[Ann Arbor] Asian Legend
Asian Legend | www.asianlegendannarbor.com
Address: 516 E Williams, Ann Arbor MI 48104
Date visited: 2013.03
Total bill: $84 including 18% gratuity for six people ($14 per person)
Verdict: Hits the spot for much needed home food
Will return: Definitely
Whenever my friends and I crave home styled food, we come to Asian Legend. The food is simple and standard but sometimes that is exactly what fills the spot. My friends went on a four-day cruise that only served American steak, seafood, and chicken and as soon as they came back to Ann Arbor, they wanted this.
As a general rule for such flavorful, MSG-laden food like this, stick with white rice for balance. Fried rice is for noobs. Also drink lots of tea and water.
Onion Pancake Wrapped w/ Beef 牛肉捲餅 ($7.95)
This is a must-get at Asian Legend. It is a very simple and delicious dish that reminds me of home-cooked food. We got two of these so everyone could have two pieces. Mix hot chili oil with soy sauce and use as dipping sauce.
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| Onion Pancake Wrapped w/ Beef |
Pepper Salt Chicken Wings 鹽酥雞 ($6.95)
This is basically Asian style popcorn chicken. The breading is delicious. There are bones in this.
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| Pepper Salt Chicken Wings |
Eggplant w/ Fried Tofu 茄子豆腐煲 ($10.95)
The Eggplant w/ Garlic Sauce 魚香茄子 was my favorite dish until I discovered this dish, which is basically the same thing plus tofu, making it even more nomalicious.
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| Eggplant w/ Fried Tofu |
Wuxi Ribs 無錫排骨 ($14.95)
These braised spare ribs are a specialty from the Jiangsu province in China. The sauce is sweet and the meat falls right off the bones.
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| Wuxi Ribs |
This dish originated from Sichuan province in China, which basically cooks everything flaming, tongue-numbingly spicy. They don’t make it that spicy here so don’t be afraid to get it.
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| Ma Po Tofu |
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Chinese Watercress w/ Garlic Sauce ($9.95).
Just because we are good children and needed a green dish.
Pepper Salt Soft Shell Crab 椒鹽軟殼蟹 ($13.85)
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