Szechuan Gourmet
(btwn 5th and 6th Ave.)
New York, NY
"We started the meal with some sliced beef tendons that Zach told me about. It was an awesome recommendation. The tendons come cold and sliced as thin as prociutto. Then they rain some chili oil on top with some spices. Man, it burns your tongue."
"Crispy lamb fiilets with chilli cumin ($15.95): Perhaps I was too distracted with the lamb to think about the duck. This is one of my most favorite lamb dishes ever (and like many others, one of my favorite dishes at Szechuan Gourmet)—the lamb chunks are super tender and lightly dusted with cumin and chili, resulting in a very slightly crispy exterior."
"I found the tea-smoked duck at Szechuan Gourmet more tender than at Spicy and Tasty, and I encountered an addictive dish I’d never seen or tasted before. It was shredded potatoes stir-fried in hot oil, from which they emerged as slick, firm, noodle-like strands: stand-ins, apparently, for daikon radish in a more traditional treatment."
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