Sichuan Palace Offers Old Chinese-American Mainstays
Owner Wentao Wang wanted to bring authentic Szechuan cuisine to the Chelmsford area.
Even though Sichuan Palace is relatively new to 7 Summer Street, it is already garnering attention around Chelmsford. Sichuan Palace’s “3-Way Duck” recently won the Brad the Dad award at Taste of Chelmsford, an event that raised $8,000 for Chelmsford’s Center School. Sichuan Palace owner Wentao Wang believed the duck dish would be a hit with Chelmsford residents. “Duck is...a bit more fatty meat, so you get more juice to it, taste-wise,” said Wang. “In a restaurant you try to do something different, something that you wouldn’t make at home.” Wang said he put the award in the window of his restaurant immediately after winning it, and the next day he sold many more duck dishes. So many, in fact, that he added duck to the lunch menu to meet …
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Brad Marmo
9:30 am on Thursday, April 12, 2012
“I don’t want a taste so spicy that you can’t taste the food,” he said. “I want the spice to add character to the taste of the food.” My favorite of the 3 ducks at the Taste of Chelmsford was definitely the spicy duck, and it was exactly as described above. Duck came first, spicy second... and in no way did it overpower the dish, but as Mr. Wang said, it added character. After reading this … more ›