OK, now THIS finally makes me want to try this place. The delicacy and nuance is what I love about Chef Yu Bo’s cooking - the spice is supposed to work (and just enough so) in accentuating the freshness of the ingredients in the dish.
By the way, let’s remind all the readers out there that there are two different restaurants out there, yet BOTH are located in Alhambra, BOTH are Sichuan in focus, and BOTH contain the character Xiang ( 香, which means fragrant or fresh) in their names: You’ve got Xiang La Hui ( 香辣汇 ), and then you’ve got Zui Xiang Yuan ( 嘴香缘 )…