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| - Ummm.... I wanted to come here while I was in town. I was missing food from another restaurant that used to exist up the street from this place and is somehow associated with the same owner, so I was hopeful. The menu is split into two sides, the front is Chinese food, the back is Americanized Chinese food. I really wanted duck, and there were two options on the menu. The first one was braised and I believe it was what I was looking for but it listed a sauce I wasn't familiar with, or maybe I've eaten it and just didn't know what it was called, so I asked our server and he went to the manager to try and figure out how to explain it. I guess it was hard to explain to Americans and he felt most American palates did not appreciate the flavor. He suggested we get the tea smoked duck instead, and we listened. I'd been wanting hot and sour soup and I missed it so we ordered it, and we got Mongolian beef cause it was listed as spicy, and it's usually safe.
The hot and sour soup came out first, and it was bland. How is this bland? I was confused, I think I was served the white people version at a Chinese restaurant for the first time in my life because of my lack of accent and my not Asian looking buddies. I understand trying to play it safe and not wanting to serve food your patrons will not be able to handle, but there was no flavor. The tea smoked duck came out and it was smoky, and alright. The skin didn't have that slight crunch to it, it was a little dry. I regret listening to the server and ordering this instead of that other duck, I imagine if I'd stuck to my original plan I probably would have gotten real hot and sour soup instead of getting the white people hot and sour soup. The Mongolian beef came out last and I was so sad. If you were to Google pictures of Mongolian beef.. it didn't look like that. But I have to be fair and remember this is a Szechuan style place, it's in the name. I guess I didn't realize I should have been expecting something different from what I usually expect an that's on me. It wasn't even spicy. I get the guy was trying to be helpful to Americans and was unknowingly misleading, or grouped everyone together without realizing despite our roots, we all have different tastes and some of us are actually able to appreciate the flavors they're hiding... they might be hiding. I'm not even sure. My friends joked next time I should go in alone and order to go so we get the "real stuff" while they wait in the car, then we can go home and eat while watching Netflix. I'm not going back.
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