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| - Okay, so I can't handle spicy food. I didn't come here for the longest time because of the Szechuan and the hot peppers in their name. Then came the amazing reviews on yelp and the personal recommendations from all of my Asian friends. And I still didn't dare.
Then, on the evening of July 4th, pre-fireworks, I was half full of barbeque but my parents had just driven into town and were hungry. What to do, what to do. Of course, Chinese restaurants are open on July 4th. So we came here at around 8 pm on July 4th, and the entire place was packed with what seemed like every Chinese person in town.
I shied completely away from spice and ordered hong shao tofu (red braised tofu), lobster with ginger+scallion, and a pork strip dish. Came back two weeks later with friends and had the cong you bing (scallion pancakes), san bei ji (3 cups chicken), xiang gan rou si (stir-fried pork + tofu), and ba zhen dou fu (8 treasure tofu - a mix of tofu and a bunch of seafood, veggies, mushrooms, etc).
Of all things I've tried ,the pork strip dish I had with my parents was only thing that wasn't up to par (parents thought it was too sweet). Everything else was great. This is probably the only place in Cleveland that has gotten xiang gan rou si correct. And the chicken was a bit spicy but it still tasted good!
We'll definitely be back here to try the karaoke.
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