Place is falling apart.
they don't list what kind of fish they serve!! RED FLAG
For $14, i got low quality fish in goopy sauce. The fish was mushy and there was more goop than fish!
The chicken and beef were just drenched in orangey oil.
Waste of time, calories, and money.
This place used to be alright but now it's just terrible.
Will never go back again
The first time we went there, we really liked it. Â It was at a very slow time and only 4 or 5 tables were being served. Â The food was good.
Then we went when it was super busy. Â They did not seat people in the order they came in. Â We had a party of 3 and many parties of 3 that came in after us were seated ahead of us. Â Some seemed to be friends of the hostess. Â Once we were seated, we were ignored. Â Other tables seated after us received quick service. Â A waiter never came to take our order, so after 15 mins of waiting for a waiter to take our order we left.
We have not been back since, which is a shame since it is close to home.
Been here twice in one week. Â Food - five stars.
Valentine's day was a flaming restaurant disaster from a service standpoint, we're talking episode-of-Frasier ridiculousness. Just trust me on this. Read my other reviews and you get an idea of how mellow I tend to be about service related stuff. It was the kitchen and management, the waiter was nice and overextended badly.
(By contrast - we were at Szechuan in Roseville the night before Chinese New Year, and the room was waited on masterfully at full capacity - protip if you are celebrating out.)
The food was lukewarm and semi ruined, but we could tell it wanted to be fabulous so came back. Â
This time was another story.
Waiter both friendly and fast. Â Chengdu dumplings again, I swear these are probably the best I've had in decades. Scallion Pancake - spiffy, but very very oily, even NYC street versions aren't always as oily.
Tea Smoked Duck - ohhh man, if you're going to do it, do it here. Superb - there are a hundred Western chef driven places in town that *wish* they could do duck this good.
The "Quick Fried Fish" is nice, too, flounder in a sweetly spicy sauce made much more interesting with a scattering of very fermented, very delicious black beans.
I'd say it's maybe about 15 percent better than Szechuan in Roseville - however, dude at Roseville has our backs and remembers us (he was the one who suggested this place, even!) , and I actually prefer their fried fish in chunks offering slightly. Â But it's really a toss up and in some ways, the touch is lighter and more deft at Grand Szechuan. Â
Overall, a special find. Â Stick to the Szechuan offerings and you'll be happy. Â Spice levels are no joke, Minnesota palates beware, be pained, be improved!
One of the best Chinese restaurants I have been at, not only in Minneapolis, but also compared to restaurants in Taiwan, Seattle, Los Angeles, and Vancouver, BC.
Of course not every dish is the best there is, but I guess it depends on what style you like, and most of the dishes here just makes me want to keep going back for more.
I really wanted some Pho tonight, but there wasn't any place close to home. Because I had to combine some errands including grocery shopping, I wound up near Grand Szechuan. Every pizza joint had a line due to the football game tonight, so every sit down restaurant was light.
We ordered some chicken wings, and I had the egg drop soup. Both were what you'd expect from a Chinese restaurant, but a bit better. I did like the soup.
For me, I judge a Chinese restaurant based on their Mapo Tofu. There's is probably an 8 out of 10. As I said, there weren't a lot of people in the restaurant due to the game, so there were more servers than patrons. Service was very good, although there were a couple of servers who spent too much time watching the big screen and talking to each other. You can always dust or clean. Having said that, the restroom is much cleaner than many places, so they get bonus points for that.
Serving portions are very generous, and plenty was brought home for another meal!
The part that made my night is that they had a Yelp sticker on their door! Yaaaaay!
Service was somewhat slow, it took a while for our waiter to come to our table to order our drinks. The egg rolls were ok. We ordered the Chung King Chilli Chicken and General Tsaos chicken. I will tell you that I can normally handle spicy food but the chung king chicken was a lot spicier than expected. In addition, it didn't really taste like chicken - tasted really fried. General Tsaos chicken, didn't taste like the general tsaos chicken that I'm used to. Tasted very deep fried with large amounts of breading and a thick sauce.
I probably won't go back.
