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“To try unusual and new dishes”
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Hua
Ranked #46 of 178 Restaurants in Dushanbe
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Reviewed 23 October 2024

It is a Chinese restaurant, but recently they added new menu of another restaurant they combined two restaurants so if you don't want to try Chinese food then you can ask menu for Yakitoria and they will give you another menu with another cuisine. The restaurant is amazing, the interior design was in traditional Chinese style even the set of dishes were in Chinese style. The atmosphere is very good, the specific smells, pictures, furtniture and dim light create the Chinese atmosphere.l really liked the food and the atmosphere it was different from other Chinese restaurants in Dushanbe. They had really good stuff they were respectful and helpful. If you want to try Chinese cuisine it is exact place where you should go, the food is unusual and delicious with interesting combinations of ingredients and spices, and the atmosphere is cosy make you feel relaxed and comfortable.

Date of visit: October 2024
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Reviewed 31 May 2024

By and large, the menu is strange and off-base with little to do with genuine Chinese food. Yes, there is the quintessential Peking duck [not spicy hot but good; too bad there was no option for 1/2 order I might have taken that]; however, I observed that almost none of the dishes are (hot) spicy but cater to the preferences of "sweet-and-sour" palates. China historically is agrarian and many fine dishes are vegetarian e.g. 蒜蓉空心菜 suan rong kang xin cai (water spinach with garlic). True there were some tofu dishes (regrettably, I am not a fan of tofu) but the absence of main vegetarian dishes is manifest from the menu. Fine: beef and lamb can substitute for pork but where are the Hunan-style and Szechuan-style dishes? I ordered one chicken dish (Hot Crispy Chicken). Yes, the chicken was crispy and the dish certainly had an abundance of dried whole red chili cut in 2-3 parts each. However, the superabundance of the chili dwarfed the amount of chicken, which was too finely (almost ridiculously) diced.(See the photo of the dish to get a rough idea.) The dish I was served was in effect kung pao chicken (but with the chicken being crispy) which, of course, comes with peanut; but I did not order kung pao, which is my least favorite of the spicy Chinese dishes from all regions of China. There were simply no other hot (spicy) dishes on offer so I tried ordering fried beef with black pepper sauce and fried lamb with onion and cumin. Black pepper sauce was not even remotely spicy; indeed, the plate should be renamed stir fried beef with slice bell pepper. Anyway, part of the mountain of dried whole chili supplied with the chicken I shifted to the other plates. That helped. (Some more chili I put in a jar for take-away for future use to enliven lame dishes I shall undoubtedly be served in other venues in Dushanbe.) Food bill: 336 somoni exclusive of 12% service charge (but inclusive of a double order of steamed rice). For that money, I would have expected better food.
The service is very good (although the waiter may disappear for a while) and the ambiance is excellent except for there being no separate area for non-smokers. Allowing patrons to smoke anywhere -- unfortunately, that mimics the real Chinese approach to running restaurants. I sat in the least desirable area away from others to avoid the smoking. I don't mind the fragrance of shisha (kaliyon/hookah) but I detest cigarette smoke. However, I am happy to report that I did not detect any smoke of any sort from where I sat -- the benefit of a large venue.

Date of visit: April 2024
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