NE Chinese Restaurant

I'll start with the caveat that this place may not be for everyone. If you're looking for standard Chinese-American fare, you'd probably be better off going somewhere with better decor and easier parking. That said, if you're looking for authentic Sichuan cuisine, you'd be hard pressed to find someplace better. Dishes tend to be greasier, saltier, and spicier than standard Cantonese dishes that most people are used to. And, as most traditional Chinese restaurants tend to be, dishes are served family style.

I started with the pig's head meat salad, which is incredible. It's the type of side dish popularly served as drinking/bar food in many Asian countries. It's served cold and has the perfect blend of saltiness and spiciness (as well as nuttiness from sesame oil) to power through an all night drinking binge.

For the main course, we had twice cooked, spicy fish, which is a very simple Sichuan preparation of breaded fish stir fried with chilies and, I'm guessing, spicy black bean paste. We also had spicy chicken with potato and noodles. I'm much less familiar with this dish but tastes great. The only complaint I have is that the chicken parts in the dish are way too bony. There wasn't enough meat. Otherwise, it tasted great.

All in all, this place definitely made a repeat customer of me.