sichuan style 重庆味道

this is not the place if you are looking for excellent service. if you are looking for authentic sichuan food look no further. bar none the best sichuan food in hamilton. there's over 200 dishes here and if you are adventurous get the staff to recommend you some dishes and you will have quite the dining experience. if you don't likespicyfood then this is not your place and don't bother ordering takeaway style dishes as this place is too good for that.

everything here is mostly numbing kinda hot. the price is reasonable and portion is huge! chicken in chilli oil was nice, we also ordered chilli eggplants, trotters noodles and hot & sour soup. the noodles was a let down, was not hand made and taste just like packet udon. the hot sour soup taste too herby for me, not the usualspicyone like you get in chinese restaurant. overall better than average in terms of cleanliness.

a little confusing when on the window there is a sign saying hot andspicychinese restaurant

there menu looks endless! too many choices lol

ordered the flat rice noodle with lamb,it's not bad,the lamb was a little chewy and my missus thinks it maybe mutton. the rice noodle was half the size i was expecting

herspicynoodle soup with beef brisket,she liked it

food came out quicker than expected and prices are fair

watching other people they ordered these big dishes to share,maybe that's the way to go

everything was perfect!spicypig hands！ steamed eggplant ！ bun！

food- 4.5
ambience-4/5
service- 5/5

my go to place to get my chinese food fix.efficient service and friendly staff.love the perfect balance of spice. not toospicythat it will burn your mouth off but enough kick to make you want more.portions are huge.medium priced. wide variety of meat, seafood or vegetarian dishes.love thespicypeanut.

visit it nearly twice a week. a wide range ofspicyfood offered there. highly recommend any dishes of fish, taste quite well. the dining environment is however not quite good as less space left when every desk is close to each other

my friends and family could not stop raving about this place, that i decided it was finally time that i try it for myself!

service was very efficient, and the lady serving us was very friendly.

while the menu was long and endless, there are actually very few vegetarian options :( fortunately they are very willing to customise the dishes for me :) myspicyfried flat rice noodles with mixed vegetables was rich and flavourful. while husband normally prefers xiao-long-bao/soup buns, he really enjoyed their pork buns. he said the buns are particularly well made, very soft and pillowy in texture, with a subtle sweetness.

we also ordered a plate of taro rolls to share. we were not entirely certain what to expect, but we were definitely very happy with what we were served! the outside texture was like a deep fried bread, slightly savoury in flavour. the filling was taro with natural sweetness. it pushes the edge of both savoury and sweet, which went surprisingly well together. it was almost addictive!

there were so much food that we had to ask for a take away box :p all in all, very decent, authentic sichuan food, with good value for money. i would be more than happy to visit again if i were in the hamilton area.

if you are aspicyfood lover, i highly recommend you to visit this place. they have about 200 dishes.. they are all somewhatspicytho. serving is a bit slow, and booking is essential.

looks are deceiving at sichuan style restaurant. firstly, i thought the place was called hot &spicy(!), and its kitschy chinese décor held a sense of foreboding. the hint of the deliciousness to come was a photocopy of the chef’s certificate on the door, which heralds chef jian wen’s honour as an ‘international top-level chef’ by the league of chinese master chefs. if you say that out loud, it sounds like a parody of a marvel superhero group.

the second thing that proved that this was going to be a great evening was how busy it was at 5:30pm. it was nearly full and every empty table had a reserved sign on it; booking is essential at sichuan style if you want any chance of getting a table. middle brother who had moved to hamilton a couple of months ago sold this place as the best chinese food in ‘the tron’.

if you’re a visual person, the entire menu in pictorial is on the ipad which is offered to you as well as the more traditional a3-size laminated menu. the menu is extensive, and there is much to sample.

there was a big group of us, so we tried a wide range of dishes. the steamed eggplant inspicygarlic sauce ($8.80) is fragrant and delicious. the lamb in cumin ($18.80) has a warmspicykick. the stir-fried pork and leek in soy bean paste ($18.80) is sauteed thinly-sliced belly pork; the fatty morsels held the salty paste well. the chicken stew with gingko nuts soup ($28.80) one of sichuan style’s recommended dishes, and is served in a clay pot. note: this is large enough for a dozen people.

dan dan noodles are a famous traditional sichuan noodle dish, and the version here ($9.80) is excellent. the noodles are served with bok choy, preserved mustard, roasted peanuts, marinated minced pork sprinkled with sesame seeds and spring onions in a savoury broth, and you mix all the ingredients before eating. this typically comes with chilli oil, but you can also ask for a mild version. the sichuan style dumplings ($9.80) is my pick of the dishes. the savoury pork filling in slightly chewy dumpling skin is complemented perfectly by thespicyhot sauce, fried garlic and roasted peanuts. perfect.

for more photos and the rest of the review, see: http://easyfoodhacks.blogspot.co.nz/2013/09/sichuan-style-restaurant-cbd-hamilton.html