I couldn't wait to come back again and again... At least until the automatic 10% discount ends. But I would come back even without a discount. This is one of the best new Chino noshery intown. The pouch can not be more excited and happy about this place taking over the old Gu's Bistro space. They are killing it with the menu they got here... Even though it's quite lengthy, they are executing all the dishes I have had with skillz. Let's check out more dishes and see if I can find at least one to shit on... Which is a difficult task here even for the pouch because everything I have had so far have been real tasty.
Cold Spicy Beef Tendon. Paper thin slices and just the right amount of red chili oil. It's not that spicy but it's damn tasty and good for you.
Chengdu Style Cold Noodles. Doesn't look too spicy... Dummy, mix that shit up until it glows lava red. I love this dish, it is just plain awesome. You will not be able to stop eating it.
Chengdu Style Wontons in Chicken Soup. Two spicy dishes in row is just not fair, some wontons in cheekan soup would be a nice change. These were damn good. I would be on the fence between this and the red chili oil.
Boiled Fish Fillet. Tons of delicate fish, napa cabbage and bean curd strips. It's more of a spicy broth vs hot oil which is nice. It's very tasty but it could be more spicy. This was a nice version.
Casserole. Peeled prawns, ham quail eggs, vegetable. This casserole doesn't come with canned green beans and fried onions. But it does come with a bunch of goodies including prawns, ham, veggies, quail eggs and vermicelli noodles at the bottom. It is super satisfying, great broth, too.
Braised Eggplant. Look at the color of this tasty ass dish.. The eggplant was just right, not too soft and not too hard. It melted in your mouth and that garlicky braising sauce coated each piece which makes it pretty addictive. Nice veggie dish but some pork in there would be even better.
Stir Fry Rice Noodles with Beef. I thought this was gonna be more like Cantonese style beef chowfun but it's almost totally different and tasty. The thinner rice noodles weren't darkened by the generous use of dark soy so it doesn't have that seasoned noodle taste like in a chowfun. The beef on the other hand was thinly sliced, seasoned well and tasted just like you find in the chowfun. It's good dish but it ain't no beef chowfun.
Beef Noodle, clear broth. For $8.50, this is one of the best tasting value dishes on the menu. A ton of noodles and a nice portion of sliced beef that is melt in your piehole good. The broth has great depth and flavor as well. A total comfort food.
Spicy Belly Slices Dry Pot. This is my kinda crap in a bowl. Slices of pork belly, lotus root, turnips, carrots, onions, chili peppers, Szechuan peppercorns... It is an addictive dish that you can't keep your chopsticks out of. It's not as spicy as you think, I coulda used more heat. But all the different textures and flavors were spot on.
And we can't leave without having the specialty of the house...
Xi'an Style Steamed Mutton, flat bread soaked in lamb soup. Their famous specialty dish. This is the Chino version of matzo ball soup. The "flat bread" is dense, it must be or else it would just break apart like wonder bread. It has the toothiness of a matzo ball. The broth is flavorful and has that mutton finish. The mutton was tender and not as gamey as some would think. Don't forget about the vermicelli noods on the bottom. I like this dish a lot. It's another great comfort food.
I am such a fat fuck... Can y'all believe all these dishes were had in one visit? And I will prolly be back this weekend to try some more dishes.... Go git y'all some.
I wonder if the Gu family has been back here to see what's been going on... Those dummies made the worse decision of their lives to start a crappy dumpling stall in hipster central. This entire spread costs just as much as 6 dumps, cold noods and the deep fried eggplant at Gu's... Suckaz.
5750 Buford Hwy NE
Doraville, GA 30340
770-451-8118
http://goodluckgourmet.com/
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ate here tonight. A smattering of people on a Sunday night. This strip mall is about as lively as a morgue, but the ample parking is nice. Mutton soup, shrimp dry pot, the chengu noodles. All excellent. Lots of leftovers (would have fed four hungry people easily). Great stuff.
~mindspringyahoo
Can't wait to jizz my pants I mean eat at this joint
Longtime fan of the profane Pouch, first time commenter.
Went there last night with a large group of Chinos and laowai, and this was the best Chinese meal we've had in this town for many years. Good enough to erase our sentimental memories of Gu's (even at its peak, before succumbing to hipster douchebag canteen-dom).
Had a chat with the wife of the chef, who is from Hanzhong, a city in southwestern Shaanxi, not far from the border of Sichuan. So while the menu features some classic Shaanxi dishes (yangrou paomo 羊肉泡, liangpi 涼皮, roujiamo 肉夾饃) most of the dishes we ordered had more Sichuanese spicing than would be typical in Xi'an.
Highlights: the Sichuanese wontons in hot oil, the cold dish eggplant with minced garlic, the Xinjiang Style Braised Chicken，the Chinese Sauerkraut Cook Fish, and the Egg Fried Black Fungus & Leek.
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