Famous Sichuan

Worst lunch special ever! Avoid this place!!! The grade from health department is still pending. This place is such a mess!!! I regretted right away after the hot soup was served with a plastic spoon. The rice was not even warm. The lady was busy with her phone and the place was such a terrible mess!!! Can’t believe I chose such a place since I am in Chinatown where lots of good food can be found.

The food is very clean. It’s not heavy and the flavors are deep. Been going to this restaurant for at least a decade.

Good food. The owner is very sweet as well. I got the spicy sezchuan chicken

Wow! It reminded me a little of the Dr. Who police box, tiny and unassuming on the outside and opens to wonders. This place looks like an old barely surviving restaurant from the outside, and opens into a newly updated beautiful interior. There’s sometimes only one person handling those seated inside… and with plenty of packing for pick up and delivery… she’s often really busy.

But always with a smile, and a help. Right off the bat we were offered a free bowl of soup. I had the hot and sour, and it was spicy, but not killer spicy… just right. Everyone got different main courses, and no one was disappointed. The fried dumplings were slightly more popular in our party than the steamed ones. The main dishes (I had the tripe) were all cooked just right and had a kick… but NOT a boot to the face. No room for dessert, so I can’t report on that. The portions were all generous.

Google has a picture of delicious looking beef noodle soup that was posted under ‘Chowbus”. So based on that, and the boss recommending the beef noodle soup, ordered that.
It was rather disappointing, no relation to the photo that had been posted, which the boss said is not a picture of their food.
So the first important note to patrons is don’t look at the pics posted because many to most of them are from Chow Bus, which apparently are random general pics, not pics of this restaurant’s food.

Now my review of THIS restaurant’s beef noodle soup:
Lackluster. Slightly below average.
Beef was lean, dry, somewhat tough muchly thin slices (not braised beef with soft chewy tendon).
Soup base was spicy (good) but thin and kind of on the watery side compared to others with thicker bases.
Noodles were very soft and over-cooked – no they the way I like in beef noodle soup.

It wasn’t horrible, but for over $20 before tip, this beef noodle soup wasn’t worth it and no reason for me to return. 🙁