The Atlanta Sichuan news has been dominated by the closing of Gu’s, which I found pretty odd but is explained a little better a few days after the sudden closure. I hope they do well at Krog, though the dumplings and noodles, which make-up the majority of the stall’s menu, are not my favorite items to order – they are a little plain to me. See what you’ve done Peter Cheng?
I returned to Chef Petey’s old stomping ground of Tasty China recently, it’s a quick drive from my office in Vinings and as usual I quite enjoyed it. Side note – I look forward to seeing what the TC crew does at Ponce City Market. Atlanta Chefs – in which food hall will your off-shoot be opening?!? Don’t be left there standing with nothing but your mise in your hand.
Back to TC. Amazingly, I’d never had the mapo tofu there, one of the more ubiquitous Sichuan dishes in the world. This version is nice and spicy, with great funky tang from the fermented black beans.
Cold sesame noodles are also cold and hot and a pleasant side dish.
An old favorite is the crispy pork belly, I love the textures and aromatics of the cilantro (mostly stems – often under looked part of the herb) though the belly was a little thin – it felt like it was all breading.
Xiao long bao (soup dumplings) are as unimpressive as every other offering of this dish in town. Those which had soup in them was sparsely juiced, but most had burst or leaked. But really, we ate them without bitching too much. Dumplings are pretty good even when they are average, just like pizza (as confirmed by the Vince Vaughn in Wedding Crashers.)
Which reminds me – how excited are you for True Detective‘s return? Some people are scoffing at Vince Vaughn in the lead, but to them I say go watch the movie Clay Pigeons, VV is creepy and great, with a good performance by a young Joaquin Phoenix. What’s that? You want more Vince Vaughn? Read this oral history of the movie Swingers.
You came here for food, but I can talk about whatever want. I am a very serious and important blogger. .