Red Chilli specialises in Beijing and Sichuan cuisine unlike most Chinese restaurants in Leeds who serve Cantonese food.
The first thing to say about Red Chilli is that their menu is huge, and contains a lot of traditional dishes that you wouldn't find in other Chinese restaurants around these parts. The menu could be quite intimidating to some people, try to not be overwhelmed by the choice though as once you find the dishes that you like this place really is hard to beat!
For our dinner at Red Chilli we had:
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| A bottle of the house Sauvignon Blanc |
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| 3 delicacies hot and sour soup |
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| Vegetarian hot and sour soup |
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| Salt & Pepper stir fried Soft Shell Crab |
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| A portion of fried rice to share |
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| Special Seafood Bird's Nest |
The salt and pepper soft shell crab is our "go to" dish at Red Chilli, we order it every visit and it is always wonderful.
On the menu the special seafood bird's nest says oysters, prawns, sea cucumber, scallop and squid, our waitress informed us that you choose two of these but they had no sea cucumber available on the day, no problem I asked for oysters and scallops. The dish arrived with oysters, scallops, squid and prawns so I am unsure if the dish actually contains all the seafood and the waitress mis-informed us or if the waitress informed us correctly but she realised we thought it was a selection of all the seafood so asked the kitchen to do it that way. Either way it was a beautiful seafood dish, the bird's nest was made of crispy noodles that were softened by the sauce under the seafood.
A note on the fried rice, Red Chilli's fried rice is the best I have eaten anywhere! Every single time I have had their fried rice it is beautifully fluffy, delicious, and smells like popcorn. It is never, ever stodgy like it can be elsewhere.
Red Chilli is very reasonably priced and as I said at the outset, for me easily the best Chinese restaurant in Leeds.
Red Chilli
6 Great George Street
Leeds
LS1 3DW
01132429688
www.redchillirestaurant.co.uk
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