Chili House — Restaurant in Walnut

This is my most revisited restaurant in this area, tied with Mountain House.

Specifically, though, there's one dish here that I keep coming back for, and that's the Mr. and Mrs. Smith. This dish alone showed me what a cold dish could and should be. It has the perfect amount of Ma La, or that numbing spicy, combined with other peppers and spices that enhance the wonderful flavor and texture of the meat mixture itself. Mix in just enough fresh cilantro to compliment but not overwhelm the dish, and you have a recipe that kept me coming back for more.

Every time I had a rough day at work or coming home on the freeway, or simply felt overheated and wanted something cool and refreshing, I came here and ordered this dish. Each time it made my day better.

I feel a little silly, writing a review for a restaurant that I've visited so much yet have only had one dish from, but if the Mr. and Mrs. Smith is this good, then the rest of the dishes here are surely as delicious. I can't recommend this...

Hunan cuisine is sooo fire (literally)🤤🔥🔥 This province is known for their spicy food & copious use of chilies similar to Szechuan

🍽️Ordered: Deep fried chicken w/ chilis Eggplant and thousand year egg Braised tofu

The eggplant dish is one of my favoriteeee hunan dishes. The flavor is insane and the thousand year old egg pairs with the cooked eggplant SOO well😻😻 the texture is so amazing and I can eat 3 bowls of rice with that dish omg. The chicken was also great and perfectly crispy and spicy. Beware of how spicy Hunan food can get because you’ll...

Whew, note to self, do not ask for extra spicy here. The braised tofu packed a fiery punch and a lot of multicolored chillies, topped with plentiful scallions and ginger. A side of pumpkin (Nánguā) was perfect to soothe the spices, it was really well done and just melted in my mouth, much like the tofu. I also really liked the large pot of green tea, brewed naturally and much better than any of the bags you get in the market. As it stewed, the bitter flavors of the leaves came...