rev:text
| - It's tough to find authentic szechuan food in the US, but it's definitely getting more popular. J&J IS authentic szechuan, but it's just not good szechuan.
We ordered 4 different dishes; the boiled lamb in hot pot, the pork intestines with hot peppers, the pork blood and bean sprouts in hot pot, and a cold dish of beef and tripe.
The boiled lamb and the cold dish were the best dishes; both were decently done, but not spectacular. The flavor was okay, the quality of the lamb and beef were good, and the portion was right. It's what you would expect of a quality szechuan place.
The pork intestines with hot peppers was a bad dish. The intestines were properly cooked, but there was ZERO flavor with the dish. It was as if the intestines were just deep fried and then thrown on top of hot peppers and not even stir fried with the rest of the ingredients.
The pork blood and bean sprouts in hot pot was just all over the place. The flavro was fine, but the pork blood was not good. It was low quality and overcooked. Then also within the dish were slices of bologna. BOLOGNA. YES. WTF?!?! Why on earth would anyone put bologna in this dish as a filler? I have no clue.........plus it wasn't mentioned on the menu.
All in all, this place actually isn't terrible, but it's definitely not what I would call good. The service is actually good, and our waitress was quite accommodating. However, for szechuan food I really don't care about the service and decor as much as I do about the food. Really it should be 2.5 stars, but I can't give it a 3.
Do yourself a favor and go to Yunnan Garden, a place that's much better.
|