eastlake1972

Finanly Chef's new place will open on Saturday 4/22. They seems to added some new spicy dishes. The menu now is fully translated although with limited explanantion. Looks like they are going MORE CHINESE which is a good news for hardcore Szechuan spicy fans like us. Check out the website which has the new menu. www.ckgarden.com

is tifco's closing or getting a new master chef? ← Tifco's will be shut down for conversion into a typical American Chinese Restaurant. No more real spicy Chinese food..:-(

For all Tifco lovers, Just got some info that the Master Chef is leaving at the end of March and starting his own restaurant in Chinatown. (915 Arch). He is taking the whole kitchen staff with him. Here is the info on the new restaurant. ww.CKGarden.com Expect to open on in Mid April. Hurry to Tifco this week if you can not wait for two weeks for the Master Chef start cooking again.

Yep, they were probably in there too. They have a distinctive taste in addition to being numbing, so I think there was that pepper, maybe cloves, I want to say sesame? there was something sort of nutty-creamy, a few other things.... And if you check the photo, there were some dried red chiles floating around there too. It was a very nice flavor, and different than anything I've had before. Anybody familiar with Guizhou cooking? ← I think this is what you guys talking about. In Chinese pronuciation (HwahGeo) the dried pericarp of ripe fruit of Zanthoxylum schinifolium Sieb. et Zucc. or Z. bungeanum Maxim.

Here is the translated secret chinese menu at Tifco's Soup 1. Tomato Soup (Pork or Egg Drop) $5.95 2. Pork & Szechuan Preserved Veggie Soup $5.95 3. Tofu and Green Veggie $5.95 4. Pickled Cabbage (Pork or rice noodle) $5.95 5. Snake Gourd (Pork or Egg Drop) $6.95 6. Winter melon and ham soup $6.95 Cold Appetizer 7. Beef and tripes in hot sauce $7.95 8. Spicy beef $7.95 9. Flavored Beef $7.95 10.. Beef tendon in hot sauce $7.95 11. Chicken with wild pepper $7.95 12. ChungKing flavor Chicken $7.95 13. Crazy spicy chicken $7.95 14. Fried Pomfret Fish $7.95 15. Crazy spicy Pomfret Fish $7.95 16. Spicy sliced pork w/garlic $7.95 17. Diced Spicy Rabbit $7.95 Noodle Dishes 18. Chinese wonton in chicken broth $5.95 19. Spicy wonton in chicken broth $5.95 20. Scallion pancake $3.50 21. Spaghetti with minced pork) $5.95 22. Spaghetti with stewed beef $6.95 23. Spicy Veggie Noodle $5.95 Seafood 24. Fish with soft bean curd $18.95 25. Fish in hot pot sauce $18.95 26. Fish w/ pickled mustard $14.95 27. Boiled sliced fish in hot sauce $14.95 28. Fish fillet wok-seared w/pickled hot pepper $15.95 29. Ma Po Fish $14.95 30. $14.95 31. Fish w/ Chef’s ginger sauce $15.95 32. Fish w/ pine seed $15.95 33. Butterred shrimp w/ Walnuts $15.95 34. Salt & pepper shrimps $12.95 35. Salt & pepper soft shell crabs $19.95 36. Spicy soft shell crabs $19.95 37. Boiled fresh water eel $18.95 38. Seafood w/ crispy rice crust $15.95 39. Bell-shaped seafood $14.95 40. Seafood clay pot $15.95 41. Fish belly with ham $14.95 Poultry & Meats 42. Boiled Pork and Chicken $13.95 43. Chicken w/green & hot red & pickled peppers $12.95 44.Sliced chicken w/ special sauce $12.95 45.Diced chicken w/dried red pepper $9.95 46.Spicy chicken Guizhou Style $12.95 47.Double cooked pork $9.95 48. Sauce salted Pork $9.95 49. Quick-fried Pork in brown sauce $9.95 50. Steamed seasoned pork w/preserved veggie $10.95 Please check our website www.china-bistro.com 51. Steamed pork ribs w/potatoes) $11.95 52. Chinese bacon w/long hot green pepper) $12.95 53. Shredded pork w/ long hot green pepper) $9.95 54. Water boiled Pork $12.95 55 Pork w/stuffing $18.95 .56 Braised pork in brown sauce $9.95 .57. Shredded pork with dried bean curd $9.95 58. Shredded pork with Peking Sauce $9.95 59. Shredded pork with pickled cabbage $9.95 60 Boiled sliced beef in hot sauce $12.95 61. Dry fried Shredded beef in Szechuan sauce $11.95 62. Beef stew casserole $12.95 63. Spicy beef stew $13.95 64. Beef w/ cumin $13.95 65. Shredded beef w/long hot green pepper $11.95 66. Lamb w/ cumin $13.95 67. Sliced lamb stir-fried w/ scallion $13.95 68. Quick-fried lamb $13.95 69. Water boiled lamb $13.95 70. Beef Tendon w/ veggies $14.95 Please check our website 71. Beef tendon, home style $14.95 72. Beef Tendon w/scallion $14.95 73. Crispy duck $13.95 74. Tea smoked duck $13.95 75. Dry fired duck tongue $16.95 76. Braised Duck feet $16.95 77. Frogs w/ pickled peppers $16.95 78. Spicy frogs $16.95 79. 80. 81. Fresh water eel, home style $18.95 82. Fresh water eel in brown sauce $18.95 83. Quick-fried gizzard $12.95 84. 85. Vegetables 86. Dry fired string bean, Szechuan $8.50 87. Eggplant Szechuan style $8.50 88. Eggplant in garlic sauce $8.50 89. Bok choy w/ mushroom $8.50 90. Ma Po Tofu $8.50 91. Home style Tofu $8.50 92. Bean curd in chef’s ginger sauce www.china-bistro.com