STRONGSVILLE, OH – The suburb has a lot of chain restaurants, but the city does have some locally owned gems. And in my humble opinion, one of these gems is Szechuan Gourmet.
Szechuan Gourmet opened its first location in Cleveland’s Asiatown neighborhood. Then a few years ago, the restaurant opened its second location in Strongsville at 18086 Royalton Rd. I have gone to the Strongsville restaurant a few times and have been impressed by their food (especially their dry pots, which can be painfully spicy for me but are always wholly delicious).
Durian puff pastriesPhoto bythe author
During my most recent two visits to the restaurant, I tried some items off Szechuan Gourmet’s new dim sum menu, which to my knowledge, is only available at the Strongsville location. Across the two trips, I tried the durian puff pastries ($8.50), pork shumai ($6.50), shrimp shumai ($6.50), and shrimp dumplings ($6.50). Off the regular menu, I also got spicy beef noodle soup ($11.95) during one visit and a dry pot with crispy fish ($17.95) on the other. I’m glad to say that I found the new dim sum menu to be a great addition.