Sichuan Fish
1242 NE 163rd St,
North Miami Beach, FL 33162
… more pix n videos on google maps, Yelp
Will return for the food.
A few black and white photos are interesting. The restaurant changed hand about a year ago. The neighborhood, N Miami Beach is dingy. Parking in rare too. The name is bit interesting: Sichuan is a landlocked province.
It’s a great choice after the Miami Open when there was a rain delay, damp, then Pegula lost in straight sets.
Food is authentic:
– Beef with cilantro: wonderful
– Tiger pepper: great but (too spice for me)
– Spicy flavored boiled Fish: super, huge portion
The house pickled cabbage is good too. All foods are delicious. My lips are numb with medium hot selection.
When we got there at 6:30, there’s one table; when we left a little over an hour later, three more groups came. All are Chinese. Hong Kong pop songs plays in the background.
When I called to reserve a table (thinking it’s Saturday night…), the woman who answered has a strong accent. So I spoke to her in Mandarin. She insisted in English.
Three servers are doing minimum. Never changed our plates: essential minimum service in a restaurant is just right for me. If I can reduce raising my hand I would, like using empty plate or bowls for the discards. But there isn’t any that I can transfer the fish bones. So my small plate piling up quickly, to the brim. They never offered to change. I didn’t ask. The boiled fish has a lots of discards. The fish is fresh but it isn’t scaled clean – this, I do mind.
The white rice in the bowl is shiny – very yummy. Should have asked them what kind of rice it is.