Looking forward to reviewing this place....but general Tsos chicken is hardly authentic Chinese....
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I'm tempted to take away a star for the atmosphere, which is quiet and kind of private. But the food and service I've experienced here, and the reputation it has, surpass that.
My boyfriend's aunt is from China, and her husband teaches Chinese language and has been to China many times. They highly recommended this place to us because, not only does the food taste great, but it is authentically Chinese.
I've been here a number of times with a group of people and we have a handful of dishes we order every time. Note: if you don't like spicy, then this is not the place for you. Most of their dishes are quite spicy. The food is served family style, which is awesome, so you can try many dishes without overstuffing yourself. They also have a good selection of gluten free dishes, but you have to ask which dishes are gluten free because they don't have a special GF menu.
Food specifics:
-Pea Tips and A Choy are pretty similar--bright green and crispy! (We can never remember which we like to order!) They're not seasoned, but they do offer a fresh break from all of the other flavorful dishes you'll have here. Plus, it's always good to be healthy and have a veggie! Most of the meat entrees don't have many veggies in them, so this is a good dish to order.
-The General Tso Chicken is well seasoned and spicy. It's made with delicious dry spices and peppers. Super flavorful!
-The Szechuan Spicy Tofu is a MUST!!! This is my favorite dish here, and it is the BEST tofu you can get anywhere. It has a nice skin on the outside with caramelized goodness and, again, it's spicy.
-The Dancing Fish is a GF soup entree--a little something different. It comes with big chunks of whitefish and wilted cabbage, along with some other veggies. This is the spiciest dish I've tried from Grand Szechuan, and the portion is HUGE. But it is also very delish.
-We've also had the chicken lo mein, which doesn't have any spice so it offers a nice break from that part of the meal as well. It's really good, but not like crazy amazing. I've never had lo mein that I was head-over-heels for.
Overall, a really fun place to have dinner with a group and experience good Chinese food! Although the atmosphere is a little lax, and it's in a strip mall, the food makes this a 5-star place for sure.
To me, this is the best chinese restaurant in other cities area. Â Almost every time I come up I have to get take out. Â For some reason my favorite thing is the chengdu dumplings, I have to get those every time. Â I Â usually get the Chung king chicken and Ma Po tofu. I wouldn't mind more spicy, but I like really spicy. Â I also liked the boiled beef quite a bit, and the milky shrimp was tasty. Â I came with my niece and kids, so they tried some more americanized dishes too. Â The Kung pao chicken was good, chicken and broccoli and fried rice all tasty. Â And lastly, the Szechuan green beans were great. Â Anything that gets my kids eating vegetables is aces in my book.
Service is always great as well, I really love this place!
A good place to get some authentic Chinese food. Â I had the Cumin Lamb. Â It was fantastic. Â The servers were always refilling my water and bowl of rice. Â I would definitly come again. Â My friend had the chung king chili chicken and that was spicy and delicious. Â
Pricing was excellent for the food recieved and a pleasant environment.
Authentic Szechuan in a strip mall; it seems to be the calling of the MSP suburb. Â That's not a complaint, by the way. Â Death to the bland Chinese buffet!
Here is what I loved most about our trip to Grand Szechuan: after ordering Chengdu Chili Shrimp, one of the hottest dishes on the menu, I was duly warned that my shrimp would be whole. Â Heads, legs, shells, the whole nine. Â Unbeknownst to the server, that's the kind of thing that makes my eyes light up. Â I think I startled him with my visible excitement after his "warning."
There's a gem on the appetizers section of the menu that I implore everyone to try: Szechuan cucumbers. Â OH MY GOD. Â I could eat four plates of them if they were in front of me. Â So, so fantastic. Â I know I've corrupted others with this recommendation and got them similarly addicted.
The biggest downer for me is that it's so terribly out of my way... I'm glad to have friends living nearby so I have a reason to get back.
I so so so wanted to like this place... but after this experience, they will never have me back again.
Kyle and I were starving while running errands earlier so this place just happened to pop up on Yelp and I suggested we try it. That was now obviously a mistake.
