Gourmet Kingdom in Carrboro. Awesome fish in Schezuan bean sauce!
Gourmet Kingdom in Carrboro - a not particularly attractive looking chinese buffet. Many locals go past it without giving it a second look. I went there a long time ago, when it newly opened and was actually pretty good. The fact that I was new to USA and the novel concept of a bountiful buffet must have also played its part to attract me here. But as the days went by, the quality of the buffet went downhill and I explored and found many other deserving places in the Chapel Hill/Carrboro area.
But now the locals are in for a hot surprise. Gourmet Kingdom has a new management and they have ditched the buffet. The place now serves a schezuan cuisine and they seem to be really very good at that. We went there on a sunday evening and the place was packed. Many asians, always a good sign if the locals are eating there!
We had the fish in schezuan bean sauce which is one of their signature dish. Hot is an understatement!!! I am wary of hot dishes because I always feel that the heat kills all the other flavors. But this one was good. The fish was perfectly cooked on a bed of chinese cabbage and topped with this spicy hot chilli-garlic schezuan secret paste. We got some bok-choy and black mushrooms, turned out a great choice to cool the tongue down which was literally on fire after the fish. The two plates were served with a generous portion of white rice.
Great food but the service was slow. Next time - Ba Shu Chicken!
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