But authentic Szechuan spicy beef is really good. When I've ordered it in the US, I would spend five minutes explaining what I'm looking for. They get it close, but not quite.
There’s an authentic Szechuan place in the BuHi (Buford Highway) area of ATL that we learned about going there with a group with a Chinese immigrant we knew through Georgia Tech.
We went there once later, just the wife, son and I, and we ordered something off of the Chinese menu (there’s also a white people menu). A fried eggplant dish, this stuff was crazy spicy in a unique way.
The waitress looked at us wypepo and said something like “You SURE you want THAT!?”
It was pretty funny, and yes, yes we did. And it was really good again.