Sichuan Take out from Benny's Kitchen in SLO Every Monday from 5- 8pm.
*Please get your order in by midnight Sunday.
*Day of orders will be taken by walk-in only.
Logistics:
- There is out-door seating available to eat your food on site.
- Bring your own containers if you can (preferably one container per each dish ordered)
- Please don't forget to select what time you will be coming to pick up your order
- To make sure your food is hot and fresh, we will wait until you arrive to prepare the order. So please expect to get your food around 10 min after your arrival to the kitchen. If you are in a hurry to pickup, please say so in the notes and we will have your order prepacked and ready for you at the time selected.
- Pick up location is at Benny's Kitchen - 977 Foothill Blvd #109, SLO
About the Menu:
- Main dishes are fairly large and portioned with sharing family style in mind.
- Recommended servings are
- For Big Eaters: 1 dish and 1 rice per person
- For Lighter Eaters: 2 dishes for 3 people plus 1 order rice per person.
- Noodles are generally 1 order per person
- Recommended servings are
Sides/Cold Dishes:
Three Sliver Salad 凉拌三丝 - A classic preparation of seasonal veggies in Sichuan - the "three sliver salad" is composed of 3 types of julienned veggies mixed with a mustardy dressing. This week we will have locally harvested Kelp (Kelpful.com), organic carrots, and bean sprouts.
Noodles/Dumplings:
Chicken Wontons in Hot & Sour Sauce 酸辣馄饨 - small bowl of chicken wontons sitting in a sichuan chili oil - vinegar sauce.
Dan Dan Noodles - 担担面 - Etto Noodles in sesame chili sauce topped with ground shiitake mushrooms, greens and peanuts
Mains:
Ma Po Tofu 麻婆豆腐 - spicy tofu in mouthwatering- numbing chili sauce - a Sichuan classic
Braised Chicken with taro 红烧鸡肉 - Organic bone-in chicken braised in soy sauce and chili bean paste with chunks of taro and potato. Simmered with aromatic spices such as star anise, cinnamon and cardamom.
Gong Bao Shitake Mushroom 宫保香菇- A Vegetarian version of the Sichuan Classic...
A la cart Rice 米饭 - recommended for eating with the main dishes.
*Day of orders will be taken by walk-in only.
Three Sliver Salad 凉拌三丝
A classic preparation of seasonal veggies in Sichuan - the "three sliver salad" is composed of 3 types of julienned veggies mixed with a mustardy dressing.
This week we will have locally harvested Kelp (Kelpful.com), organic carrots, and bean sprouts.
Chicken Wontons in Hot & Sour Sauce
16 oz bowl of chicken wontons sitting in a sichuan chili oil - vinegar sauce.
Dan Dan Noodles with Shiitake 担担面
Etto noodles with sesame-soy dressing, topped with minced shiitake and local greens
*vegan
Rice 米饭
Short grain half polished rice. Think the texture of white rice with the pleasant nutty flavor of brown rice. This is the kind of rice you get when polishing by hand, like it was done for centuries in Asia.
Braised Chicken with taro 红烧鸡肉
Organic bone-in chicken braised in soy sauce and chili bean paste with chunks of taro and potato
Gong Bao Shitake Mushroom 宫保香菇
A Vegetarian version of the Sichuan Classic...
Legend has it that a Qing Dynasty governor of Sichuan, Gong Bao, disguised himself and slipped out of the palace to mingle with the lay folk when he had this dish at a local restaurant. Returning to the palace he had his kitchen recreate the dish and the rest is history. The version found in Sichuan is typically less sweet and more fragrant/pungent than it's American counterpart.