It started with getting seated and when I asked if they had something, the guy looked at me very rudely and told me that they didn't because it wasn't the right kind of food.
After we were sat our one and only glass of water each was set on the table and the waiter walked away. I had to walk over to the host booth to grab another set of menu's since we had only been given once (kind of hard to order off a menu that you don't have).
Well the waiter came to take our order and Kyle asked if he could substitute since he doesn't like rice, and this is the only place where we were told that they do not allow for substitutions (even paid ones) if there is something served as a side that isn't wanted by the patron. Kyle finished his water shortly after the wontons arrived at the table and that was the last time the waiter even looked at our glasses.
I ordered a different lunch special than Kyle (which by the way, his showed up with Rice on the plate after he told them to just not even put it on there) but what ended up at our table looked the exact same as what was on his plate... a few bites later and I realized it WAS the same thing.
The Food: The chicken was burnt, slathered in a grey goopy sauce that had a really weird consistency and taste, the rice was crunchy and overdone, and the eggroll was the most disgusting mushy thing I have ever eaten at a "Szechuan" restaurant.
The Service: The wait staff here is rude, they don't check on you, and they tried to make Kyle keep the food after he told the waiter to send it back to the kitchen and that he didn't want it.
All in all, we ended up leaving the plates on the table after a bite of a few things and walked out. I have NEVER been more disappointed in a restaurant, and it's been a super long time since I have walked out of a restaurant without paying.
This place is a TOTAL waste of time, and even the small amount of food that I ate there caused me to have to pull over to throw-up in the Walgreens bathroom.
So not okay.
The head chef and owner of Grand Szechuan is from Chengdu in Sichuan Province. He moved to Bloomington from his position as head chef at Little Szechuan in St. Paul to open this restaurant. I love BOTH of these restaurants, but Grand Szechuan is my all-time favorite. The head chef that worked all that magic at Little Szechuan now gets to call all the shots. That, in my opinion, is a really good thing.
I read one of the less-favorable reviews in here where the reviewer stated (and I paraphrase) "Grand Szechuan has about 85% overlap with Little Szechuan on the menu". They're both SICHUAN RESTAURANTS.... That's kind of like saying "Mr. Santos opened a new "Grand Mexico" restaurant across town from where he worked at "Little Mexico" and he's still serving tacos and fajitas.
This place serves really great, authentic-as-possible Sichuan-style dishes in a way that they'll still appeal to the more common American palate (as long as that palate is tuned a bit on the spicy side).
As someone who lived in Sichuan province and in Chongqing for about 3 years, I say this place pretty much nailed it. All the flavors, sauces, and cooking are really close to what you get at some little street-side attraction in Chongqing.
My favorites, by far, are the Husband and wife cold beef (fu qi fei pian), the pickled spicy fish (pao jiao yu) Mapo Tofu, sautéed bean tips, four season green beans, spicy chicken, drunken chicken (sometimes called mouth-watering chicken - kou shui ji), dan dan Noodles, and ANY of the cold dishes. There is a cold chopped tofu and peanut dish and a cold pig stomach dish that are excellent. Oh, and the Spicy boiled beef (Shui zhu niu) is really good.
Like some of the others here said, I always try to get at least six people together for this thing, because if you have 6 - 20 people eating it all comes out family style and you can try 4 - 12 dishes for CHEAP. And you'll get your fill of food. Most of the time it ends up being around 12 - 18 bucks per person, cheaper with larger groups.
So go get your spicy fix on at either of their locations in Bloomington or Plymouth. Delicious.
Oh, and just because I feel the need to end with a zinger, please don't rate a Sichuan restaurant by their skill at preparing seafood... A quick glance at a map of China will show you why...
I tried the Grand Szechuan in Plymouth-their new location. It was almost inedible. First off the order wasn't even correct. My shrimp with asparagus wasn't shrimp it was a white fish in a white batter. It was awful. The chicken in brown sauce had none of the vegetables we ordered. The pot stickers had no flavor. We keep looking for a good chinese restaurant in the western suburbs and we haven't found one yet. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. We will never eat here again.
