypse" in December, a young woman had to abandon her vehicle in front of our driveway. It was totally fine with us. She assured us she'd be back in a few hours to get it when she could get help. We asked her if she wanted a ride or if she wanted to come in to wait, but believe it or not, this woman was making a food delivery. She took off on foot in the dark up the steep snowy hill, bags of food in tow. I have no idea how far she had to go, but she said she worked at a restaurant near 85th & Greenwood so we presume she walked all the way back there after delivering the food.
Later that night when she came back to get her car she brought us a GLORIOUS meal - totally unnecessary but very kind and VERY delicious!
But there was one huge problem!!!!! We didn't know where she worked! We've lived in the neighborhood for about 15 years and thought we had tried just about everything, but this was way better than the other Chinese places we'd tried.
But thanks to Yelp we were able to track down this "hole in the wall" that I've driven by practically every day for a decade but never noticed. We thought, A-ha! That must be the place.
So we tried it out. Yep, it was the place! We especially LOVE the string beans & chicken.
Thanks mystery woman for your thoughtfulness. You created a loyal new customer. :-)
Technically 2.5 stars. I'm giving them 4, the hubby's giving them 2.
I had some really tasty black bean chicken and an interesting soup (Tomato and egg noodle, spicy, gingery soup with a fried egg on top!) He had the Mandarin chicken, which is comparable to General Tso's chicken, according to the lady I spoke with on the phone.
While my food was good, his was disappointing. The dish was described as "battered meat and broccoli in sweet & sour spicy sauce." More like fried batter, hold the meat. It was definitely odd. Is our economy sucking so much that when you order fried chicken, you don't get any chicken?!
I'll gladly return, since it sure beats Safeway Chinese food any day, it's super close to my work, and super cheap.
My husband? He'll probably head over to Panda Express.
I've been a little snobby on Chinese food recently because I've been living in Beijing, but I went to Szechuan Bistro last night with four friends and they delivered on my craving. No, it's not China, but they've got an awesome and authentic menu that I won't hestitate to take people back to again and again.
Personal Favorites:
- Chongqing Hot Chicken
- Stir-Fried String Beans
- Kung Pao Chicken
- Knife Cut Noodles
Let me not forget that the staff are fantastic and attentive. I've got fledging Mandarin skills and they were totally thrilled at the little bit I could speak. :) Big confidence booster!
I was in the mood for a noodle lunch and as I drove through Greenwood this afternoon, I remembered the little Pho shop across the street from Gorditos.
As I walked in and looked around, i saw a 'we prefer cash' sign. Well.. I didn't have any cash and I didn't feel like making things awkward, so I walked up a the street in search of a place that takes plastic. I didn't get far.
I saw the words 'hand-shaven noodles' and that was it for me.
I stepped into Szechuan Bistro and was one of the only other 3 dining. I wasn't worried though b/c this was a joint w/ 33 reviews and 4 star on this 'great and informative site I like to use', so I knew it was going to be good.
I was promptly brought a lunch menu and asked the woman about which of the specials (there were many) were noodles. She showed me a few options and I went with the Veggie Noodles in Szechuan Hot Sesame Sauce. For $4.95, you get tea, a bowl of white or fried rice, egg drop or hot and sour soup, and an entree.
Yes, I said $4.95.
The chefs in the kitchen must be in their 50s or 60s. Clearly seasoned vets and they know what they're doing. The Hot and Sour soup was tasty and spicy and the hand shaven noodle bowl was lovely. Tons of broccoli and carrots, in a spicy broth with loads and loads of tasty thick noodles. This was my first experience with this type of noodle and I'm happy I don't have to truck it over to the ID to get them.
There's about 20 items on the lunch menu, which they serve from 11:30- 4pm- Wed- Friday. Most are $4.95 and a few are a whopping $5.95. I know!? They've got the usuals: Mongolian Beef, Cashew Chicken, Sweet n' Sour Chicken, Kung Pao Chicken and so on.
Cards are accepted, but cash is encouraged for bills under $10. My bill came to $4.52, and when I slapped the plastic down, the waitress was a- okay with it.
The dinner menu is slightly pricier (most entrees are $9.95!) and boasts sizzling platters and casseroles, kung pao, and various other meat, vegetable, and seafood dishes. Free Delivery in the area for orders over $15. I can't wait to try them for dinner.. I believe it's possible to walk out of there, completely full and happy for $20..
and I'm up for the challenge.
Wow. Hmm..This just might be the most useful review I've ever written, but vote (or not) how you see fit.
This was more of a 2.5* experience, but perhaps it's because we didn't eat anything real spicy. I was excited about the big menu... then I looked at the menu... The place is pretty Americanized and nothing stands out to me. There are other choices (admittedly not Chinese) in the area.
