Sichuan Kungfu Fish is a Chinese restaurant located in a small plaza in Richmond Hill that specializes in spicy Sichuan fish dishes. I went this past Saturday around lunchtime to see if warranted all the positive reviews or was it just another place that just served mediocre spicy food.
We decided to go with a large steamed tray of Basa fillet ($19.99 plus tax) at a chopped chili spicy level (two chillies). The spicy levels range from curry (one chili), chopped chili (two chilies), hot pot tofu (three chilies) and the peppercorn spice (three chilies). The more chilies, the spicier the dish. We also ordered a regular dish of spicy crayfish ($12.99 plus tax) which came to about ten spicy crayfish. We also two steamed rice (.99 cents each plus tax) and added enoki mushrooms and cabbage ($1.99 each plus tax) to the steamed Basa fillet dish.
The steamed Basa fillet dish was incredible. The fish was lightly pan fried before it was put in the broth to give it some form and it was so tender and moist and soaked up the broth perfectly which had onions and chopped chilies in it and great flavour to it. A lot of places have dishes that are really spicy but the food is mediocre but this dish was perfectly spicy and a great dish that was executed perfectly.
The spicy crayfish was good, definitely very spicy, and a reasonable size. The only thing I would recommend is letting the crayfish sit in the broth longer to better absorb the broth.
Eating at Sichuan Kungfu Fish feels like you are eating a great home cooked meal. Hearty and so tasty but not overly complicated. If you love spicy delicious food, I definitely recommend Sichuan Kingfu Fish, it's definitely a hidden gem in Richmond Hill. The prices are reasonable and the portion size are a fair size and most importantly the food is spicy and delicious.
They also had a promo for 15% off for people that posted pictures of their food to WeChat which is a free messaging and calling app used by the Chinese community.