HKW Hong Kong West Restaurant

Went here with my girlfriend and dad a few days ago. Ordered spicy cabbage, sichuan ginger beef and 4 or 5 other things that the waitress recommended, so a pretty large order. Everything came at a reasonable time and it was all incredibly delicious! Nothing was greasy, and there were lots of fresh vegetables and delicious meat. I've been to probably 20+ different chinese places in Vic and this one is by far the best. It may take a little bit longer as it's ran by just the husband and wife, but it is totally worth it.<br/ <br/  I think this is probably the most authentic, fresh tasting Chinese place I've been to as well, you just have to reassure them that you can handle spicy and make sure to say Xie xie ni!

I've easily brought more than 20 people here on different occasions. The food is consistently amazing. The portions are generous. The interior is no-frills but when you taste the food you'll come back all the time. I've been coming here for years and I like supporting the family that runs this place. Some dishes to try: eggplant with mushrooms, green beans, sizzling lamb, fish hotpot, black chicken, pepper chicken, Sichuan potatoes, sour cabbage. This is a great place to bring friends who like spicy food because they aren't messing around with those chilies. One of my favourites in Victoria :

Authentic sechuan that's never dissapointing. Don't order western chinese food! Try the spicy chicken!unbelievable....try the green beans and the eggplant dishes.

Authentic Sichuanese food in Victoria<br/ Don 't be fooled by the name and lacklustre interior this place is amazing. The chef is from Sichuan and cooks many authentic dishes, including frog, offal and lots of ma la Sichuan peppercorn filled delights. <br/ <br/ I 've only been three times, and twice I was alone, so I haven 't tried a lot. That said, the Laziji Sichuan Chicken on their English menu is good. It 's lightly dredged pieces of thighs and breast deep fried, then dry fried with sichuan peppercorns, garlic, onions, and all the dried chillies in the world. You eat it by picking out the pieces of chicken don 't worry about finishing a plate of dried chilis!<br/ <br/ The Sichuan Green Beans are pretty standard and pretty good as well. The Sichuan Dumplings come sitting in that spectacular red oil that is more flavourful than spicy. First you get a sweet, smoky taste, then the ma la and heat from the chilis creeps up on you. They are fantastic. <br/ <br/ And finally, the dish that is the best Chinese I 've eaten since China: Shuizhu. It 's 'Water boiled beef ' as translated from no. 23 on the Chinese only menu, and called 'Fish Hot Pot ' on the English menu. (I got the beef version. Meat is blanched in boiling water, then placed into bowl filled with sui choy, garlic and chili oil. The flavour is very complex and very addictive, and can come spiced medium to extra hot. I got extra and my eyes were watering, but it didn 't hurt they way some other spicy foods do it 's a slow growing heat as compared to an in your face assault. And it is fantastic.<br/ <br/ The wife who runs the front of house is very friendly. She is from Xian, so she doesn 't love things that are extremely spicy, but she will recommend an entire meal of Sichuanese food if you ask. As she will tell you, not all Sichuanese food is spicy; some have a little but are more about complex flavours than heat. <br/ <br/ Now to try the rest of the menu!

Great Sichuanese food. My wife and I went here in the hopes of finding some true sichuanese food and we were not disappointed. We had the sichuan chicken and green bean dishes. We had to ask for recommendations on authentic style dishes because the English menu doesn't have them. If you ask, they will help you choose something authentic. Also, don't be shy to wave down the staff when you want something, they don't seem to mind!