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Chive Chicken  Spicy Icon

Chicken gently-boiled with chive, resulting in soft texture and an aromatic flavor.
$12.95


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Couple's Beef Slices  Spicy Icon

In the late Qing Dynasty over a hundred years ago, many vendors were selling beef slices served cold in the streets of Chengdu, using beef offal due to its low cost. Because of this, the dish was popular among rickshaw pullers and poor students.

In the 1930s, a married couple in Chengdu were in the business of cooking beef slices. The husband, Zhaohua Guo, and wife, Tianzheng Zhang, were unusually particular about the beef they made, and often experimented with new ingredients. As a result, their beef slices had a distinct taste from other competing vendors, gradually becoming well-known amongst locals. Their new-found fame attracted customers, and the attention of pranksters; often, mischievous children would stick paper notes that read ‘fuqi fèipiàn’ (married couple’s offal slices) on their backs, and fans would sometimes yell the words out. When a merchant tried the married couple’s beef slices later on, he was satisfied enough to give them a gold-lettered plaque reading ‘fuqi fèipiàn’ and the name has stuck ever since.

To suit their customer’s tastes, the couple made improvements on the dish, and offal slices were eventually replaced by various beef or lamb slices. Despite becoming a misnomer with the ingredient change, many today still carry on the local tradition of calling the dish by its most famous name: Fu Qi Fèi Piàn.
$13.95


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Cucumber Salad  Spicy Icon Veggie Icon

This salad is a refreshing and healthy option for summertime dining. Made with English cucumbers marinated in a tangy blend of vinegar, soy sauce, sugar, sesame oil, chili oil, and ground garlic, it's topped off with crunchy peanuts and fresh cilantro leaves. Its simplicity allows the natural, refreshing taste of the cucumber to shine through in a delicious manner. None spicy available.
$9.95

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House Sausage  Spicy Icon

$18.95


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Pork Belly with Fresh Garlic  Spicy Icon

Sliced and boiled pork belly mixed with our proprietary sauce, chili oil, and fresh minced garlic.
$13.95


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ATTENTION:

1) This menu is only available at the University of Minnesota location.

2) 18% gratuity will be added to checks for five or more.

3) Sorry, no checks accepted.


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