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| - Yum! My dad and I wanted to plan a quick adventure into Pittsburgh, and wanted Asian food while we were in the city. My friend the lovely Angel I. (currently of Washington DC) recommended Sichuan Gourmet and the Squirrel Hill area, which was a very good choice.
There's an easy paid parking lot behind the building, and there were a bunch of open tables available at noon. Our server wasn't the fastest, but she was very nice and quite helpful. They have a huge menu, including authentic dishes, Americanized items, and a lunch menu. All seemed pretty reasonably priced. We tried:
--lunch combo hot and sour soup: delicious, if thinner and different than most I've tried in the past. It seemed to be a thinner broth with less cornstarch, and had mushrooms and more vegetables. Very good.
--lunch combo fried rice: great as well. more vegetables than most, and not greasy or dry.
--sichuan dumpling in red chili oil: very hard to eat with chopsticks, but great-- tasty filling in a very spicy sauce.
--Mongolian beef, extra spicy: my dad ordered this because Mongolian beef is his favorite, and he doesn't get Chinese too often. This was delicious. The beef was perfectly cooked and they nailed the "extra spicy" request. He had plenty of heat without losing any flavor.
--Chicken and eggplant with spicy garlic sauce: actually one of the best Chinese dishes I've had, ever. The eggplant practically melted in your mouth, and the sauce was spicy with the sweetness garlic gets if you cook it just right. So good.
I'm not sure when I'll next make it out of Greensburg, but I might have tovisit Sichuan Gourmet when I do!
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