Tonight we got sauteed bean sprouts and a Szechuan style hot pot with tofu. The bean sprouts were on the specials board (they have about 6 or 7 seasonal vegetable specials). It was a nice simple dish, just bean sprouts and some scallions in a mild garlic sauce.
Very light and refreshing. It made a great side dish for the hot pot, which is HOT. The menu describes it as numbing, and it doesn't lie. The first time we ordered it the waitress tried to talk us out of it. It's the best kind of spicy - flavorful, not (just) painful. I have no idea what is in the sauce, but it has multiple layers of flavors and spice, and is completely unlike anything I've had elsewhere. The big pieces of soft tofu soak it up wonderfully. It's a little light on the vegetables - just a carrot and piece of cabbage here and there - but that's a minor quibble (and what side dishes are for).
I've tried several other dishes here and have never been disappointed, but the hot pot is the best so far. Other stand-outs are the veggie moo shu and the Hunan style tofu.
2 comments:
Oh man, I love me some Chinese soup with tofu chunks in it....I'm sort of craving Chinese food now.
By the way, thanks to you, I had to have Chinese last night. After leaving work, there was no controlling the craving! My parents and I were supposed to go out for a quick dinner before running some errands, so I picked Pei Wei (the fast food version of P.F. Chang's China Bistro). They didn't have hot pot, but a Soba Miso Bowl curbed my cravings! :-)
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