Review Source:This place is so so so good!! I am so close to giving it five stars.... can't decide....
First of all, service, great, always with a smile, sometimes a bit rushed, but always attentive.
Decor/ambiance, also good, pretty empty when I've been here (for dinner only) but very clean (even the bathrooms). Â Too bad it's in a stinky strip mall. bleh.
Food....oh the food!!! So delicious! Everything is cooked just right. I've had the General Tso's chicken ( a bit too sweet, but spicy too, and the chicken is delish!), and the Kung Pao Chicken ( this is awesome!! just the right amount of spice, and there is slivers of ginger in there! I renamed it crack chicken, because it's just that magical and addicting!) Fried rice is good, better than most places, not as good as others, and apps such as egg rolls and cream cheese wontons are also tasty.
The menu set up is kinda confusing cause they duplicate/repeat items into different categories. Also it's super long, which I feel is kind of unnecessary. Â
I hear their buffet for lunch is great, and I can't wait to try it. This is in such a random location, it's too bad it's pretty much always out of my way, but it's worth it every once and awhile!
This is the best Chinese food I've had in the Twin Cities. Met my daughter for lunch. We were in the mood for Asian food and she goes to Normandale, so I looked for something close. Reviews were good, but I wasn't expecting it to be that good. I had the Chung King Chili Shrimp and she had the Curried Beef. Both were amazing. The Shrimp had plenty of heat and had a sweet honey like taste. Plenty roomy and nice atmosphere. Lots of food for the price. $7 Â for hers and $8 for mine and that included plenty of the main dish, big scoop of fried rice, egg roll, soup (btw their egg drop soup is the best I've ever had), and a salad. Service was friendly and quick. Worth going out of your way for.
Review Source:There are times you "eat to live" and there are times you "live to eat". Â Â This is clearly in the "LIVE TO EAT" category. Â Clearly and simply the best authentic Chinese food in town. Â Probably the best food of any type anywhere in Minnesota.
The bonus part is you can also come for lunch and get the GREAT, get the AUTHENTIC (hard to do in Minnesota for lunch), and get it for UNDER 8 BUCKS. Â Amazing. Â
Start with Triple Kung Pao or Chung King Chili Shrimp for lunch. Â For dinner get Chung King Chili Chicken, Szechuan Green Beans, Fish in Black Bean sauce, and go on from there.
Btw: service does not match the food but you put up with it the way you put up with your in-laws in order to have the spouse of your dreams.
I am convinced this may be one of the best places to eat in all of Minnesota. Â Seriously. Â The food is consistently amazing, cooked to order, and very reasonable for what is delivered. Â All of the noodles (dan dan, sweet and spicy) are AMAZING and the Chili Chicken is simply great. Â If given the opportunity, I would eat here every week. Â Many, many other restaurants (ethnic and non-ethnic) should use this place as an example of what $8-$15 food can and should be.
Review Source:Excellent food! Â My boyfriend and I went there after a long day of work, and we were both very hungry. Â The Dan Dan noodles were the bomb! Â Great taste with a little burn going down and a wonderful lick your lips flavor. Â
The egg rolls were ok, but probably only because I had some Dan Dan noodles before the egg rolls. Â Nothing compares to the noodles, and at $5 you just can't go wrong.
We had the fried rice, Chung King Chili Chicken, and Milky Shrimp. Â Everything was very affordable and excellent. Â
The restaurant is in a strip mall, and a little hard to find with my Garmin, but its a great place to enjoy a wonderful meal.
I'm one who never really gets too excited about having Chinese, I like it but it's not my favorite and not something I crave on a weekly basis. Grand Szechuan is so good that I almost crave something from this place on a daily basis.
