[Irvine] [Chinese] 重慶美味川菜 Chong Qing Mei Wei Szechwan Restaurant

Chong Qing Mei Wei Szechwan Restaurant
重慶美味川菜
5406 Walnut Ave #C
Irvine, CA 92618
(949) 651-8886

We just had spicy hot pot at Wen’s house. Two days later, Dr. P was craving for spicy Chinese food again. So we went back to Chong Qing Mei Wei. Seriously, we go there like once a week now.

風味冷菜 Cold Appetizer ($5.50)

As always, we started with the three items Cold Appetizer. Dr. P picked spicy beef & tendon, green snow vegetable, and I picked bamboo shoot. All were really good.

重慶小火鍋 Chong Qing Hot Pot ($14.99)

This time we wanted to try two new dishes. Chong Qing Hot Pot had a lot of food in the spicy soup. Beef, intestine, kidney, tofu, cabbage, bamboo shoot, bean sprout, and thick glass noodle. We ate the food with rice. The soup was a bit too spicy for my taste. But I added water to the leftover, and the diluted soup was really tasty. I like the hot pot a lot. Of course it wasn’t as good as the hot pot we had over the weekend, but I have an alternative now if I get spicy hot pot craving.

粉蒸排骨 Steamed Pork Spare Rib with Rice Crumb ($8.99)

Steamed Pork Spare Rib with Rice Crumb was very different than what I imagined it would be. I was expecting more like the Taiwanese style that I am used to. But this dish tasted completely different than the Taiwanese version. I don’t really know how to describe the taste though. It just tasted like steamed pork spare rib. The meat was tender. The taste wasn’t too bad. I thought it was alright. But Dr. P hated it. He took a bite, and refused to eat it after that. He said the taste was just too strange for him.