Tasty Trek: Red Dragon (in Hillyard)

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Geo and Lisa have set out on an adventure... to boldly venture forth to places we have never gone before... to unearth what had previously been to us, a hidden food culture in the city we call home, Spokane. Without a doubt, it is truly a pleasure to taste the many wonderful flavors of the world that lay hidden like treasure in the kitchens of small business owners in nearby neighborhoods until their presence upon the menu catches our eye. Our quest was not to to find the best or the worst... but to try something new, to make new friends and acquaintances and to discover for ourselves more of what life in Spokane is like and what our community has to offer in way of culinary experiences.

The inspiration to embark on such a journey came after several dinner outings where we realized that there were many ethnic foods and extremely nice people who owned restaurants in Spokane. Having found this to be quite remarkable, we simply decided to broaden our horizon, to boldly go where we had never gone before, and keep a log of where we had been, what we ate and what we experienced while we were there.

With time to spend together around the dinner hour and a little lunch money in our pockets that we could give to our community in a "support your local business" type fof way, we began our food trekking journey in and around the city, and even venture out from time to time. It has become our quest, our journey... perhaps even our weird obsession, but whatever it is, whatever you think it may be, it is done with a spirit of adventure, one that we now take with us, everywhere, and wherever we go...

This is Lisa's blog... and THIS is Tasty Trek. This is our story.

Monday, February 8, 2010

Red Dragon (in Hillyard)

Good place to eat!

Red Dragon from Francis Street recently moved to Hillyard but we did not know it until we showed up and started asking questions. All we knew is that on a side street in Hillyard (Diamond) there was a little Chinese food restaurant we hadn't heard about before or been to.

This place is really quite a jem! Not only is it the same Red Dragon food that we liked so much over on Francis but it's a nice little place!

It is located at 3011 E. Diamond Spokane, in the Hillyard area.

Geo ordered Granny's Tofu w/ Pork.. aka Ma Po Tofu... and I ordered the Mandarin Crispy Beef. Soup and rice came with our meal as did hot tea.

As you can see the food was fresh and colorful... full of a variety of veggies.

It was not too spicy although both items were listed as spicy dishes. When I commented on this to the waitress she offered to bring us some scorpion sauce...

Geo gladly agreed.... He had no idea what scorpion sauce was... but he was anxious to find out.

This here is scorpion sauce.

Basically it is crushed haberneros...

Now I have never had habernaros but after Geo put some on his food and liked it I tried it too... not much mind you.... just a little bit... as this is all that you need. Haberneros are very HOT! Use them with care and don;t touch them and then touch you eyes.

It was actually a very nice flavor. Very accommodating of the server too. She went out of her way to make it a nice visit and was fun to talk to. In fact everyone here that we chatted with was really friendly and helpful.