Golden Spring Schezuan Restaurant

Golden Spring Schezuan Restaurant
160-4200 #3 Road
Richmond, BC

I was debating if I should put this post up or not. First, because, well, this is hard evidence I was in Richmond (No, I won’t admit I was there!). Second, it is because I was with co-workers and… It would be strange to put this. After debating a little bit, I thought, hey, if no faces were shown it ought to be kosher, right? OK, there it goes!

Now, a small side problem. Since I did not do the ordering, I did not take any notes (not even mental) of the name of the dishes. So, for this post, you will have to rely on the pictures only! Now, come to think about it, had I known the name of the dishes, I would have had a really tough time deciding if I should go for the Chinese name and the name of the dish as per the menu. For example, check this picture I took of the menu…

His favorite foof is Dorayaki? Cake with Pum Pkin Filling? I don’t want to know what was lost in translation, hehehehe. As for the food, we were expecting the food to be spicy and, from a personal perspective, just in case, I brought a towel. Hey, I knew what was coming so I had to prepare for this! It was odd, though, some of the fellow dinners that night was asking for more Cantonese style dishes (i.e., not as spicty). Hmmmmmm…. I can’t just help myself wonder…. Anyway, here are the dishes:

This dish had slices of meat “stir-fried” with some greens and, of course, some chillies. Out of all dishes we had that night, this was by far the spiciest; however, it wasn’t the spiciest I have ever tried (by any means). However, it was spicy enough to catch at least one person off guard…

This is duck but, for some reason, I thought they ordered something similar to Peking duck. Well, I guess I was completely wrong. I would say it wasn’t really worth it as it did not have that fatty taste I love from duck nor the skin was crisp.

Not sure how to describe this other than gelatinous-like. It was “hard” enough not to break but past that, it was relatively “soft”. It was also spicy but not to the extent of the first dish.

I guess to comply with some of the diners request, we got something more “tame”. Think of a dish similar to sweet and sour pork.

Seaweed. I guess this was to balance the spicy food we were having that night (ha!). I have a certain fondness to this dish so I won’t say any more.

Chicken (?) with a lot of peppers. Come to think about it, it was similar to a dish we had at Alvin Garden. Now, it wasn’t as spicy as it could have been as I started eating the peppers themselves (several I must mention); however, it was spicy enough for me to take out the towel!

Again to satisfy some diners’ request, we ordered some dumplings, though we asked them for two versions: a spicy and another not so spicy. I tried both and I will have to say they were about the same.

OK, I will admit I don’t remember much about this one… ^_^;;;

Seafood guoba. If you ever had cooked rice in a pot (rather than a rice cooker), think of that rice that sticks at the bottom, made a lot crispier and when some liquid is poured on top, it starts to sizzle. Since we were at a Schezuan restaurant, I guess there was no reason not to order this.

This dish was a mix of tofu with celery. It was mostly to “clean” the palate of some after being “burned” by the spicy dishes.

Although it is comparing apples to oranges, if I had to choose, I will have to say I liked Alvin Garden’s food a bit more. Of course, it is not the same cuisine. But, again, both are spicy. Still, the fact I was with others and that made it more enjoyable. Would I come back? May be but unlikely I would do it by myself. Hey, I should “share” that “pain” with others!

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