Si Jie

Probably my favorite Sichuanese place in town, covered by blogs but somehow still not known by so many folks who claim to love Sichuanese. Used to be hidden in an apartment building between Wanchai and Causeway Bay, and has now moved. Old place had paper tablecloths, a dirty-looking kind of white linoleum floor and was noisy. The food? Fantastic and family style. I'm a huge fan of her beef tripe starter dish, as well her shui zhu yu or "Mandarin fish in chili oil" with numerous chilies and the famous ma la or numbing chilies  Don't like fish? You can get the same dish as pork or even beef. Also a fan of the Mapo Tofu. The Sichuanese noodles are fantastic (I think Yu Chuan's are better - see next post), served at room temperature, spicy and al-dente-ish. Would avoid the kou shui ji , an appetizer spicy chicken dish, that's just not as good as the other stuff. Plenty of reasonably priced beer (Erdinger, Heineken/Carlsburg and Blue Girl? - no more Tsingtao) to go around and I think, free corkage (don't quote me on the latter.). The boisterous proprietress comes out and chats to everyone (despite not being able to speak English). Oh and she drinks beer. Lots of it. Fast. Faster than most dudes. Impressive.

New location much more posh than previous. Reservations suggested. Cash only.
HKD 280/per person fixed.
10/F Bartlock Centre
3 Yiu Wah Street
Causeway Bay
2802 2250

Photo above taken by a friend