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Really really good Schezwan on the east side! Everything we tried was better than the last dish. The chicken wanton soup stood out, will definitely order that again. I was shocked by the Mapo Tofu, I didn’t even realize it was vegetarian and missing the pork!
My only complaint is that it was not as spicy as I was hoping. I’ll ask them to challenge me next time.
… moreJessica Gutierrez
My boyfriend and I stumbled across this restaurant on their soft opening day and were absolutely blown away by the quality and authenticity of their food! It has been incredibly hard to find authentic food like this in Portland. We were very spoiled with this food back home in the SGV (LA area) and are so excited to finally have a taste of home so close by in our area! Do yourselves a favor and stop by—each dish is DELICIOUS and full of flavor!!
… moreShang Ma
Amazing SiChuan Chinese food. We ordered 2 bowls of noodles and few snacks. All were flavorful and delicious. I highly recommend this restaurant if you love noodles and spicy/numbing flavor.
… moreEmma
Authentic Sichuan food! Absolutely loved their Beef Pancakes! There are spicy and non spicy food choices. It will be a little spendy if you want to get all of those dishes that are good.
… moreRachel Thompson
This place is a GEM!! The best and most authentic Chinese food I’ve had in Portland. The pork bao was so fresh and delicious and 3 for $5 at lunch time. The spicy ground pork vermicelli noodles was the perfect winter treat. The perfect amount of spice and flavor. Thai tea is delicious as well. Highly recommended!
… moreCandice Wang
If you love spicy food, must try their “Spicy ground pork with vermicelli” this is definitely the one will make you come back again and again, not even mention the “Braised ground pork over rice” which is children’s favorite bowl!
However, I suggest put some veggies on the rice bowl to balance the tastes!
… moreElija Bandersnatch
I had such high hopes for this place only to be dashed to the earth like getting dumped by your date on Prom Night. The staff was charming and nice, So I’ll start with the good. It’s a fun, colorful, hip interior that held promise like a beautiful hand in a warm fur glove. I loved the Wheat Bay sign! I didn’t mind the Television which 95% of all Asian restaurants have now. It must be in the handbook.
I loved the BBQ Bao (Pork Buns), it was huge and tasty, although it would be nice if it came with some kind of dipping sauce. Bao really needs to be dipped in some kind of sweet chili sauce, but they had a pretty good condiment tray which made up for the lack. Might well be one of the better Bao I’ve had which saved the place from being a one or two star rating, a level I rarely sink to.
So here it is, the sad dark core of my problem with Wheat Bay. On first glance, the bowl of Spicy Beef Broth was not promising. The beef looked parboiled and pale. I thought, don’t judge by the looks, In Asia there are plenty of things that look one way, but taste another. So I sipped the broth, tentatively as if I were reading the first page of a well reviewed novel.
It was bland. As far as I could tell, there was zero spice. I may not know much about life, Calculus goes over my head like a home run ball. Fine wines make my nostrils flare and all taste more or less the same to me. But I know broth and this was one of the worst bowls of broth I have ever had. No character, no umami, no depth. I fetched a tray of condiments and tried to dial it up a bit, but simply adding soy, red oil, and some kind of dark vinegar just barely made it edible. This is one of the first times I have ever left a half a bowl of a spicy broth unfinished.
The noodle were a nice texture, the longest noodles I have ever been served and I had fun searching around for bits of munchies like a a barefoot boy fishing in a small pond. But it was all tasteless, just a salty bore.This is not the kind of thing you ask the cook about. If he doesn’t know he is serving salty dishwater, then what is the point of pointing it out to him? I was utterly disappointed. Particularly given how fun and welcoming the atmosphere was. This does not need subtle tweaking, this needs a whole new direction. Maybe other things on the menu are not as bad, but broth is the golden path to the top of the mountain. It is the door that opens to all other dishes. If it is bad, then that door slams shut.
… moreCharlie Te
Great new place that serves a good variety of wontons and dumplings, as well as noodle dishes. Some of the must have includes – pan fried pork buns, spicy hot pot dumplings, chili oil wontons, beef pancake, braised pork over rice, pork wontons in soup, pan fried pork dumplings… and more. Everything was delicious and I can see myself coming back here.
… moreSteve Elzie
Fantastic. Got the spicy ground pork with vermicelli. Nice level of heat and good flavor on chunks of ground pork. Noodles were good. Had a citrus / lemony taste with the broth that added nicely to the heat. An authentic hole in the wall well worth visiting
… moreNick Fraker
Ordered the Chengdu hot pot, mung bean jelly noodles, and cucumber salad. The cold dishes (noodles and cucumber) were great, some of the best mung bean noodles I’ve had in a long time. The hot pot was ok, I think the right amount of spice for Chengdu but while I could taste the Sichuan peppercorn I didn’t get any numbing, I think maybe they were too old. The hot pot was an odd mix, it felt more like a Korean hot pot; potato, cauliflower, cellophane noodles, bean sprouts, and quail eggs together with both seafood and different types of beef. But overall the flavor was nice and it was well prepared.
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