Yanwu 言午许 — Restaurant in New York

This place is located above northern blvd. It is a hidden gem. The food is authentic Szechuan. The place is small, but the flavor from the food is big! They give you a pitcher of water when you sit down along with some mildly spicy roasted peanuts. I had to consciously stop myself from eating it. We asked the waitress for some recommendation and we were there to try a lot of stuff. She stopped us from ordering after three dishes and explained to us the dishes are big and that we won’t be able to finish. We insisted on ordering, more on that later. The waitress also ask if we can handle spice we told her to ask the chef to take it easy on us. The first thing that came was the kidney dish. So tender and flavorful and mildly spicy. Tip for eating, you should eat the kidney with the veggies as it covers up the gamy taste if you eat it alone sometimes. Learned that from wife. Second dish was the cold noodles. It had a vinegar taste which I’m usually not a fan of. But again my mistake for not mixing it. After a mix it was a lot better. The next dish that came was the free range chicken. Honestly I didn’t think too much of a chicken dish when it was recommended to us. I instantly conjured up images of some dry chicken breast dish. This was far from that. It was chicken that had been lightly fried and skin on. So tasty. My favorite dish because it was such a surprise. So good! The fourth dish that came was the duck blood. It didn’t disappoint as duck blood is so silky unlike pork blood which is more sandy. The duck blood is a good dish to clear your pallet as the chicken and kidney dish is so intense in flavor. At this point the chef came out and we struck up a conversation with him. He told us we should eat the kidney dish before it get cold as it is best hot. He also said he didn’t put some spicy oil on it because we are not from the region and it would have been too spicy for most. But the flavor would be even better with it. Need to try it next time. The conversation was light and informative and he then asked if we still wanted the 5th dish. At this point we were getting full and asked if we could cancel it. He said not a problem. It was the reason he came and talked to us and didn’t want us to over order. So nice. I even had an incident where the chicken I grabbed with my chopstick slipped out and tried to get away even after cooked. Lastly when we asked for the check the waitress brought out a dessert on the house. It was a great pallet cleanser. Highly recommend this place. A hidden gem since we don’t normally go above the northern boulevard. Will...

Came to check this place out after hearing a friend's recommendation. Szechuan Bacon (回鍋肉) is good! Everything was spicy so not that kids friendly, big portion and good for sharing. Rice and bowls came with a cat robot which was cute.

Sliced beef in sour pepper soup (酸湯肥牛) was decent too. Came in a huge bowl.

Yogurt (燈泡酸奶) was good.

Soy Garlic Sauce Eggplant (魚香茄子) was skippable.

Twin Pepper Braised Fish with Tofu Pudding (豆花鱼) was ok, tofu was really soft!

You can order by scanning their QR code when you go in, food comes out fairly quickly. Limited staff so service could be a bit slow - was hard getting the lady's attention when we needed rice or water. Small space with 7-8 tables seating 2-6 per table. Decent option to consider if you like spicy food and are looking to try something new...

This place is on fire! I mean literally. If you are a lovers for authentic Sichuan style Chinese cuisine, then you should come here and have your spice tolerance level tested. Every one of our group of 6 enjoyed the food so much! The crazy fried pig kidney is my personal favorite and the pig knuckle soup( probably the only thing that’s not spicy) is also phenomenon. If you are familiar with Sichuan cuisine then you can just order without an menu since most of the regular dishes such as Mapo tofu, Lazi chicken, Chili oil boiled beef are all top notch. I personally just enjoy the food so much that I forgot to take pictures. Will share pics on...