Chengdu Taste — Restaurant in Walnut

3.8 Star. Overall. My Szechwan friend is a regular here and says their food is the closest to the flavor she eats in her home town, especially the Catholic Sliced Chicken (my direct translation, not sure what it’s called on the menu) which she always order when dining here, in addition to the Toothpick Lamb.

5 Star. Flavor. All the dishes we ordered were delicious, bursting with flavor, and not your average boring stuff from other Chinese restaurants. It’s authentic to the max. Tastes like food my Szechwan friend and her mom would make and just like how they make it in Szechwan when I visited.

3 Star. MSG. Unfortunately, I don’t think this restaurant can fully accommodate a NO-MSG request. We made sure to request for no MSG for all the dishes, the waiter noted it and I was happy and enjoyed my meal, though I doubted the no MSG from its taste. Right when I got home, I felt so drowsy and was forced to knock out for over 2 hours, a sure sign of post-MSG effect. Perhaps no MSG was sprinkled onto the finished dish, but MSG was already added in during the preparation process. As a courtesy, They should at least point out which dishes had pre-marinated MSG so I can consume less of it. What a waste of my...

If you're looking for a mouth burn from Sichuan peppercorns, go check out Chengdu Taste in Rowland Heights. There are other locations in SoCal as well.

We ordered a few dishes when we had dinner there:

-Dry stir fry pig intestines ($19.99) -Sauteed eggplant w/ spicy garlic sauce ($13.99) -Mung bean jelly noodle in chili sauce ($8.99) -Toothpick lamb w/ cumin ($22.99) -Cuiyun boiled fish with pickled cabbage and chili ($21.99) -Wonton w/ green pepper soup ($10.99)

Of these dishes, we thought the intestines, eggplant, and mung bean jelly noodle were our favorites. We were all sweating while eating, but enjoying the mouth-numbing food. Would definitely try some other dishes next time too!

They have fast and efficient service and there is ample parking in...

I got to try out when everyone is hype about this place. I was impressed with menu. Simple, short with pics Why do I give 2 stars.. here why Overall foods are too salty, even the foods are spicy. Services are bad. They will not check up on you, unless wave with them if they look at your way Table is way too small for those big pots or dishes. I had stried fry a choy veggie since most of dishes doesn't have veggies. We had to sent back because it was too salty. 2nd time is less salty Chicken with green peppers. Mild. . All I could taste is salt n numb herb. Watch put for broken bones in pot. Combo chili pepper. (Intestine, spam, pig blood, beef tripe, bean sprouts) Mild. This taste better than green peppers...