Grain House 尚禾坊
Sichuan restaurant · Upper West Side ·
Sichuan & Hunan dishes: burning noodle, ma po tofu
Sichuan & Hunan dishes: burning noodle, ma po tofu
"Grain House on Amsterdam Avenue mostly serves Sichuan food, and even if your apartment currently has a vegetarian, a pescatarian, and someone who restricts themselves to only eating spicy pork, you can still make takeout work here. They deliver pretty much all over the uptown area, and you can place your order online." - hannah albertine, bryan kim
"The owner hails from Beijing, and the menu reflects the cosmopolitan mix of dishes to be found in the Chinese capital. It started out in Little Neck, Queens, near the Long Island border, then established itself on the Upper West Side, where there are perhaps a dozen forward looking Chinese restaurants. Burning noodle is one standout dish, and so are kimchi fried rice, beef with long hot pepper, and eggplant with potato. Order online for pickup or delivery." - Robert Sietsema, Eater Staff
"Five years ago it was the foremost Sichuan restaurant in Little Neck, Queens, home to many Asian restaurants, and then in 2018, it picked up and moved to the Manhattan Valley on the Upper West Side. Sour string beans with minced pork, Chengdu green bean noodles, ma po tofu, cumin lamb, and Chongqing stew chicken remained among its menu highlights, now with some Hunan thrown in, but there were some new things, too, like the relentlessly spicy “burning noodles.”" - Robert Sietsema, Serena Dai
"On a cold day I ordered the cumin chicken ($13.95) at Grain House and loved how the oily, fragrant, spice-packed sauce coated the rice; the dish is studded with chopped dried red chiles, green peppers, and chunks of onion that help balance the heat, and the thin, tender slices of chicken were cooked to perfection — I even saved enough for lunch the next day." - Eater Staff
"Grain House, originally from Little Neck, is included among the contemporary Chinese restaurants in the Upper West Side, known for its modern dishes." - Robert Sietsema