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| - I've been looking forward to this place since I found so many stellar reviews on yelp a few days ago. Went there today and I was a bit disappointed.
For the price point, they could have afforded to put a bit more flavor into the food. I had the BBQ Pork Eggrolls and Sichuan Tofu, my buddy had the Beef with Vegetables. The eggrolls were really good. They were basically eggrolls filled with bbq pulled pork served with a side of really good bbq sauce. No complaints on the appetizer except that three short eggrolls cut on the diagonal to embellish their size cost me about 9 bucks.
The Sichuan Tofu, which I'm just assuming is the same dish that Ronald H. had (it was the only tofu dish available on the Chinese menu) was supremely disappointing. I've had a lot of Ma Po Tofu in my life and I'm accustomed to having a somewhat soupy mix of soft tofu in black bean sauce with bits of ground beef and vegetables. AnSun's version was more of stir fry of firm tofu in a spicy Sichuan style sauce with hamburger consistency ground beef.
Taking up about half of the real estate on the plate along with the tofu was my fried rice. The fried rice was decent, not much to expect when the rice is meant to be an accompaniment as opposed to a dish in its own right. It was lightly fried in oil and soy with a bit of chopped green onion but it seemed to be seasoned unevenly, with blotches of heavily and lightly coated rice instead of an even soy-colored sheen over the rice as I believe it should be.
aving said all this, it wasn't bad at all. The tofu was flavored very well and had a bit of heat behind it, also the fried rice with its apparently sloppy preparation was actually very good and was much lighter than fried rice I've had in a while, not as thick and greasy as other places tend to make it.
My friend's Beef with Vegetables was another story. The meat was chewy and overcooked, and the overall dish was underseasoned. Again, not much to expect from a dish simply called "Beef with Vegetables" but it's not too much to ask for decent seasoning on a 15 dollar plate, especially around Champaign.
Aside from the food, the restaurant itself had a really nice atmosphere. It's probably one of the nicest and classiest looking places in Champaign that I've gone to eat. It's not very formal though, it has more of a chic sports bar feeling to it with big flat panel LCD's showing sports and whatnot.
Overall my friend and I spent a little over 40 bucks including tax and tip, but for the same price I'd be more comfortable getting really flavorful, albeit high sodium and greasy, chinese food from some place like evo or golden wok. If you're the kind of person that values or enjoys a nice clean atmosphere in a restaurant, Ansun is definitely a place to try at least once. Don't miss the BBQ Pork Egg Rolls.
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