Came for lunch slightly before opening and there were already about 20 people waiting. Even with an ipad waiting list it was a free-for-all when they finally opened. Lots of ucla students in bare feet and slippers.
Pro tip: if you want more heat and like to live dangerously wear a white shirt.
PSA 12% off your total bill until next tuesday.
menu
juicy steamed chicken in chili sauce aka saliva chicken
Pleasantly spicy with a slight sweetness. Loved the bamboo and onion slices underneath the chicken, wish there were more. Also wished they used more dark meat, the one or twice slices I got were dynamite, the white meat was slightly dry.
ma po tofu - tofu, minced beef, green garlic sprouts, sichuan peppercorn powder
smooth, silky, little bit of ma la, on point.
sweet and sour shrimp - shrimp, celery, scallion, cilantro
this was okay, shouldn’t have let the server talk me out of the “griddle-cooked shrimp”.
not toto
Overall pretty good for their opening week, service was friendly and food is just as good as the original. Will come back to try more. The only thing I didn’t like were the stingy rice portions. You pretty much have to eat this food with rice and they only give you at most half a bowl for a dollar each. I wonder if there’s a corkage if you BYOR?
I’ll update this post with an after-meal bathroom report tomorrow TBC.
Sichuan Impression
11057 Santa Monica Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90025
(310) 444-7171
