Chengdu Taste — Restaurant in Alhambra

Five out of five stars. Love and adore. Incredibly spicy, Szechuan style food; intensity flavored and aromatic, this kind of food is dryer and spicier than south Chinese food that incorporates lots of sauce. You won't find things like almond duck on this menu - every dish packs a whallop, and it's incredible!!

Standouts are the poached fish in super spicy broth; white fish simmered in a broth laced with liberal amounts of Chinese vinegar and laden with chili peppers. Plenty of greens and celery make this a hearty, sour, spicy, soul warming dish.

I also love the hot and spicy Chinese eggplant; the eggplant is not overcooked, which helps it retain it's almost meat like toothyness that is so so good with a little rice to mop up the chili garlic sauce it comes swimming in.

Guess Guess shrimp is just shrimp and french fries, which should please some of the pickier members of your group.

I also loved the Ma Po Tofu. I know every Szechuan place does Ma Po Tofu, but this was something special. Tofu is creamy and sublime, melting into a savory and highly spicy backdrop of chili peppers and garlic. I ate some much my lips went numb from the heat!

Chengdu Taste: come hungry, like spicy, and be ready to blow...

The BEST!

Mouthwateringly numbing delicious spicy Szechuan legendary spot in Alhambra.

Was inspired to leave our bubble in the Westside to visit a top restaurant in Jonathan Gold’s Best 101 Restaurants in Los Angeles List.

Chengdu Taste was everything we wanted... aromatic, layers of flavour, surprisingly light and not greasy. The chefs know how to cook and it’s evident in every single dish.

The numbing taste catches up so first your tongue and lips then nose and head may start tingling. Water doesn’t help. Eat rice or vegetables. It will ease up but it’s a very surreal feeling.

We ordered 9 dishes

Fresh Fish in green pepper sauce Chicken and vegetables in red chilli sauce Fried chicken with red chilli Lamb cumin Mapo Tofu Won ton in red sauce Won ton in numb sauce Green vegetables Pork in garlic sauce

Seriously all were so good. My nephew who loves spicy foods declared Chengdu Taste his “favourite restaurant ever.”

Mad props to Top Chef All Stars LA to feature a Jonathan...

Park in street. Price is fair. Portions fair. Scan qr code and order from phone then itll say order submitted. Pay regular like u do at a restaurant. First time here suggested with friend. We also got the toothpick spicy lamb. Good stuff. With a chicken dish and shrimp fried rice. The shrimp fried rice was perfect had peas egg shrimp. The chicken didnt taste like chicken but thats chinese food right. Not the lamb had like 50% fat. Maybe 10% gristle. Quality of meat could be way better. The service ppl weren't the most friendly and welcoming. Idk. I smiled and thanks and everything and it felt like cold shoulder. The food was ready in a blink of an eye lol. Would i go back? Idk. Leaning more towards no based on quality of meat unfortunately. Theres a reason why i prefer grass fed steak . All 3 dishes came out to like $68 total. The dishes here were really different which was cool too btw. Also chew carefully, u might catch a bone and a...