Last night, I joined some friends and headed to Lucky Strike, a Chinese Sichuan restaurant over on SE Hawthorne Blvd. It's small and quirky place that offers some authentic Sichuan food. The owner brings selections to customers that she grew up in China during her youth.
The restaurant itself only has a few tables, and the interior is really pretty.. Big bold reds and blacks dominate the decor. Funky asian paintings adorn the walls.
The food at Lucky Strike is not your run of the mill, Americanized Chinese food. This is authentic stuff! And the spice factor is through the roof. I tried a couple of their popular dishes - Hot Pepper Chicken Bath (little cubes of chicken in a sea of red peppers. WHOA it's spicy) and Cumin Beef was also really good. My fellow diners were regular hot food eaters, and this put them to the test.
All in all, the food was actually really quite good. I don't eat loads of spicy food, and I lived to tell this tale.
Lucky Strike is located at 3862 SE Hawthorne Blvd in Portland, OR (across from Fred Meyer).
Telephone number: 503-206-8292
www.luckystrikepdx.com
