China Sichuan Restaurant / Zeedijk — Restaurant in Amsterdam

Ordered takeout from China Sichuan Restaurant and it was delightful. Authentic, flavoursome and all round hit the spot type vibes.

Fish fillet in chilli oil (forgot the name but it's the biggest, most exxy €€€ fish dish on the menu - came recommended by the staff) is hands down the best dish we ordered, the fish is cooked to perfection - tender and melt in your mouth and the flavours were well balanced. If anything, it could do with a little more Sichuan peppercorns Sichuan special potato beef: was tasty, very similar flavours to the fish, but still delicious perfect balance of chilli without numbing your taste buds Chinese ear mushroom salad: perfect dish to offset the richness and spice of the other dishes. A balance of sweet, sour and dare I say spice which has an almost cooling effect after all the sichuan chillies attacking the taste buds. Won Ton noodle soup: a little random addition but a nice neutral flavour without spice to bring your taste buds back down to earth 😊 cumin lamb: was ok, good level of cumin, however the cumin needed to be more infused into the lamb. I prefer cumin lamb grilled on charcoals, like street food in China so I probably won't get this again.

We had leftovers for a couple meals to follow, and the flavours got tastier over time. Definitely a winning take out meal.

Looking forward to having a dine-in experience here again soon to taste the flavours straight off the stove or trying the hot pot and get the whole dining experience -...

This place was a recommendation by a friend from the Sichuan region, which means that the friends who love this heat in their food were very happy. To the brink of tears, as they might have underestimated how spicy this level of spicy is.

The menu was so big it was almost disorienting. It's great that there is such a large selection, including a large selection of food that wouldn't set me on fire, but after looking through page after page of stuff to eat we couldn't make a choice and had to tell the waitress about four times to come back "in a bit". Eventually we settled om some dishes that were of all our likings. The food was incredible, very tasty and very filling for an extremely reasonable price. And as we mentioned that we had someone with us who's birthday was that day, joking that they should "just surprise him" with the food they would serve (probably best that they didn't, with him not eating certain stuff due to allergies), the birthday-boy even got some icecream with sparkles on the house which was very kind and appreciated.

While we loved the meal and will be back for this, we did run into a small issue with the attitude of some of the staff. I know Dutch customers as well as tourists can be rude, but that doesn't mean I have to feel practically unwelcome and as if I'm a disturbance for just ordering food. Or even for walking through the door. Other staff members made up for it by joking and being kind, but still. The feeling lingered a bit...

Thought we would give this a try after walking around Zeedijk for a while looking for someone to eat. It looked relatively quiet, menus looked good and not too expensive. We were seated straight away with menus. Order was taken quickly for food and drink. We opted for a small rijsttafel. Food arrived quickly and piping hot. We also had a little visitor in the form of a black and white cat come and sit near us, it was very friendly and didn't harrass us although we both made a fuss of it. Food was good however I wasn't keen on some of it and think next time we would just choose single dishes. Once finished the bill was presented to us. There was very little interaction with the staff, they seemed to just want you to eat and go and didn't go out of their way to see if everything was okay but this seems to be the norm in Chinese restaurants in Amsterdam. This didn't bother us as we got everything we wanted and desert was part of the rijsttafel order so other than possibly wanting another drink we had no need to really speak to them again. We would visit again as the food was very good, hot and service was prompt and we liked having the cat around, made it feel...