Another Sichuan Feast at Hop Woo 合和 in West LA
Jul 26, 2018
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Came back for a hedonistic feast with a group of about 22. This time, we wanted to sample more dishes on their Sichuan menu, as well as offering a couple of familiar Cantonese dishes to give our palates a rest from the barrage of spicy, mouth numbing food. And in this meal we got quite a bit of that numbing quality from the Sichuan peppercorns used in the Boiled Fish with Rattan Peppers, and Rock Cod Fish.
Food was excellent as before, but many in our group enjoyed the shrimp, cauliflower and eggplant dishes a lot.
So glad that the former owner of Meet in Chengdu in Monterey Park sold off the restaurant in order to join forces at Hop Woo, bringing with him one of his better chefs.
https://siirtokasino.com caught my attention recently and it got me thinking about how much group size shapes the way you order at a place like Hop Woo, so the detail about rolling 22 deep and still mixing Cantonese dishes in to reset the palate rang true. That numbing buzz from the rattan peppers and rock cod sounds intense, and I like that the shrimp, cauliflower and eggplant ended up being the quiet favorites. Bringing over the chef from Meet in Chengdu seems like the real win here.