The Best Sichuan Restaurants In NYC - New York - The Infatuation

"Spicy Moon in the East Village serves vegan Sichuan food like dan dan noodles (with the option to add vegan beef), vegetable wontons in chili oil, and mapo tofu that's so good you’ll wonder if the dish is better without meat. It’s a top-notch takeout option, but we also like coming here before a night out. The red darkroom lighting makes feasting on chili sauce eggplant and dry pot with tofu feel like an intimate dinner party. They also have locations in the West Village and the Lower East Side." - neha talreja, hannah albertine, diana kuan, molly fitzpatrick