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  • My friend wanted to go for dinner and she said there's a place for Chinese food that's a lot like home back in China. I sighed... I'm tired of eating more Chinese food. Total overload. I was surprised when we arrived. I have eaten here once before, but hadn't come by for quite some time. The place was packed and there was a line up. The staff was busy, but they were somewhat efficient. You did need to get their attention when walking in and I saw a table or two that diners had finished, but were still not cleaned - at least until someone waiting in line went to the waitress and told them to start cleaning it up for them to sit down. I think based on how busy it was; it's an overworked factor. They utilize an ipad menu and call system. The only problem was the lack of English. You need to go by pictures. I probably could have asked the staff for help, but it seems they're predominantly Mandarin speaking and fortunately, my friend is fluent in Mandarin. Unfortunately, this means I can't tell you if English menu ordering is available. I think the Sichuan style (aside from being spicy) is meant to have a lot of oil/greasiness. A bowl or two of rice is a must when you eat here. The first dish we received was the green onion pancake. I saw it was glistening with oil. If I was with my parents I would have asked for napkins to soak up the oil. The pancake was made the way I like it; flat like a pancake, not like some other places where it is made into a bun. When ordering I recognized a certain dish, but have no idea what it's called except that it is a spicy cold beef appetizer and I couldn't stop eating it. The beef was cubed and slightly chewy, probably softened quite a bit from braising. Even before you see the layer of chili oil pooled at the bottom of the tiny dish you could tell it was definitely infused with spices. I didn't care. My friend fortunately found it to be too spicy so I ate most of it. Sichuan style MaPo tofu is very flavorful and of course uses Sichuan Peppercorns. After downing a couple bowls I had to tap out because of an overload of black beans (they're really salty black coloured beans used in cooking for flavouring). There was a sliced pork belly dish as well - same deal with the black bean overload; and a layer of oil, which I seriously doubt was vegetable/cooking oil, pooled at the bottom. I'm trying to down a lot of water to flush out the salt and also paid for the spiciness today. I'm going to go back soon or order take out. I saw on the website they have Gongbao Chicken (thinking it's "Mandarin-nese" english for Kung Pao Chicken). I need to find out if it's good there.... and I need to get that beef dish again. I NEED TO. 3 Stars because if people ate like this every day it's going to be an early heart attack.
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