"After reading the reviews here, we were hesitant to give this place a try. Once you 've actually travelled in China, you kind of get realllllllly picky about your Chinese food. When we eat Chinese, we want authentic, which means it takes us back to China, culinarily speaking. And I am delighted to say that this place had us all on cloud nine. We made a point of asking for authentic spicing, and we weren 't disappointed. We had our favourite assortment of dishes: hot sour soup (OMG! ; ma po tofu (more meat than tofu and sooooo flavourful dare I say better than what we had in Nanning? and flavoured with fresh, zingy Sezchuan pepper; fish in black bean sauce (oh my! ; bok choi (they use only the tender, baby bok choi, delicately seasoned and cooked to perfection ; and sauteed eggplant with garlic sauce. The tea was high quality too. And to top it off, the fortune cookie told me that I was destined to give this place a great review. We went at lunch time, so it wasn 't too busy, and perhaps as a result, the service was prompt and friendly. Some reviewers have complained about the service, but we were not disappointed at all in that respect (or any! . Brig isn 't exactly culinary heaven (lots of pizza to be had , so Yuan sticks out like a really delightful sore thumb. Do stop by if you 're looking to wake up your taste buds."
