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| - I give it five starts not because Szechuan Gourmet is perfect but that it is the best Chinese food I can find in Cleveland. As a Chinese living in a mid-size city in the US, I am constantly frustrated by the fact that most "Chinese food" here is really just low quality and bland Cantonese or Fujianese food. Don't get me wrong, good Cantonese and Fujianese food can be extremely flavorful but that's not what you commonly find in the US.
Suchuanese food's popularity has taken all over China and I'm an addict to its spiciness and flavorfulness. From what I've heard, although the owners of Szechuan Gourmet are not from Sichuan, the chefs are, and their food definitely tastes like so. I used to go to Wonton Gourmet to crush my cravings for good Chinese food but since Sichuan Gourmet's opening, this is the only place I go to now (sorry Wonton Gourmet, good times though).
I'm absolutely in love with the "water-boiled" (very spicy) fish and beef (Shui Zhu Yu & Zhu Shui Niu). My husband orders the dan dan noodles (Dan Dan Mian) strings beans with minced pork ()every time. Their "husband-wife lung slices" (Fu Qi Fei Pian) made with husband-wife lung slices (I mean thinly sliced beef and beef offal in spicy oil), a signature cold dish of Sichuan, is also excellent. If you want mild spiciness, try fish-flavored pork slices (Yu Xiang Rou Si). Anyway, I am really happy that Cleveland has Szechuan Gourmet!
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