Z&Y Restaurant **

Mushroom dish - written in Chinese on the table top menu, served in a metal pan on a table top flame. Full of umami flavor. Excellent.

Couples Delight - beef, tripe and tendon super spicy - very good cold starter

Dan Dan Noodles - pretty good, suprisingly strong peanut flavor despite not looking that way.

Fish in Pepper Oil - water boiled fish - o.k., probably try the chicken with peppers next time.

Mapo Tofu - the dim sum size is still quite large. o.k.

Hot and Sour Soup - not bad, more salty than I prefer.

PANDA COUNTRY KITCHEN ***

Lunch at Panda Country Kitchen. Spicy Beef Tendon is thinly sliced and better than Spices! version.



Did not like noodles overcooked doughy and bland. Fish fillets were fine though they had a texture that clearly indicated that they were from frozen fish.



Hot Boiled Beef excellent spicy with deep beef flavor and tender slices of meat. The MaPo is authentic, spicy, and has fresh soft tofu, but the sauce was a bit flatter tasting sauce than other places.



Geary at 11th