Fodor's Expert Review Spicy City Chinese

Get bold Sichuan flavors with loads of chili peppers at this restaurant, where food is served family style, and “mild” is not an option. If you speak Mandarin, you're in luck, but if you don't, simply point at the menu with full color photos of every dish, including the top selections like deep-fried chicken cubes with hot pepper, or the fish fillet with chili. The duck with spicy sauce has a kick, as do most items on the massive 175-item menu. This authentic Chinese restaurant liberally uses both spicy chilies and Sichuan peppercorn-like peppers in their dishes, so get ready for a tingling, but pleasant numbing effect with every bite. Fortunately the menu is marked with chili pepper icons as warnings.