GET THE MAPO TOFU. The other dishes at Lao Lee are quite mediocre tbh. Plus the restaurant doesn’t feel clean e.g. the floor is sticky, the table has stain, and the place looks old with the aged furnishings.

We arrived at 12pm and the restaurant was pretty empty. By the time we left at around 1pm, the line got really long with locals and tourists.

＊Mapo Tofu 麻婆豆腐🌟 Lao Lee serves up Mapo Tofu in a mini hot pot. They use Sichuan chili pepper (赤麻椒) so the dish induces a tingling numbness in the mouth. It is on the spicer end compared to typical Japanese food, but still tolerable. The mapo tofu is a straight up 5/5 to me.

＊Pork Egg Fried Rice 老李焼豚炒飯 Very mid. Not enough smoky aroma. The rice wasn’t grainy enough — they probably didn’t use overnight rice for this.

＊ Pork Belly Bun 角煮万十 It looks like Taiwanese Gua Bao (刈包) but without cilantro and ground peanut. It tasted bland without any seasonings or sauce.

＊ Steamed Pork Dumpling 肉汁水餃 The portion was shockingly small lol. They looked sad on the tiny plate.