Day 7: Sichuan Gourmet

Sichuan Gourmet on 39^th Street is perhaps the best Chinese Restaurant in New York, and definitely one of the most accessible to the western palate while staying true to their Sichuan roots. Usually when I go there I order the MaPo Tofu, but I wasn’t in the mood for something quite so spicy, so I ordered the shredded chicken in spicy garlic sauce. This was amazing, chicken with garlic sauce is one of my go to dishes at Chinese restaurants, but people always ruin it with carrots or green peppers, and using button mushrooms instead of the wonderful black fungus, but at Sichuan Gourmet, it was spicy and didn’t really include any inauthentic veggies.