Mifan Claypot Kitchen is located in the Midtown area of Phoenix Arizona. Mifan translates in Chinese to cooked rice so you will find meals with cooked rice. You will also find mostly sizzling claypot cooked dishes. The menu isn’t entirely vegan but a large amount of the menu can be vegan.
Inside is modern and sleek with a small outside patio.
In the right upper corner above is the kitchen with the chef at work.
On tonights visit only soft beverages were offered. They do offer a few kinds of tea. I went with hot oolong tea.
Appetizers offered on tonight’s menu were truffle butter edamame, crispy pork gyoza, soup gyoza (hand made dumplings stuffed with Shanghai pork and soup in a ginger soy vinaigrette),
vegan cauliflower lightly fried with Sichuan peppercorns lollipops (tasty they don’t even seem fried) with a house dipping sauce,
and crispy tofu.
They offer three soup and fans (fan means rice)
Hot and sour, lemongrass noodle soup, and bo zai fan (with Chinese sausage).
The last section of the menu is called Clay 600C …(probably translates to 1112 Fahrenheit) These dishes are served with steamed broccoli and rice.
These dishes are called house dynamite, sweet basil (stir fry with mushrooms, onion chili, vegan sauce),-
mala spices (stir fry with celery, onion, ginger, baby corn, chili, scallions mala sauce),-
hk typhoon style crispy garlic and Sichuan peppercorns) , and Cantonese black dragon (black bean sauce). They also offered a sizzling shrimp in a Vietnamese sauce.
The two dishes we tried (the sweet basil & mala spices) came out bubbling like a cauldron…..Honestly I thought the chicken would be over cooked BUT IT WASN’T….The chicken in both dishes was incredibly insanely MOIST and VERY TENDER….like melt in your mouth tender. Both sauces were tasty….I thought the sweet basil had a slight edge from the fresh basil but both were good. The sauces are both described as spicy on the menu. They do have a slight heat to them but are more flavorful than spicy hot.
My husband helped me to finish so I could try the dessert that they offer.
Asian style strawberry beignet.
They are very different than New Orleans beignets. Not the taste but almost the texture inside like a Philly pretzel. Not too sweet and a really good strawberry flavor.I also like the small size…even if you are full you can manage to indulge.
Mifan Claypot Kitchen is located in the Muse Building.
Street level right half. A few parking spots are next to the building and also a parking garage is there.
Mifan Claypot Kitchen is Worth a Fork!
www.MifanAZ.com
1616 N Central Avenue PHX AZ
602-334-1516
Everything is subject to change.
