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    Aunt Liu's Private Kitchen

    3.5 (13 reviews)
    Closed 1:00 pm - 10:00 PM

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    Shengjian bao. Basically no soup inside but tasty
    Nathaniel L.

    This is a Chinese restaurant on the same floor as Umi Sushi & Lounge. When you walk to the dining area to be seated, you pass the sushi bar and a "lounge" area (i.e., a sofa and a TV). During the day, you can see their menu in the front, but at night, they move it back indoors. I normally don't visit places like this, but I was drawn in because the menu outside said they had shengjian baos, which was my favorite food-related discovery in 2019. I asked Ms. Liu if they had soup in them, as many don't, and she replied "yes, yes, the ones without soup don't taste as good." So far so good. Ms. Liu handled three tables on her own. She was pleasant to interact with, and has a very unique laugh that seems to accompany genuine interest in what you're saying. I'm unsure about whether she can speak English, but the menus had sufficient English translations right next to Chinese characters. She brought out some tea and then the vine pepper chicken. Absolutely delicious, but had the problem of having a ton of bone shards which I'm not a fan of. The sauce goes very well with rice. Then the shengjianbaos came out 10 minutes later. They were also tasty, but didn't have any soup in them. Normally I'd be pissed off for being misled, but both dishes were still very well prepared, so I was surprisingly not as upset as I thought I'd be. The food was just that good. My quest for better shengjian bao places continues, but I found a decent hole in the wall that deserves some love. 3.5

    G19Spicy Fish w.Pickled Mustard Greens
    Susan W.

    This place is very popular in the Chinese social media. A lot of people recommended it. I came here on a Friday night. I thought there was no chance to get a table. Surprisingly they took our order over the phone and told us to come. We arrived and they put us at the table in the bar which is outside of the restaurant. I don't mind. We already ordered the food over the phone. We got fish, chicken, duck and eggplant. Nothing is impressive. Not sure why people like it. Maybe they haven't tried the real Szechuan food? Food is not spicy. The duck is over cooked. The fish is steamed and has no taste. The chicken is good, very juicy but it's not spicy. The eggplant is too oily and not spicy at all. I would not recommend. In addition, according to the menu, you get free soup dumplings and free dessert if you order over $60. But they said no more.

    The portion size is quite large. The taste is good. It takes a bus from the Main Street to there. Reservation is better to order some dishes. The tip calculation is based on original price rather than the discounted price, which is quite ridiculous. So please be aware of the trick.

    Spicy guojiang fish
    Jessie W.

    Owner very nice lady. Free edamame while waiting. Very authentic and spicy. Restaurant is clean. We ordered tons of food and took out many too. Wouldn't give clean chopsticks while we were putting leftover food into containers ourselves to take away though, insisted that we use our own dirty chopsticks.... Still great experience overall! Huge portions.

    Fish was not clean well, lots of the fish scales, flavor was terrible. And All of us had DIARRHEA after ate here!!

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    Highly recommend this place. Foods great, the owner is very friendly. Wish people gave more love.

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    This is the most authentic Sichuan restaurant I have ever been. Highly recommend to my fellow 四川人who miss the home taste.

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    Akino

    (92 reviews)

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    This is for Wabi Nori…read more Really wanted to like this place but unfortunately it was lackluster. We tried Kaizen before and the quality/atmosphere is very similar so they probably have the same suppliers and maybe even same owners just rebranding. We ordered 2 mixed drinks from happy hour and they were fine but very sweet and not much alcohol. We also got the 6 handroll combo that came with spicy tuna, salmon, yellowtail, scallop, crab and lobster. I asked for less rice but the waitress said they don't put a lot of rice so I let it be. It was A LOT of rice. We also couldn't taste the difference between the rolls because all the fish was super chopped up and heavily seasoned so everything was mushy and tasted the same. Although service was good, we won't be back and can't recommend this spot :(

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    Murray Hill, Flushing

    I got the more expensive course (13 courses including 4 appetizers and 1 dessert). The appetizers…read morewere super yummy, most memorable for me was the chawanmushi and toast with tuna tartare and sturgeon caviar. The nigiri was good as well, they don't use toppings that you normally see at other omakases (of similar price point) so the nigiri was more similar to the nigiri served at authentic japanese omakases (not sure if this is Japanese owned but I don't think so). Nigiri was also not the typical basic fish (e.g salmon, unagi), but fish like barracuda and kinmedai. For dessert, we had fior di latte ice cream which was amazing, I still think about it, and they were kind enough to give us an extra one. Service was great and not too talkative or invasive. They gave us a letter at the end which showed everything we ate at the omakase that day and personalized with your name on it which I thought was nice. Not sure if they changed the course throughout the day though since some of what was on the letter was not what we had during the course. They also gave us a candle. Overall, a little pricy to be honest but the experience was very personal and felt very upscale.

    My friends have been to this Omakase place a couple of times and they highly recommend it so we…read moredecided to come check it out. It is $165 for a 13 course - it also comes with appetizer and dessert as well. The place is located inside Siam Thai - behind a bookshelf, the vibes are immaculate back there. The chief was so friendly and took his time to explain each dish to us and also took time to chat with us which I thought was really nice especially since I have mainly been to "fast casual" omakase locations recently where they don't really chat with you. There was a good variety of appetizers, fish and dessert. The appetizer options were so unique and the platting was so pretty. The fish options were also very plentiful and I liked the topping that they put on top of each one, the rich was not as warm and soft as I would usually like it but they paired well with the fish. The portion sizes were also pretty large which I thought was nice especially since we were paying about $165 a person. If you are getting sake, they do let you sample the sake before opening the whole bottle. The presentation of the opened sake was also so fancy. Overall - if you want a more traditional omakase experience, I highly recommend checking this place out. The vibes are immaculate and you will have a good time chatting with the chef while enjoying your food!

    Aunt Liu's Private Kitchen - chinese - Updated May 2026

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