For fresh, authentic, well prepared, Sichuanese food around here, there are 3-5 places bunched at the top (depending on who you ask). This is one of them. I could wax on, but the proof of the pudding is...well...you know what they say.
But go only if you know and love Sichuanese cuisine in all it's spicy, greasy, glory. Because people who don't know or love should not be spewing. As with all small businesses, there are livelihoods on the line here.
p.s. I have absolutely no (financial, personal, karmic, psychic, tantric, yelpic, etc., etc.,) affliation with this business or it's owners.
I hate not to give this place the benefit of the doubt and think I just ordered the wrong items--but I can't. I ordered take out: Pork fried rice, spicy chicken, beef chow mein. It was all pretty gross. Ate a few bites because I was starving, but threw the rest away. How does this place have such great reviews? blech
I have passed this little hole in the wall a hundred times and not given it any notice, but finally stopped in for lunch the other day and I have to give the Szechuan Bistro props for great, and very affordable fare. The place is a real sleeper. It has about zero street appeal, blending into almost non-existence on the Greenwood strip at 85th and Greenwood.
Ahhh, but inside delights await! And its not the decor. They put their energy and creativity into the food. The two things I did notice before going were, one hand shaven noodles, and two hot pots. I opted to try the spicy szechuan noodles with pork. It was both different and delicious, and it came with perfect hot and sour soup for under $5. Perfect on a cold December afternoon.
I am going back with friends for dinner to try the hot pot experience (you fry and assortment of meats veggie and other goodies yourself at your table - its a feast).
I lived in Chongqing, Sichuan province for two years and pretty much ate nothing but Sichuan food during that time. What's the point of going to the KFC when the guy at the side of the street can cook healthier, tastier food in less time?
Since returning to the US I have spent a lot of time trying to find restaurants that really tasted like Sichuan. I basically live at Sichuanese Cuisine in the I.D., and doubt that anything will change that.
But I stopped in at Sichuan Bistro the other day on the recommendation of a friend and now I will have to slowly go there and order each dish. I only had the twice-cooked pork, since it is the best measure, in my opinion, of what makes a good Sichuan restaurant. It was sooo good that I'm going to stop in again and eat everything recomended below. I might even order their Mapo Dofu, just to see if they get it right.
I was nervous when I walked in the door and heard a lot of Cantonese flying around, but after two bites of the Twice-Cooked heaven I asked the waitress where the cook was from. Sure enough.....Chengdu.
Go there. Order anything that is from Sichuan province. If you don't know what's from Sichuan, ask the waitress and she'll tell you, I'm sure.
The only thing that bummed me out was that I didn't see any beer for sale. Sichuan food really needs to be washed down with Qingdao.
So there you have it. I think my list is now complete. My favorite placed to eat Sichuan food, in order:
1. Sichuanese Cuisine
2. Sichuan Bistro
3. Bean Flower
4. Seven Stars Peppers (currently in a long-fought war with Sichuanese Cuisine, who was there FIRST. I was sucked into this, now there is no way out....Like the Chinese say "Once you start riding the tiger, it's kind of hard to get off".
5. Sichuan 99 (previous owner and staff of Bean Flower)
Amazing food! One of the few really authentic, good Chinese eateries in Seattle!
2 stars alone for Free Delivery!
We got enough food for the two of us to have dinner tonight and lunch tomorrow for under 30 bucks. Good deal! Initially, I had a hard time finding an online menu, but fervent searching finally led me to this: http://www.allmenus.co....
We ordered Sesame Chicken, Dry String Beans with Tofu, hand shaven noodle in hot szechuan sesame sauce, and veggie eggrolls to share. My favorite was the peanut sauce drizzled just on top of the noodles.
Overall, I didn't care much for all the grease they use. I rarely eat oily things, so this was total overload for me. The homemade noodles were awesome, but the sauce they were in was essentially an oil soup. The dry beans were good, but the tofu was so fried it was unrecognizable as bean curd. The eggrolls were good, but nothing special.
The sesame chicken was a hit with my boyfriend and looks a lot like the orange chicken at Panda Express (and probably had the same corn syrup content, much to his delight).
We'll totally order from them again, as there's tons to choose from, but I will try to order things with a lower grease content, if that's possible.
Thoroughly mediocre. I came here with high hopes based on all the glowing Yelp reviews, only to be seriously disappointed.
The spicy hot pot was greasy and bland. The idea itself has merit--boil meat, tofu, veggies, and noodles at your table in a flavorful broth. Except it had no flavor or spice. What flavor it did have was really strange. Thumbs down. The dried green beans with chicken were another disappointment. The best dish ordered was the scallops in spicy black bean sauce. The sauce was good, but the scallops were rubbery little pencil erasers. Not the big , succulent ones you see in most restaurants.
