Nestled only a couple of blocks away from the heart of Times Square at West 46th Street and 9th Avenue, Mountain House provides a break from the lively entertainment scene where bright advertisements, skyscrapers, and glamorous restaurants attract millions of tourists. Unlike most of its neighbors, the restaurant has a cozy charm. The restaurant doesn\u2019t rely on extravagant signs to attract guests; instead, Mountain House incorporates bamboo scaffolding, wooden lanterns, a stone fountain decorated with rocks and branches, a wooden name plate, and a medium-sized banner that simply says \u201cMountain House, Authentic Szechuanese Cuisine.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When you walk inside, you\u2019ll notice the bamboo aesthetic continues. There was a conscious decision to curate an establishment that serves authentic Sichuanese food in a setting that resembles traditional Chinese designs: the traditional wooden furniture, hay that resembles the ancient huts, and cloth lanterns that light the room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Beyond this Zen ambiance lies a path of fiery spice that has guests salivating. The chefs prepare a variety of dishes from traditional Sichuanese delicacies to \u201cmodernist cuisine.\u201d Though the restaurant maintains its traditional dishes, it also appeals to a greater crowd by creating a menu that distinctly separates the \u201ctraditional cuisine\u201d from the \u201cmodernist cuisine.\u201d Some notable modernist dishes include salted egg yolk corns and fish fillet with crispy rice.1<\/a><\/sup> Every bite is an ode to Sichuan\u2019s traditional cuisine and modern trends!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nestled only a couple of blocks away from the heart of Times Square at West 46th Street and 9th Avenue, Mountain House provides a break from the lively entertainment scene where bright advertisements, skyscrapers, and glamorous restaurants attract millions of tourists. Unlike most of its neighbors, the restaurant has a cozy charm. The restaurant doesn\u2019t […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":974,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"portfolio_post_id":0,"portfolio_citation":"","portfolio_annotation":"","openlab_post_visibility":"","api_coordinates_pp":"40.7607850,-73.9897599","footnotes":"[{\"id\":\"cb0240a4-5c51-45f4-9815-31f50d0e9427\",\"content\":\"Mountain House, \\u201cMidtown Menu,\\u201d accessed May 14, 2025, https:\\\/\\\/www.szechuanmountainhouse.com\\\/_files\\\/ugd\\\/1542d3_26f6a91c9be542589082dae3a5addfee.pdf<\\\/a>\"}]"},"tags":[10],"location_types":[17],"class_list":["post-973","locations","type-locations","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-manhattan","location_types-location"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/nyfoodatlas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/locations\/973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/nyfoodatlas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/locations"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/nyfoodatlas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/locations"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/nyfoodatlas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/nyfoodatlas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=973"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/nyfoodatlas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/locations\/973\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1505,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/nyfoodatlas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/locations\/973\/revisions\/1505"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/nyfoodatlas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/nyfoodatlas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/nyfoodatlas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=973"},{"taxonomy":"location_types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/nyfoodatlas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location_types?post=973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Only a couple of blocks from Times Square, Mountain House reimagines traditional Sichuanese dishes, where each dish tells its own story.
Campus: Hunter College
Professor: Michael Benediktsson
Location: 353 W 46th St, New York, NY 10036
References: Mountain House. \u201cMidtown Menu.\u201d Accessed May 14, 2025. https:\/\/www.szechuanmountainhouse.com\/_files\/ugd\/1542d3_26f6a91c9be542589082dae3a5addfee.pdf<\/div>\n\n\n