Had dinner here on Friday with a couple friends.
Seaweed Salad - not bad.
Cold Steamed Chicken with Hot Sauce - not as interesting as the one back at Best Noodle House, but still pretty good.
Boiled Fish Filets with Hot Sauce - really good.
Chonqing Dan Dan Noodles - excellent! The noodles could’ve used a bit more bite, but the flavors were spot-on.
Shrimp Fried Noodles - would normally not get a dish like this here, but one of my friends wanted a “safe” option A few of the shrimp tasted a bit fishy, but the noodles were surprisingly good, especially the “brown sauce”, which was much better than you’d usually get from a more run-of-the-mill American Chinese joint that “specializes” in these kinds of dishes.
Gele Mountain Style Fried Chicken - absolutely insane. The dish looks deceptively simple, but the seasoning on this chicken is like crack. Even after we were stuffed I couldn’t stop picking at what remained of this dish.
Not pictured are the Sichuan Style Dumplings - they were good but the dough-to-filling ratio was a little heavy on the dough. Still, the dough itself was not too dense, so they were still tasty.
Bang Bang:
We were going to get dessert at Here’s Looking at You, but they were closing early that day, so we ended up stopping at…
Bumsman Organic Milk Bar
(My friend’s) Lychee/Dragonfruit:
Not great. Flavors were pretty muddled. Very instagrammable, though.
Not pictured:
Matcha (mine): OK. Pretty standard matcha flavor. Wouldn’t go out of my way for it.
Milk (other friend’s): Decent, if unusual. Pretty strong lactic flavor, reminiscent of a heavy cream or something along those lines. Might be worth it if you’re into that sort of thing.