Twice-Cooked Pork
Tender pork, leeks, and a deep savory heat
West Hartford · Since 2014Step away
Step away
from the noise.
The SHU palateFive flavors
Five flavors
200+ dishes
Made for every table.
Chongqing Chicken
Crisp chicken, dried chilies & Sichuan pepper
Chengdu Dumplings
Tender dumplings in a deeply seasoned sauce
Kung Pao Chicken
A classic of chilies, peanuts and bright depth
Dry-Fried Green Beans
A classic with garlic and chilies
Mapo Tofu
Silky tofu, chili bean paste & Sichuan pepper
The chef behind SHUThe flavor
The flavor
I brought with me
I came to America with a memory of how Sichuan food should taste: fragrant, layered, alive. This is the path that led from my first lesson to the food we make at SHU today.
— Chef Xingyu HuangWelcome back
to SHU
The New York Times ↗CT Bites ↗Hartford Courant ↗Connecticut Magazine ↗
For twelve years, we have cooked each dish with the same patience, discipline, and respect for where it came from.— SHU, West Hartford
Come hungry.
For the heat, the comfort, and the people you bring with you.
The flavor
I brought
with me.
I came to America with a memory of how Sichuan food should taste: fragrant, layered, alive. This is the path that led from my first lesson to the food we make at SHU today.
1988
The foundation.
I entered culinary school and began learning the discipline behind Chinese cooking: knife work, fire, dough, broth, repetition—and the patience to do it properly.
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Chef Huang · 1988
Chef Huang · 1988
2000
Across the ocean.
I came to America and began again in a New York Chinese kitchen, then continued in Connecticut. I learned how to cook for a new home without losing the flavor I knew.
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New York → Connecticut
New York → Connecticut
2014
SHU.
Fourteen years on the line, refining my craft in American Chinese kitchens, taught me what I would—and would not—compromise on. I opened SHU Restaurant in West Hartford: a place for Sichuan flavor with clarity, depth, and heart.
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West Hartford
West Hartford
Today
Still cooking with care.
Every dish at SHU begins with a simple question: is this something I would be proud to serve my own family? If the answer is not yes, it does not leave the kitchen.
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Still making it
the right way.
More than 200 dishes, made with the same commitment to honest Sichuan cooking that brought us here in the first place.
There is always
more to taste.
Your table
in West Hartford.
SHU Restaurant
156 Shield Street
West Hartford, CT 06110
Hours
Sunday–Thursday
11:30 AM–9:30 PM
Friday–Saturday
11:30 AM–10:00 PM
Contact
(860) 519-1740
shurestaurantusa@gmail.com
156 Shield Street
West Hartford, CT
West Hartford, CT