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| - I've never really had authentic chinese food, and I'm as guilty as they come as far as loving my americanized general tso's and egg rolls. However, authentic Sichuan, with it's allure of numbing spiciness, has had me wanting to try it out for a while now. So while we waited for our one-hour photos to finish at Costco, we ran up here to give this place a shot.
We walked in to grab takeout and the guy at the front desk seemed American born and fluent in both English and Mandarin(Not that I know what fluent Mandarin sounds like, mind you), so consider your complicated phone orders A-OK with this place. We started to look at the menu and were disappointed at the choices - it seemed to be a normal chinese place with a few additions here and there. As I was about to choose a dish, though, the guy mentions that there are in fact two different menus, and that if we're feeling adventurous we should look off the black menu.
Of course, this is what I had been looking for - and of course it was no easier to make a selection off the hundred or so brief descriptions. I finally asked the guy what would give me my fix of Sichuan heat and he immediately recommended the Chongqing Chicken($12.95), describing it at simply chicken mixed in with a heaping pile of peppers, sounded right up my alley. My friend got Shredded Potato in a spicy sauce($9.95), and my girlfriend got tofu noodle soup($7.95) - which they accommodated her complicated order of no sesame oil, sesame seeds, or nuts by going back to the kitchen and ensuring it could be done first. Our food was ready in about 10 minutes.
When I finally got around to eating the chicken, it was exactly as I had hoped - peppers outnumbered chicken in this dish by far, and the heat was amazing. Pure mouth-numbing bliss, and the flavors of the dish itself were outstanding. But seriously, the heat was what I was after and the heat I got, and as I took breaks from eating I was sweating and my tongue felt like it got shot up with novocain.
The shredded potato dish was fairly tasty for the little I tried, and the tofu noodle soup was a bit bland in my opinion - by we also ordered it with a water base instead of a chicken-stock base, which is probably the reason.
The China Star is an awesome place to go try out some real Chinese food. I don't know if this place will replace my General Tso's habits, but I can't wait to come back and start to work my way through some more items on this menu.
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