Happy Birthday! That sounds like my kind of celebratory meal.
Happy Cake Day! (keeping it about food ;o)
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happy birthday! Iâm glad you got to one of your favorite spots. I need to get over there soon. This thread is making me hungry.
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SAAAAAME!
(more words)
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West Lake Chowder and soup buns, but what are the other two?
I get the beef with roasted chili EVERY time. No matter how much exploring of their menu I want to do, I cant resist.
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@eleeper the beef with hot oil (closest dish) is a favorite of mine and @gcaggiano too. The other dish is bacon with sour cabbage in the hot pot.
@CurlzNJ I have had the fish with hot oil in the hot pot based on joonâs recommendation, but I never had the pleasure of experiencing a HOdown there.
Iâm home now downing some kombucha. I need a little sweet to balance out some of that sodium 
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Thanks. We always go at lunch time and the (Chinese) lunch menu is extensive enough that we just order from that (plus the West Lake Chowder, of course 
), and the beef isnât on it. Maybe next time weâll branch out.
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That dish has some heat so make sure youâre a spicy food fan.
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Mark is one of those for whom pfall was invented because they didnât think vindaloo hot enough. 
I once made a chili recipe calling for a teaspoon of American chili powder, for which I substituted 2 tablespoons of ground red chiles (I just wanted to double the amount, but misread the units). Mark thought it was quite tasty. He also eats all the dried red chiles in the Three Pepper Chicken.
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Thatâs the beef one, itâs the exact same dish other than the protein. I like both the beef and fish versions but usually prefer the fish one.
BTW I got takeout from Jinli recently and tried their beef in hot oil and it was super spicy and delicious, definitely brought the heat. The sauce/broth was a little gloppier than Iâm used to but still great. I think JinLi might be a little spicier on default than Cottage, their spicy dumplings were pretty rockin too.
@corvette_johnny I havenât tried the bacon and sour cabbage before, how did you like it? Is the first picture west lake chowder?
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It was ok. I wouldnât order it again. I wish we got a cumin lamb hot pot.
Good to hear Jin Li is going strong.
PsâŚyes that is the beef chowder.
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Jonesing for lamb hotpot a couple of days ago. Didnât take long before we saw this meat spectacle. Fresh meat on the hoof. Urge satisfied.
Lamb hot pot IS good!
- some random restaurant in Chengdu, Sichuan.
** the Chinese for lamb and goat is the same written and spoken word. Even money the âlambâ dish one orders in a Chinese restaurants is likely goat.
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What did your hot pot look like? Thatâs some epic meal prep.
@corvette_johnny I want to say Iâve gotten the lamb hot pot there before and itâs a clear/white broth without any sauce/spices in it, but I canât remember for sure. Itâs tasty but not what you might have in mind.
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Yeah that isnât the dish Iâm thinking of. The bacon hot pot was filled with clear noodles and was more of a soup. It wasnât what I was expecting, but Iâm slowly working my way through the menu.
@Google_Gourmet what is up with the hanging skeleton? Do they sell that or is it just hanging there to dispose of later?
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I think Mark will be fine then. It is spicy but not painful imo.
For some reason, Iâve never tried Sichuan Cottage and I am looking to rectify this omission. I would appreciate a handful of must orders to get the real flavor for this place. Thanks in advance.
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West Lake Beef Chowder, Three Pepper Chicken, Lamb w. Cumin Flavor, Fish Filet w. Roasted Chili in Hot OilâŚ
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