Maybe we ordered all the wrong dishes? I am inclined to give it another try someday, but with all the other great restaurants in the vicinity, there's really no rush. It might help to come with Chinese people so you know what the hell to order or at least to have someone translate the waitressess' VERY limited English. There was a group of (presumably) Chinese people at the next table and all their food looked delish.
7/3/08 UPDATE: when we say "wanna order delivery?", we no longer need to question or elaborate - - one of us calls Szechuan Bistro. Consistently tasty, fast.
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Thank you fellow Yelpers for yet another super recommendation. I'm bravely weighing-in with my opinion after only one lunch here at Szechuan Bistro, yet can't wait to go back - - or rather, order delivery :-) How do I know there is a God?? Chinese delivery!!
I'm generally a wimp when it comes to *stars*, yet hubby likes it Hot. We enjoyed the lunch specials of eggplant in hot garlic sauce, dried green beans w/ fish, Mongolian beef, hot & sour soup. The flavors were clean, and even though all dishes were cooked with a lot of red pepper, it played out as Flavor rather than Heat and we were both very happy. The "lunch special" rice was boring, but does anyone truly expect that to be good?
The menu is extensive & nicely presented; there is a section for each "preparation / flavor", and then you choose from all the usual suspects done in that preparation: chicken, beef, combo, tofu, etc. Super easy.
Waitstaff was super accommodating; they open at 11:30, we cruised in at 11:15 AM, rattled the door a little, started to go next door for coffee when the waitress ran over, unlocked the door & beckoned us in. And the service was equally as stellar throughout the meal. Parking is a challenge near this intersection of 85th & Greenwood.
So happy to find a "delivery" option in Crown Hill other than pizza!!
Some of the best take-out I've ever tried to pass off as my own!
Sure, I can make Szechuan style dry green beans, who can't? If you've never had dry green beans (with what Helen calls Chinese pickle) you have not had green beans the way God intended you to eat them.
The Szechuan pork was ordered in a take-out phone conversation mix-up, but ended up being damn tasty.
Next time I'm invited to a Chinese potluck I'm totally calling Szechuan Bistro - they make me look like a star!
This place deserves a minimum of four and a half stars.
Szechuan Bistro is not necessarily the place to go for Sweet and Sour Pork, or vegetarian dishes. It's an excellent place to go for spicy, greasy, flavorful Sichuan dishes of relative authenticity, though pretty much everything is solid here too. Try beef noodle soup, dried cook string bean with fish, Chongqing hot chicken, something with hand-shaved noodle or just have the nice lady who works the front tell you what's good. The prices during lunch are extremely reasonable, though I appreciate the selection offered by the dinner menu. If you're feeling somewhat adventurous, try the whole fish in black bean sauce.
I've come here frequently for the last year or so and always received delicious food and friendly service, whether it was dine-in, take-out or delivery. Szechuan Bistro is the shit.
edit: I would just like to do a routine edit of this review. Szechuan Bistro is still really good as of February, 08, and always very, very fast. I can eat lunch here in well under twenty minutes if I need to. By the way, dried-cooked string bean with fish is probably the best dish on the menu, if not easily the best lunch within 5 miles. I kind of perceive it as a dish running distantly parallel to fish and chips.
new favorite menu item: I had overlooked the "hot and spicy dish" section of the menu for quite some time, until I was able to recognize the Chinese characters next to it. The literal meaning is like, water cooked cattle meat. Other restaurants often translate it on their menu as "water cooked beef," "boiled beef," or just "beef stew." Anyway, it's bomb. The ingredients, as far as I can tell, are pretty much limited to sliced beef, napa cabbage, garlic, dried chiles and oil. I ordered this for take-out the other night and received at least a pound and a half. The plastic tub it came in was filled to the brim and about the size of a large yogurt container.
I also have to agree with the other reviewer who referred to their hot and sour soup as the best in Seattle. It varies a little bit from day to day, but it's consistently delicious and always very hot and very sour. If this place ever leaves me I'm going to be seriously upset.
Eh. We order from here for Chinese delivery once or twice every couple months. It's fine. When you don't feel like cooking it does the trick. Not great, not bad.
My only real complaint is that usually when we order, I order Chicken fried rice. It usually looks so raw that I eat around it, AND it kinda has an odd seafood smell- which freaks me out. Even heating it up for leftovers in the microwave for about 3 minutes doesn't seem to phase this smelly, undercooked chicken. This has happened twice. I think now I know better.
But, they deliver! The prices are good, and everything else we've ordered has come cooked. Someone once told me this was their favorite place to have lunch so maybe others will absolutely love this place, but with so much good Chinese food to be had in the I.D., I don't know if I'd go that far.
Good hand shaved noodles - I haven't had anything else on the menu. But I've had the hand shaved noodles at least 6 times. By the looks of these reviews, the other stuff on the menu is pretty good too.
Greenwood! Who knew.
