Does this place deserve 4 Yelp stars? No if you ask me. Granted I'm a native Chinese, addicted to spicy food and hold high standards for Sichuan cuisine, but with my high anticipation after reading all the 4-star reviews, this place was one big letdown.
How Lee was my first stop on my visit to Pittsburgh. I ordered the spicy fish fillets (Shui Zhu Yu), an iconic Sichuan dish, and a cucumber salad, a common cold dish hard to mess up. The cucumber salad was the weirdest version I've ever had, the dressing resembled a green paste made of chives(?). The Shui Zhu Yu was not authentic at all. The sauce was so pasty and the fish was covered in peppers - NOT the Sichuan technique of "Shui Zhu". I also think the server did a bad job explaining the dish to me otherwise I'd definitely have ordered something else. It was such a disappointing dining experience, especially compared to my satisfactory dinner at Everyday Noodles.