Sichuan Impression

Have you ever seen someone pour soy sauce on steam rice and proclaim it's how the Chinese eat? This is how the real Chinese eat. Lots of flavor and aroma. Spicy hot that's incredibly delicious and doesn't burn your taste buds. UPDATE! I had previously rated this place 5 stars. I've usually walked here, but today drove up to find the valet staff extremely rude and unnecessary given there's plenty of parking. They give you 45 minutes free and then $2 every 10 minutes. My parking fee was $12 after waiting for my guests to arrive and enjoyed the meal. This, for having parked the car myself, not valet. As much as the food is good, neither my guests nor I will return because of the valet situation. Between lunch and parking for 3 people, the lunch cost me $120. I found have gone to a much better restaurant for that.

Over rated, over hyped, and over priced. Food here is little unique, but nothing to really be impressed about. Really over spiced on some dishes. The servers have some issues that they have to deal with. I don't think I would want to go back here again. Tea was cheap tea bags inside what looks like a fancy tea pot. Dumplings were much better elsewhere. Ribs were okay, nothing extraordinary. The beef soup was disappointing and salty. I thought the collard greens were probably the best. The fries are total rip off. Maybe the Alhambra location is better than here.

OMG, not being exaggerated but I’m obsessed with this restaurant so much!! Most dishes impress me a lot! Boiled Fish with Rattan Pepper: the most tender fish fillet I’ve ever had! They taste very succulent and packed with flavors. It delivers an intensive numbing sensation to my mouth because of the authentic Sichuan pepper. Mao Cai: the soup is the essence of this dish. It’s neither too oily like many other Chinese restaurant’s food, nor too salty. The ingredients bring a lingering fragrance to the dish. Highly recommended. Steamed Pork with Rice Flour: the pork is very juicy, and rice makes pork belly not greasy at all. If I’m not wrong, they also put pumpkin inside. The sweetness of the pumpkin offers the perfect complement to the spices through the richness of the pork belly. Other recommended dishes: Marbled Beef Noodle, Stir-Fried Chili Pork Ribs. Almost came here every week and recommended it to all my friends. Came around 7pm one day and waited for more than one hour to be seated. You know it’s good just by looking at the queue. #favorite Chinese restaurant in LA