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| - Another week, another Squirrel Hill Chinese restaurant to try. Seriously, there's practically one for every week of the year. How Lee was our choice because we had an AllMenus coupon code for $10 off, so that was essentially a free entree. Sold! We ordered a scallion pancake, which I haven't had in years and was essentially dreaming about all this time, the Triple Szechuan Delight (shrimp, beef, vegetables in "brown sauce"), and chicken fried rice because we're cool.
When we went to pick it up, the place was PACKED. Lots of Asian families eating big pots of delicious looking food, and lots of white people standing around waiting for take out. Sounds like this is one of those places with an American menu, and a Chinese menu. We are pretty adventurous eaters typically, but since this was our first time at How Lee, we figured we'd start simple. We waited about 10 more minutes after getting there, and I had to fight through the crowds to get to the front to pick up my food. So it took about 25 minutes total for the food to be ready - kind of a while, but given the crowd I'm not surprised.
We took the food home, and nommed it. I loved the scallion pancake - they're really simple and I've never had one that was different than any other, but the greasy, crispy consistency keeps me coming back. Yum! Fried rice was okay - I've had it better at other places (I think I liked it a lot at Pacific Ring). My boyfriend really liked the Szechuan dish - it was only a little bit spicy, and the sauce did have the glossy Chinese food consistency, but the taste was pretty good. Portions were big and lasted us for several meals.
Maybe next time we'll try something a little more adventurous, and hopefully be rewarded with deliciousness!
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