Spy C Cuisine

Spy C Cuisine - Review - Forest Hills - New York - The Infatuation

"Come to Spy C Cuisine for the best Chinese food in Forest Hills, on par with some of our favorite Sichuan spots across the city. At this Austin Street restaurant, calm and relaxing murals of delicate flowering trees decorate the walls, and the soundtrack is elevator music, but the very last thing the food here will do is put you to sleep. Spy C lives up to its name, with assertively spicy food—including some wonderful tingly things achieved with sichuan peppercorns. And If you love eggplant, you owe it to yourself to try their super-silky, mortar and pestle-smashed celebration of the vegetable. They also serve a standard menu of Chinese-American takeout staples, but while there’s a time and a place for orange chicken, it’d be a mistake to miss out on things like melt-in-your-mouth pork belly or mala spicy shredded beef. Food Rundown Crispy and Spicy Cucumber Salad Sweet, garlicky, and bright, this cold dish is a refreshing palate cleanser as you bounce between all the other dishes on your table. photo credit: Molly Fitzpatrick Mortar & Pestle Smashed Eggplant & Peppers Your server will work the mortar and pestle right in front of you, leaving the eggplant luxuriously silky. You’ll be supplied with tongs to serve yourself, but a spoon would work just as well—these nightshades have been alchemized into something like a savory jam. photo credit: Molly Fitzpatrick Crispy Spicy Shredded Beef This dish pulls off so many irresistible textures at once—chewy, crispy, crunchy—with a satisfyingly smoky mala heat. It’s difficult to stop eating, even long after you’re full. photo credit: Molly Fitzpatrick House Special Braised Pork Accompanied by enjoyably bouncy little shiitake mushrooms, these sticky-sweet, tender chunks of pork belly melt in your mouth. photo credit: Molly Fitzpatrick Slow-Simmered Fish With Chilis And Soft Tofu So soft, so silky. Every aspect of this dish has obviously been treated with care, especially the fall-apart, gently cooked fish. The numbing spice builds with every bite, rolling down your tongue like a thunderstorm. photo credit: Molly Fitzpatrick" - Molly Fitzpatrick