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| - For certain foods there is often this weird phenomena that the more basic and hole-in-the-wall the establishment, the better the food, and Miu's Cuisine is one of those places. I'd heard rumblings in the foodie grapevine that the food was worth checking out but if I wanted any ambiance, best to get takeout.
Well, I'm not overly concerned with ambiance, which is good as this place is about as basic as you can get but basic as in simple and clean, which is fine. It seems they specialize in Szechuan (spicy!) and Cantonese (not so much) cooking and though the list of items is not as large as in some bigger Chinese restaurants it is still a pretty varied list, including a whole list of vegetarian options.
I'd seen a review of this establishment on PHX Rail Food and based on that ordered the garlic cucumbers, which are amazing. They are the small and thin skinned Lebanese cucumbers cut into chunks and then bathed in a mix of raw garlic, a bit of salt, some hot chili oil (though not spicy), and possibly some rice wine, though I'm not sure, but this simple dish, delicious. The only challenge is that they are super difficult to pick up with chopsticks so had to break down and get a fork or you can eat them with your hands.
We also ordered some scallion pancakes which are decent and help act as a shoving instrument to get food onto your fork if needed. In addition, tried the pan fried potstickers (eh, nothing special but large), the cold chicken (delicious, and covered in a mix of chopped garlic, possibly with some diced scallions, and some rice wine vinegar, whatever it was, super tasty), and the braised eggplant (delicious, would so get that again). We also ordered some cooked rice and I don't know if they have brown rice but what they brought was good, nice and sticky.
Finally, we did order some green tee, that could have been hotter. I like mine steaming hot and this was a but lukewarm but that is part of the basic charm. All that for two people came out to $30. My co-worker thought it was a but much but I'll disagree and say it was well priced for the quality of the food.
I'm giving it five stars for the quality of the food and though the place was basic, the service was good. Speaking of that food quality, I've been to Japan a few times, and Hong Kong, and I truly felt I was overseas when eating this food, it was that good. I look forward to working my way through the rest of the menu items so folks go check it out and if you don't like a basic dining atmosphere, get it to go. I don't think you will be disappointed.
*Quick update - took the parents, we loved the twice cooked pork dish and once again, got an eggplant dish, wonderful! I also ordered the lamb ribs which come out looking like something form the food channel - small ribs, fried with just a bit of chewy meet left on them, but mixed in with a mound of dried hot peppers, fresh scallions, and possibly another spice or two (maybe cumin?) - suffice to say, spicy, though in a spice way as well as somewhat hot. It was not my cup of tea but definitely a food experience that may be worth a try.
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