text: The hubster and I finally made it in here to make a comparison between China Star and How Lee The service here is incredibly friendly and accommodating and they clearly are used to dealing with English speaking clientelennSurprisingly the servers were Cantonese I liked this because I could speak with them without much trouble but this is where I thought the food might have been a bit lacking We got our usual which is fish fillets in spicy broth and pea shoots The pea shoots were a bit on the tough side might just have been due to what was available and we were able to get the fish fillets a bit more mild than usual Maybe getting it mild was where we went wrong Sad to say but the fish fillets at China Star are significantly better Allow me to explain just a bit the fish fillet dish at How Lees was a bit cantonesed ie they had thickened up the soup base with corn starch which is a pretty typical cantonese thing to do Also the fish fillets were a bit on the doughy side which I think probably had everything to do with the fish they used nnAnyway this is not a crazy indictment it was still really good Chinese food especially by Pittsburgh standards I especially liked it because I could actually speak with the servers But if you are looking for really authentic Szechuan food I would recommend China Star over this