Chilli House - Werden

We went there to take the lunch menu and it was a suggestion by our chinese friend so we went for it :) they have a mixtuee of different far eastern cousine....thai, japanese, chinese, etc. The pork with this thai sauce was fantastic

We have been sitting outside, what was nice to have a bit of air in the hot sommer, not so nice when there is a lot of traffic on Rüttenscheider Strasse (what was not the case, but is a risk)I expected some mexican dishes from the name of the place, it turned out to be a thai food/asian place. Quality of the food was above average, while not beeing totally overwhelming.

I have been in Germany for over a month, and so far this is the most "spicy asian" restaurant I had. Mostly what the local people here call spicy is a food with a little bit pepper or MCD kinda of chili sauce. Yes, for them it's spicy. But not at all for me. I am sure the asian people know what I mean, especially in south East Asian where chili becomes must-ingredients almost in every menu. Apart from the spicy flavor thing, this restaurant is really yummy. There are a lot variants that you can choose; Japanese style, Chinese, or some Thai or any other asian cuisine. The price? It's worthed every dip

My wife and I visited this place because being of limited German vocabulary, we were pleased to find that the menu contained dishes with Japanese names e.g. ramen, don, teriyaki, etc. This made ordering our food less of a challenge. Certainly, the atmosphere was busy and lively and the decor is the usual eclectic mix of Far-East paraphernalia that will just be all the same to the untrained eye. But actually it is a mishmash of several cultures just like the menu, so while it is mostly a Japanese-based menu, there were things that were Thai, Chinese and Korean. There were no "fusion" dishes which I always find disappointing so this was definitely a bonus. The other good thing about this place was that the portions for the noodle soups that we ordered were very large. Certainly, we were hungry at the time, but already had a couple of starters as well, the noodle soups were quite tough to finish off as well. They were also steaming hot and full of flavour. However, what is let down by this place, was actually how "not Japanese" the dishes were that we ordered. I ordered the agadashi tofu and it was garnished with lots of red chilli, and that is certainly not what this dish is about, since it is supposed to be a light, mild dish. We also ordered the pork satay which was fine. For our noodle soups I ordered the Tori Ramen and my wife had the Chasui Udon. First off, we did eat it all, but I think we were both surprised at how they did not look like what we were expecting. As with the agadashi tofu, for some reason, there was a desire to cover them with chopped red chilli. But these dishes were not highlighted as being spicy. Secondly, the meats with our dishes were certainly not done in a Japanese fashion. I had expected the chicken to be something similar to a teriyaki, and the chasui (pork) we expected to look like slices of rolled meat. Instead, in both cases, we simply had lots of slices of well-marinaded meat. They did taste good, but I think we had different hopes. In summary, the food was good for an Asian style restaurant, but not authentic considering their menu.

A busy evening at this restaurant, with lovely staff and plenty of locals eating there, which is a good sign!