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Small Chinese restaurant on Goodge Street in Fitzrovia, the new occupant of the premises most recently vacated by Miga. Its name is a direct transliteration of the Chinese: Sānxiá Rénjiā (三峽人家).

Kake visited on a weekday lunchtime in June 2010. There were only a couple of other customers in. Background music was playing, rather repetitive, but not too loud.

They have two menus; an English one and a Chinese-only one. I didn't look at the English menu because I'd already decided I wanted to try ordering from the Chinese one, which includes a number of Sichuan and other regional specialties — my translations of this are on Flickr: cold dishes/appetisers, hot dishes 1, hot dishes 2, lunch specials.

From the lunch section of the menu, I ordered 魚香肉絲飯 (yú xiāng ròu sī fàn, or fish-fragrant shredded pork with rice; £6); this wasn't bad at all, with plenty of chilli heat. The rice was good, not mushy in the slightest, and of the perfect texture for picking up with chopsticks (in my experience of Chinese restaurants in London, this is rarer than it should be).

I was also intrigued by a dish on the main part of the menu — 老虎菜 (lǎo hǔ cài, or tiger salad; £6.50) photo. I have a feeling that they don't usually offer this menu at lunchtime, but my waitress was pleased by my interest in the dish and offered to ask the kitchen if they'd do it for me anyway. It turned out to be really rather good — a very spicy yet well-balanced salad of shredded green vegetables, chillies, fresh coriander, and thin, firm tofu strips.

Service was very friendly and helpful.

Accessibility: A shallow step up to get in. Toilets are down a flight of stairs in the basement.

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Last visited by Kake, June 2010.

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