眷湘Easterly Millbrae

"good place to have some real taste of Chinese "XIANG cuisine". We didn't order many dishes as we only have two people. Stir-fry green beans is a good choice for some greens and you can't go wrong for white rice with these dishes!"

"If you ask me say a couple years ago I'll probably give this restaurant maybe 2-3 stars because I didn't really enjoy the food as much. It's almost directly across the street from another Hunan restaurant so I ignored this restaurant for a couple of years after one not so great visit. However, recently I really enjoy this restaurant for some unique dishes and even prefer this over the other Hunan restaurant Wonderful across from the street. What I mean is that this restaurant has a more traditional flavor/chopping than Wonderful (I don't know why but the pieces are sometimes too big in Wonderful that you felt like the one chopping the ingredients doesn't know how to properly prepare in Chinese food). There are also interesting flavors such as different styles/types of chili peppers used. They also use interesting ingredients such as lotus tip and pickled long bean that are really rare in most Chinese restaurants here. The waitress is also super friendly and efficient even though she's often the only one waiting on all the tables."

"The glass noodles were mostly oily noodles and I wish there was more ingredients inside for $15. They also had a red rice pork dish that tasted ok to me, but my partner liked it."

"Maybe they got their reputation from other locations or their early years of the service. The food portion is small and therefor the dishes r pricy. Got a steam chicken and it is a small bowl and full of half bowl chicken necks and feet.. another table of clients who next us also said they won’t come back. Food tastes ok but there are so many better options nearby. Come and give a try, then it is ur call~"