text: Fugu used to be my favorite Chinese restaurant in Madison not anymore nnWhen it started business in Fugu was red hot Its authentic Sichuan Chinese food has drawn so many people to its wonderful central location at State and Gilman I at least have dined more than times during and have been constantly happy with its food Back then only Wah Kee Noodle was the other Authentic Chinese place on my radar nnBut you know restaurants are precarious business nnSince there has been a revolution in the Chinese food scene in Madison I can count almost new authentic Chinese restaurants joining the competition Ichiban Oriental House Double Dumpling Haus Hong Kong Station to name a few Fugu was no longer unique and I have settled with Ichiban for Sichuan food in the past couple of years nnEarlier this week I went back to Fugu and was totally disappointed The dining space was understaffed with only two people handling people Through the whole time of our dinner servers never had time to clean up dirty dishes left by previous customers When we left the restaurant was full of empty tables with dirty dishes A group of people came but was unable to be seated So they left It was ugly Plus there were flies accompanying our dinner nnWe had dishes but they slowly came during a mins period The fast and accurate service was gone nnFood was good but inconsistent Waterboiled beef and Tofu Fish were really good but somehow our stirred fried pea shoot the easiest and overpriced dish of all was messed up Too much salt nnMy experience sounds really bad but I tend to think it was an anomaly rather than the standard Therefore I gave it a star instead of But for while I do not think I am going back There are much better choices if you are not limited to the State st area