Pretty much all the appetizers are $5 no matter what you order. Every meal comes with complimentary hot tea that is quite good. If you like spicy, skip right past the Kung Pao and order the Chung King Chili Chicken, it is crazy good and has more heat. Also a must try and only $5, the Dan Dan noodles. These are unlike any noodles you've ever had, TASTY - enough said! Really everything I've ever tried here has been excellent, I'd say this is the best Chinese in the cities. At least that I've tried. After coming here it will be difficult to try other Chinese establishments because all others will be compared to this. The menu itself would take a couple years to get through if you wanted to try everything once, it's a pretty diverse menu. Â
The service is always excellent, very friendly and fast, I don't know how they do everything so fast but it works for me. You can be in and out of here in a half hour if in a rush. If you know of anyone who doesn't like Chinese food, bring them here and if they still don't like Chinese, then there is something seriously wrong.
We went back a second time (without the kids) and had a much better experience. Â We ordered the Triple Kung Pao again which was still very good. Â And we tried the Fried Walleye. Â They deep fry the whole fish (head and all) and serve it on a large platter with a sauce. Â I almost missed finding it on the menu. Â It was delicious! Â If you like fish you really need to try theirs. Â The service was better this time too.
Review Source:Recommendation: Excellent. The list of spectacular (and authentic) Sichuan restaurants in the Twin Cities keeps getting longer, and this relative newcomer has cemented its position right at the top.
The Twin Cities is a hot spot for some great authentic Sichuan food, and many would argue that it all started with Little Szechuan in St. Paul. With many of the old Little Szechuan chefs having migrated to Grand Szechuan, the balance of "spice" is shifting to the Southern suburb. Although not fancy by any stretch of the imagination, the ambience here is a step above most Chinese eateries. This place is quite popular...the dining room bustles with activity from eager patrons and the under-manned service staff darting around the room doing their best to keep up with the orders. During our most recent visit, on the eve of the Chinese New Year, the restaurant was especially busy but the service was up to the mark and very friendly.
The menu is extensive and loaded with authentic dishes many with strong, spicy flavors. There are two cold starters that we highly recommend. The sweet, spicy noodle is a great play on textures and flavors. It's a thick, slightly chewy noodle that starts sweet but ends with jabs of heat. The Dan Dan Noodles are yummy as well. You'll best enjoy this restaurant with a group, ordering a variety and sharing family style. The two of us never go there alone because we'd over-order and end up with too many leftovers. Usually we order one of each of the following: Chicken, Pork, Fish and Vegetable. We're big fans of the Pork in Chili Broth - the scalding hot (and spicy) broth has tender and flavorful slivers of pork. Or if you want fish simmering in a cauldron, go with the Piao Xian Chili Fish Filet where tender white chunks are float in a spicy broth (don't be alarmed that hot and spicy is the theme here - this is the whole essence of Sichuan food). The Chung King Chili Chicken is crispy but not dry and loaded with lots of dry red chilies, and Nick devours every last one of them. You'll find soft and succulent tofu in the Mapo Tofu and crispy beans in the Szechuan Green Beans. Just a word of caution - the spice levels are pretty unpredictable so make sure you specify what type of heat you're aiming for.
The staff is quite attentive but don't be surprised if your order comes out in singles - it doesn't take long to prepare some of these dishes and they bring it out as and when its done. Grand Szechuan is a great value too - you can eat like a king for $15.
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I would vote this one of my favorite lunch places in town. Â But really, it's just one of my favorite places in town altogether.
When you do go for lunch, you get an eggroll (best I've had), a cup of soup, and an entree for about $7.
I've tried several items on the menu, Szechuan Green Beans, Sesame Tofu, Mongolian Beef. Â All of these have been phenomenal.
There really hasn't been anything that I haven't liked. Â Next time I go I'm planning to try the Dan Dan Noodles.
Needless to say, in a town that has a number of great asian cuisine restuarants, this is one of my favorites and it just so happens to be very affordable.
After trying the "new" Little Szechuan sans awesome chef, I was so disappointed in the dan dan noodles and quick fried fish, my two favorites.
Luckily the awesome chef is at Grand Szechuan and everything is as good as I remember!
Like the original Little Szechuan before it, don't even bother with the Americanized menu.
