Andrew C.
Yelp
I had initially heard about Fish with You from a friend when she had found a location in Rowland Heights. The menu had sounded really good as it had a lot of aspects that I liked. Fast forward a bit and realized one had opened in Las Vegas !
Fish with You specializes in a style called "suan cai yu" aka sour veggie fish or saurkraut fish. Quite similar to a "shui zhu yu" aka water boiled fish but in this variation, it has the pickled veggies.
Menu's are available via QR code (chowbus) at the corner of your table. Ordering is still in person so you can ask a waiter/waitress to come by to take your order.
So far i've been here twice and was able to try 4 different things. A lot of their stuff is listed as 1 or 2 people serving, so order accordingly. Portion size is actually fairly decent. Actually matches the number of people decently well (even for someone who eats a decent amount like me)
All? dishes come with rice. We've never ordered more than a bowl of rice so unsure if it's limited to 1 or you can get more.
SIGNATURE SUAN CAI & FISH 招牌热炝酸菜鱼 (2 people serving) - this is their SIGNATURE dish therefore no modifications. This is probably my FAVORITE dish so far, out of the few i've tried. This one comes with SNAKEHEAD/BLACK fish (the name varies per dish but same fish). This fish DOES come with a bit of skin on every piece of fish, so if you don't like skin, then here's your FYI. VERY flavorful. Not too spicy, good for people who can handle a little amount of spice. GOOD amount suan/sour flavor. DONT be intimidated by the amount of dried chili's in here (not edible, to me anyway, so pick them out).
SUPER ANGUYS BEEF (1 person serving - 金汤肥牛 golden soup) - you have a choice between 3 different "flavors" (golden soup, tomato, or lao tan). We had picked golden soup. This dish uses sliced beef like you'd get in hot pot/shabu shabu. Unfortunately, since they cook everything in "1 pot", the beef gets overcooked. Lots of dry soy skin (looks like noodles, not the dry bean curd), enoki mushrooms, celtuce (the stalk of A-choy). Flavor is good overall but star of the dish is overcooked, so tough.
LAOTAN SUANCAI & FISH 老坛酸菜鱼 (2 people serving) - unlike the signature, you have a choice between basa or snakehead fish. We chose snakehead fish (additional $3) for this one. Also unlike the previous 2, you get an option of 4 "sides" (2 person serving gets 4, 1 person serving gets 2) but the options are dry soy skin, enoki mushroom, taiwanese lettuce, tofu, celtuce, black fungus, wide glass noodle, and vermicelli. We picked dry soy skin, taiwanese lettuce (a-choy), tofu, and black fungus). The fish itself is still good. Lots of hidden "bombs" aka sichuan peppercorns. Less of an "impression" compared to their signature, like the flavor is lighter, so maybe if its your first time having this type of dish, this is the one to order to try first?
ROYAL TOMATO FISH 公举番茄鱼 (1 person serving) - since we ordered snakehead fish on the previous dish, we got basa (a type of swai) fish on this one to try and compare the difference. Basa fish is like your typical fish filet you see in most hot pot places. No skin attached. Snakehead/black fish is an additional $2. The flavoring of this dish is VERY reminescent of the childhood favorite tomato egg stir fry, just without the egg. I'd almost say the tomato aspect tastes exactly like it. Not bad of a dish. Good for those who want fish but can't handle/don't like spiciness, or even children. We opt'ed for taiwanese lettuce and tofu on this one (2 options for sides since it was a 1 person serving)
Very tasty overall. Most of the stuff is good but some just stand out more. Another friend and I are looking forward to coming here to try the TRIPLE DELIGHT IN CHILI OIL 毛血旺, a dish typically maining duck blood but with other organs like intestine, etc as well ! heard it's quite spicy tho !
Service is good. Seemingly always one person standing by somewhere. Decently fluent in english but definitely mandarin chinese. Hopefully they'll last a long time as the previous restaurants in this location has not. Only downside being located in Shanghai Plaza, their parking will be a huge factor depending on time you come.