Modern Szechuan
Modern Szechuan
Delivery: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Price range.
$ Price range Under $10
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Modern Szechuan
The menu says Modern Szechuan but apparently there's another name for this address. Oh well but I decided to try this spot as I am sick of deli food and want something that has a bit more flavor to the food. Plenty of seats at the front of the restaurant as well as the back.
You can do buffet which I believe is $6.99lb or order hot food from the other counter. They only have one size containers for the hot buffet but I tend to consume less and get a little of everything. I don't like to waste food and money so no overflowing in my container. The food was tasty way better than the deli spots by me or around me.
Definitely will be back!
My GF and I tried to go to Xi'an Famous Foods across the street, but the line was long so we went here instead. Glad we did, this place is as authentic as the restaurants I used to frequent during my stint in Shanghai.
We ordered xiao long bao, chao mian with seafood, sweet and sour soup, and General Tso's chicken (not authentic but she's Taiwanese so she's allowed to order it). The noodles came first and were very good. The octopus was tender and not at all rubbery, and the shrimp was de-shelled already, which was nice. Next came the chicken, which had no bones in it (less common than you'd think with the more authentic restaurants) and was flavorful. I'm not a big fan of sweet & sour soup, but she is and she said it was fine (although there was so much else good food that we didn't finish it).
The only low point was the xiao long bao. When they were first served, we opened one up and found that they were undercooked on the inside. The meat is meant to look firm like a meatball, but it was runny and mushy. We sent them back and asked for them to be cooked longer, which the server was happy to do. She was apologetic, and returned later with properly-cooked xiao long bao. Consider us happy.
This place used to be called Sun Yip. Not sure why they changed the name to Modern Szechuan, because it's totally the same as before.
Now to the food. Got sesame chicken over white rice. It's way too sweet for my liking. Still a great deal for $6.50, especially with the size of its portion. You can literally have it for 2 meals but of course I ate the whole thing and feel stuffed.
Not the greatest, but great value.