Possibly Halifax's best Chinese restaurant, Cheelin manages to achieve a seemingly improbable balance between authentic Asian cuisine and a funkier, Haligonian vibe. The Szechuan- and Beijing-influenced kitchen serves normally hard-to-find dishes like mapo tofu (spicy tofu, cubed and stir-fried, often mixed with ground pork or beef) and yu xiang pork (pork with Szechuan sauce, usually made from some combination of ginger, garlic, sesame, vinegar, or fish flavoring).Yet the brightly painted, pastel interior and the hip young staff and crowd -- plus a few hip dishes like scallops with mango sauce -- tell you that you're in Halifax. Despite the surprisingly low prices, this is definitely not a hole-in-the-wall Chinese eatery. Go for the spicy Hunan haddock, the excellent vegetable spring rolls, the tofu bao, spicy calamari, orange beef, shredded pork with bitter melon, or maybe a daily special such as peppery shrimp with sautéed bok choy and squash. They also deliver to the downtown area -- good to know when you're hungry in your hotel late at night.
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