The Golden Swallow — Restaurant in Naha

10/2023 Weekday before 6 PM. Very few customers, thus not noisy as other reviews say. Parked at the huge Matsumoto Kiyoshi parking on the same block, as you get free parking for 1 hour if you buy more than 1000 yen and get a parking ticket. QR code ordering style is convenient. Prices feel neither cheap nor expensive. The following comments come from people who have (probably) never had Sichuan cuisine and don’t know how it’s supposed to be AND had underestimated the spiciness. lol. Completely personal preference, but for my records. Gyoza 🥟: good, but normal-good. Tan-tan men: super spicy! GOOD, yes, but spiciness overrides yumminess… Moyashi bean sprouts stir-fry with 花椒Sichuan pepper: good, but we were overwhelmed by the amount of Sichuan pepper (which I don’t dislike at all, but it only takes a single ball of pepper to make the flower bloom (burst?) in your mouth, and there’s like hundreds). Never seen so much in any dish! Again, we are ignorant with this cuisine. Deep-fried tebichi: I thought it was excessively and puzzlingly salty, but having the leftovers at home the next day, I discovered that the Sichuan peppers excite your tastebuds so much that normal saltiness can taste crazily salty. (!! They should have that written on the wall or something, as there are other reviews that mention excessive saltiness and that’s probably why…) So it was the peppers. As long as you be careful of them, the tebichi should be good😊 Seeing from the amount of smaller bones, it could be chimagu…

Finally, some of the staff smelled strongly of fabric softener, which I sensed every time they came to bring something (and is unnecessary), soo.. I always think that’s something everyone serving customers in the food-service industry should be careful of ☺️ They...

Been to this restaurant a few times. Like the food taste is good. I am Chinese. I think they cook Chinese traditional dishes. The way the restaurant’s set up, painted, and decorations are pretty unique. The only thing I don't like is all the dishes...

Izakaya style Chinese restaurant. Each dish comes in small portions so you can enjoy a variety of different foods. We had about 12 plates between the four of us. Every dish was delicious!

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