The best Szechuan restaurant in the Twin Cities and beyond. Started with the chef from University mainstay Little Szechuan, all of the deliciousness and exquisite food seems to have followed the chef. When ordering here, make sure you stick with the "Chinese" menu and not the "American" menu. They know how to do spicy so make sure you mean spicy when you ask for it (and I suggest you do). Best dishes include Kung Pao Shrimp, Ma Po Tofu, Double Cooked Pork, Szechuan Spicy Tofu, and Crispy Spicy Chicken. Lunch is ~8 a person, dinner is ~15
Review Source:Yep, the owner at Little Szechuan alienated the talent and it shows. We went to the Lil a couple months back and the food had lost all of it's zing/personality that made us fall in love in the 1st place. We wonderered why and had heard the same news about the chef.
2 weeks ago, on a Saturday night. I called and placed an order. Dan Dan Noodles, Quick Fried Fish, and Lobster delights. I live in Mpls so the drive to S.Bloomington was a bit of a haul. They also told me my order was going to take about 45 minutes, even when I got there I stood around for 15 minutes and I left the house about 40 minutes after I placed the order. Make sense? Anyway, get everything back to the house dig out the sumo chop sticks and we go to town. Unreal, just like we remembered it. Perfect amount of spice to compliment the flavors. The lobster delights had a little sweetness to them. Brilliant food. Â Family style dining, big portions, bring friends.
The menu seems very similar to Little Szechuan and the food quality is about the same. Â I've enjoyed both restaurants. Â I can't remember everything we ordered here, the spicy wanton snacks, some sort of pork intestine and tofu hotpot, and maybe kung pao shrimp.
The shrimp was excellent, I didn't like the pork intestine but the tofu was good. Â The wontons were spicy and delicious as well. Â Pretty good food at a reasonable price.
One of my favorite places in the Twin Cities! If you like Chinese, you have to come here.
GS offers both "Americanized" Chinese as well as more authentic dishes. We usually go for an "oldie but a goodie" like Kung Pao and then try something new. My new favorite is the pan friend noodles with chicken... its sooo good.
The food is really amazing, quality ingredients and pretty good service. The atmosphere is slightly classier than a typical ma 'n pop shop but not so nice that we can't bring our 4 month old.
How many restaurants are there in the Twin Cities that have the word "Szechuan" in their title? My estimate is 47. And they all have chefs that formerly worked at Little Szechuan (in St. Paul) or Tea House (in Plymouth).
This is not a bad thing, because these restaurants are spread out and fill niches in random places, from Roseville to Bloomington to Plymouth to St. Paul.
The menu here, for the record, is virtually identical to the menu at Little Szechuan, and has about 85% overlap with Szechuan in Roseville. Vegan dishes include: ma po tofu; home style tofu; szechuan green beans; stir fried pea tips; kung pao lotus roots; etc.
I had a szechuan spicy tofu ($10). The dish was okay. In terms of quality, it doesn't match Little Szechuan's dish of the same name; by comparison, Grand Szechuan's version is less spicy, and the tofu is not as crisply fried. If anything, it's a bit too chewy.
I also wanted a scallion pancake appetizer, but they only serve that on the weekend.
The service is friendly and prompt. The prices are reasonable.
By Bloomington's standards, Grand Szechuan is gourmet and way better than any other Chinese restaurant in the area. It doesn't live up to Little Szechuan in St. Paul, but I'm glad the suburbs are starting to get some decent dining options.
Uh-oh. My favorite Chinese restaurant in the Cities has new competition and it's name is Grand Szechuan (or, 'Da Sichuan for you Mandarin speakers out there).
My boyfriend and I heard about this place after asking some Chinese friends where in the heck we could get some hot pot around the Twin Cities. We went with my mom (who has been to China with me once, so I knew she could handle the real deal) on Saturday and to our disappointment we were told that they only have hot pot Sunday-Thursday. Then, we see on the menu that on the weekends they have some special little snacks like green onion flat-bread (cong you bing) and soup dumplings (xiao long bao). Unfortunately, they were all sold out by dinner time, so we weren't off to a great start.
We ended up order the 'Couple's Beef' (fu qi fei pian), Dan Dan noodles, Spicy Boiled Beef, Mapo Tofu and Sichuan Green Beans and an order of eggrolls for my mom, because, well, she had to have something to absorb the heat from the rest of the dishes.
