Braised tofu with minced pork, hot pepper sauce, scallions. $6.95
China King Restaurant, Herndon VA
This looks messy and gross, but it tasted great. I appreciated that they kept the pork at a sizable mince (it felt more hearty). This dish could have used a bit more heat, but the flavors were solid.
Dried chili peppers, green peppers, carrots in chef’s spicy sauce. $8.95
China King Restaurant, Herndon VA
This was a decent dish. I liked the flavor of the sauce and the amount of chicken they gave. I just wish the sauce was less runny and that there chicken wasn’t so heavily breaded.
Stir-fried string beans in Szechuan sauce. $5.95
China King Restaurant, Herndon VA
I liked these, but they were certainly greasy! I think they had too much oil in the wok and the wok was too hot when they cooked these. I did like all the chiles in the sauce though.
Green onions. $11.50
Eric’s Restaurant, San Francisco CA
The price of this dish has gone up considerably over the last years, and it’s also less saucy these days. I’m less of a fan of it now. It seems like they’ve changed the recipe for the worse and charge more for it.
$9.25
Eric’s Restaurant, San Francisco CA
This isn’t the best fried rice in the city, but it’s certainly moist enough and has a decent amount of meat and vegetables.
Eggplant with chicken, shrimp, red bell pepper, and basil in a special spicy sauce. $11.95
Eric’s Restaurant, San Francisco CA
The price has gone up since last time, but only slightly. I still really like this dish from Eric’s. There’s a good variety of flavors and the sauce is tasty. It could be a bit spicier though since it’s advertised that way.
$1.95
Tung Sing Restaurant, San Francisco CA
Meh, this isn’t the best but it was close to my old apartment so it was convenient to grab one on the way home.
Rock shrimp, salted cabbage, chives, egg, red XO. $19
Mister Jiu’s, San Francisco CA
This seafood fried rice was legit! The rice was still tender, and all the ingredients were of really nice quality. Even the shrimp were juicy and not over-cooked as in most fried rice dishes. Yummy!
With ground pork, chilies, green onion. $16
Mister Jiu’s, San Francisco CA
I think Mission Chinese Food got me into loving mapo tofu because have such a spicy and flavorful version. This version at Mister Jiu’s wasn’t nearly as spicy, but it was flavorful in its own right. I love the fine texture of the dish, and it tasted great over rice.
$11
Mister Jiu’s, San Francisco CA
These were definitely different from regular pork buns with the Dutch crunch exterior. I really liked the pork filling, but I wasn’t sold on the exterior since it ended up on the dry side.
With fried rice. 2-item lunch combo $7.30
New Ming’s Restaurant, San Francisco CA
I like their Szechuan eggplant, but it tends to be greasy (which I think makes it taste better but I’m a bad person, hehe). The Mongolian chicken was pretty good too, and not too salty.
Early girl tomato, nastursium, lily bulb. $9
Mister Jiu’s, San Francisco CA
This fancy hot and sour soup was definitely non-traditional, but it tasted great with the same recognizable flavors of a normal hot and sour soup. I liked the subtle heat and the well developed flavors.
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