Le Sia - Szechuan(ish) Cajun in Hell’s Kitchen. First visit since they said Sia to East Village. We liked it then and like it now.
The skewers are mostly good. Best are cauliflower, wings, sausages, in that order. The lone miss was the enoki wrapped with pork belly. Sounds wonderful and I liked it before when it was wrapped in beef, but this time chewy and flat in comparison. Excellent ultra garlicky eggplant, one of the musts for us.
The Asian Jambalaya is more like above average fried rice with crawfish. It’s fun to mix it with other dishes like Mongolian beef. Thin, flavorful beef with not thin enough onions. Enjoyed the welcoming soy sweetness on this one. Snow crab boil was plastic gloves licking good. The thicker garlic sauce had just the right amount of pleasant heat. Desserts were fine.
FWIW the place was packed with Asian customers just like the EV location.