The Mapo Tofu and the Green Beans were by far the best dishes. The tofu was just like what I remember eating in China, I love it when my lips go numb from all the peppercorns they use. (Note to vegetarians, they use pork for flavoring in this dish so don't let the description fool you!) I felt like they may have used cheap cuts of beef for the boiled beef dish which kind of ruined it for me because the texture was a little rubbery.
For the price we paid ($50 for 3 appetizers and 3 entrees) I felt it was a better value than some other authentic Chinese restaurants in the TC area, considering that we also had leftovers.
I'm really excited to go back to try the hot pot and the xiao long bao, and hopefully will be able to give this place 5 stars for my next review.
We had heard that the former chef of little Szechuan opened this restaurant and for us, it's closer to home so we decided to give it a try with grand expectations (no pun intended).  My sister, my good friend (who is Chinese), and I went here for lunch. Having lived in the SF Bay area for almost 10 years and having had my share of authentic yummy Chinese food, this place is as good as it gets to what is available here. There is a good mix of typically  "white people's Chinese food" (ie. orange chicken) so-to-speak and authentic Chinese food (ie. spicy, cold tendon).
We ordered the mongolian beef and orange chicken lunch specials and the dan dan spicy cold noodles along with the ma la beef tendon. The three of us agreed that everything was quite good, with good sized portions.
The decor is nice (not dirty like most authentic Chinese places where you don't want to use the restroom). Service was good.
They have an extensive menu and a good range of spicy-ness. It is more pricey, yes, but worth it to me. We look forward to going back again soon.
Drove a looong distance with high hopes. The ex-chef of Little Szechuan in St. Paul had started this place. He used to be at The Tea House in Plymouth before that.
Had to order the chun king shrimp just to see if the magic was back. I'm sorry to report it did not compare to its spicy zingy predecessor, and seemed to have some sweetness to it. Fried rice was so-so. Pancakes (appetizer) were tasty and portion was large but it was oozing oil. What I liked best was the stir-fried A Choy.
Will have to go back and give it another chance; the menu looked promising with lots of seafood and fish and vegetable dishes They have lunch specials and noodles on Mon-Fri. Disappointed that the first visit was a let-down.
Here is a nice surprise. Real szechuan cooking in the south metro. If you are a fan of Little Szechuan and find yourself in southwest Bloomington, you will want to check this out. Apparently the chef from Little Szechuan left  and opened his own restaurant. The menus are very similar in that they have a section of american chinese dishes and a section of authentic szechuan dishes.
I was so excited when I found out about this place, that I immediately went there for lunch. I had to order two of my favorites from Little Szechuan, the chung king chili chicken and the dan dan noodles to see how they stacked up. The chung king chili chicken was great with plenty of heat. I wondered if they would tone it down for the suburbs and I can say they have not. Thank you.
Unfortunately I cannot say the same for the dan dan noodles. They seemed to use a slightly thicker noodle and had a heavier sauce. Of the two dishes, I was surprised which one made the more faithful transition. If this had been the first time I had tried dan dan noodles, I probably wouldn't try them again. Luckily, I know better and will go to Little Szechuan for my fix.
Grand Szechuan is in a strip mall next to a Rainbow at the intersection of France Ave and Old Shakopee Rd.
This buffet is located near the corner of France Ave and Old Shakopee Rd, by the Cub. Â This is my son's spot of choice for his birthday. Â Of course, he also likes McDonald's (I'm working on expanding his taste buds). Â This place is pretty typical for a strip mall Asian buffet, but has a surprisingly large variety of choices. Â It doesn't look like much from the outside, but you can get everything from sushi to salad to lo mein to cream cheese wontons to snow crab legs. Â The food is nothing special - laden with salt and msg for the most part, but it is cheap and the place is pretty clean. Â The buffet includes drinks and ice cream. Â The wait staff are great about taking away the dirty plates quickly and they've never been snotty to us. Â If you are looking for the standard Asian buffet, you should check it out.
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