It is very hard for me to take a restaurant seriously with a name like SXY Szechuan. Also, how do you even pronounce it? Do I just say sexy szechuan? If you read my blog, you know I have a thing for spicy foods. I love Chengdu Taste with all my heart but we pass by SXY all the time and we decided it was finally time to try it. How was it? Good, but not better than Chengdu. Wouldn’t mind returning to try other dishes but Chengdu still reigns supreme in my heart.
Stir-fried Green Beans | $15.99
with szechuan flavor
Nice dish, nicely seasoned. Love the crispy garlic on top! The reason it tastes so good is probably because they deep fry the beans in oil.
Griddle Pork Intestines | $23.99
with vegetable mix
Super cute presentation. A mini wok! I almost wish they served it with like a mini spatula but we got just a spoon. It also comes with a tealight candle at the bottom keeping the dish warm. There is a similar dish to this at Chengdu and I think it’s better at Chengdu. I guess I like that Chengdu cuts the intestines a bit thicker and I like the meatyness. They cut it thinner here but you may like that because it’s crispier that way! Good flavor. Spiciest dish of the night even though we asked for the same spice level through all.
Spicy Fried Chicken Wings | $17.99
Good dish. Not spicy. Tons of garlic. You can’t lose!
Stir-fried Jiangxi Noodles | $16.99
Boo, junkest dish of the night. Absolutely no flavor, and not at all spicy, forreal. It was so disappointing and this is coming from someone who loves noodles. I would have asked for hot sauce on the side but I didn’t. Blah!
Spicy Pork Dumpling | $12.99
You can order either won tons or dumplings, I wanted something a bit more substantial so I went with the dumpling. It was good!
Lychee Beer | $5.00
Ha! If you know me, you know I don’t drink (don’t make me bring up Suntory) but I was curious about a lychee beer. Well it was super good. Why? Because it just tastes like lychee soda. I could probably down a 6 pack of this. I heard you can find this at Hmart or Don Q so no need spend $5 for one can here.
I looooove green beans prepared like that! I never knew that they were deep fried. No wonda!!
Right? I never knew until I saw a recipe video and it all clicked.
I gotta try Cheng du. I’ve only been to Mian
so many places to try and me trying not to eat out so much cuz gaining weight!
You would absolutely love Chengdu, it’s so good. But I totally get what you mean. It’s hard to not gain weight eating out…but also…just wanna have a break on the weekends you know?
all except the noodles sounded ono 🙂
Hehehe, honestly I just wanna go back to Chengdu after writing this.
Great review, thanks! Maybe I’ll buy a six pack of that Lychee beer just to have around for occasional beer drinkers that come by. Except I hardly have anybody come by nowadays…
Ha! Buy em! You can drink all 6, no one will judge you. Or invite folks over!!!!!