Szechwan Chinese Restaurant

After seeing the movie The Farewell the other day, five of us got really hungry for Chinese food. We wanted to go to our favorite A-1 in Lomita but they didn't open until 5 p.m. and it was only shortly after 4 p.m. Amy suggested Szechwan since she has been going there with her family. That restaurant has been at that location for a long time and I have been there long ago and could not remember anything special about it.

We all ordered several entrées. Doris ordered Singapore Style Rice Noodles and Sujata ordered the Shrimp Fried Rice. Sandi decided on the Lemon Chicken. The noodles were good and so was the fried rice though we all thought it lacked salt so we just added some soy sauce and it was great. The lemon chicken was especially good as we found the lemon slices with the peel very appealing! The tart/bitter flavor went well with the chicken.

I thought I would try the Flat Noodle in Black Bean Sauce with BBQ pork. We enjoyed that. Amy opted for the Minced Chicken Lettuce Cup which supposedly feeds four. It came with 4 pieces of lettuce. They could have given us more lettuce because there was enough chicken to wrap at least 3 more helpings. The hoisin sauce squirted on top of the chicken elevated it to another level.

Our server, Leo was not only great but he was entertaining. The only thing he didn't do is dance for us, maybe next time.  Szechwan Chinese Restaurant is located at 2107 Pacific Coast Hwy. in Lomita, California.