OMG. I think I totally saw Lori W while I was eating there. That is so funny. I concur 100%. The "hand-shaved" noodles are intensely good. They seem to be shaved off of some giant noodle block. Their homemade tastiness knows no bounds: soft chewy goodness in a savory, spicy sesame sauce. Ooh-de-la-leee!
The spicy hot pot is also outstandingly delicious. They bring out plate after plate of raw bits to put into the bubbling, flavored broth. After the meal, you're sweating, your nose is running, but man oh, man it's sooo worth it.
Make this the top destination if you like spicy, authentic Chinese food.
My boyfriend and I tried Szechuan Bistro for the first time last night. Being that we just moved into our new apartment over the weekend, we were far too tired (and lazy) to make dinner. I'd been recommended this restaurant by a co-worker, so we decided to order some food for delivery.
Ordering was painless and easy (especially since you can do a credit card over the phone if you don't have cash) and the food was delivered fairly quickly (although it probably helped that we don't live that far away!).
We ordered the pork chow mein with the hand shaven noodles (oh, the noodles were fantastic and delicious), kung pow chicken, steamed white rice, and vegetable egg rolls. Everything was great and the portions are HUGE! We seriously got a massive amount of food for only $18. We have enough left for at least two more meals, which really makes the cheap prices even better.
Next time I think that I would opt for the spicy chow mein over the non-spicy though, as I feel it could have used a bit more flavoring. Other than that, this place was very good and I have a feeling we'll be ordering take-out from here again very soon.
Update: last two times I've called here to order, the phone just rang and rang... WTF? There goes a star!
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Awesome delivery Chinese is mine!!! Thanks to all of my yelp friends who recommended this one! And they deliver to Ballard! Hooray for Szechuan Bistro!
We got the hand-shaved noodle spicy pork chow mein, mandarin prawns, and the dry fried string beans. The noodles were phenomenal- tender yet chewy, with little strips of pork, green onion and bok choy. The prawns were great too, big and juicy and deep fried to perfection before being smothered in a sweet sour and spicy sauce . And those green beans! I need to learn how to make these!
Even though this was szechuan food, it was not as overpoweringly spicy as I feared it would be. Just enough heat to feel a slight burn on your lips after you finish, but not enough to detract from your enjoyment of the food. Rest assured, they will be coming to my front porch with a bag full of hot deliciousness many more times!
Szechuan Bistro is owned by a very sweet family whom I swear never leave the building. The decor is not going to inspire you, but the food surely will.
I'll give Janeane a better menu:
1. The spicy potatoes - these are thinner-than shoestring, perfectly stir fried potatoes. Do not skip this. It is very difficult to do this right, and they do it better than anyone.
2. Deep fried pepper chicken - These are hot but balanced. The oil is always hot and clean - never invading the meat.
3. Pot stickers - they're large, the filling is well done, and the skins are homemade and perfect.
4. Anything with their shaved noodles.
There is one thing about many Chinese restaurants - English translations never do the dishes justice. So there may be a tendency to avoid some really tasty things that lose something in translation.
I was a little cautious when we first walked in to this place as there were only two other diners and every other table in the house had dirty dishes on it and it was only 8:30 in the evening.
However, the food wasn't bad. WE had the chow mein with hand shaven noodles, hot and sour soup, and string beans. I wasn't let down by any of it and the prices were reasonable so I think I will give this place another shot.
You want a good place for carry out, hot pot or great Chinese food that's authentic. Well, here's the place. You know this is the place when there's a Chinese menu, your Chinese friends from China take you there and the cooks are playing Chinese domino games or making dumplings in the dining area. Then, you order and they jump up go cook your meal and then back to what they were doing in the first place, having a relaxed lifestyle that I respect and appreciate. Here you'll find some spicy dishes that will set the normal Seattites pallet on fire. This is a place I'll drop by on a Sunday afternoon and order the special fried rice with everything in it and some pork pot stickers (yummy) to take out.
Got delivery from here a week ago.
While not the absolutely worst food I've ever had, I found it to be a little disturbing that all the meat (we had a mix of chicken, beef, and pork dishes) all looked and tasted the same. The sauces for each tasted the same too. A little more than mildly disturbing. Also, if you're looking for veggies, you might be able to identify one or two.
OMG. Fabulous hand shaved noodles. Definitely try that. I've gotten it everytime I've ordered delivery or eaten in. The decor isn't that great, but get over it. Their spicy hot pot is fun and tasty to do with friends/family. I would stick to their spicier szechuan style dishes. I've seen a good mix of Chinese in there with other groups as well.
I love that they do free delivery too.
YES!! This is the best Sichuan food outside of the International District in north Seattle. The hot fish pot is the best!!! Also, try the cold beef. It is very spicy, but addicting. Dried green bean is also very good as is the Cumin Lamb.......but then, I have never had a bad meal here.
You will not be disappointed.
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