Most of Long Island's Sichuan restaurants are raucous, bustling eateries; Kitchen Melody in Great Neck serves this regional cuisine in an elegant, subdued setting.

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Three-cup chicken, a Taiwanese specialty of chicken with basil and soy sauce, is served at Kitchen Melody in Great Neck.

Credit: Yvonne Albinowski

Kitchen Melody in Great Neck is subdued, meditative and elegant.

Credit: Yvonne Albinowski

Diced rabbit with chili sauce and peanuts is one of the cold appetizers at Kitchen Melody in Great Neck.

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The soup of quarry fillet with pickled mustard comes in a bowl nearly two feet wide at Kitchen Melody in Great Neck.

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The famous Sichuan dish of minced pork with vermicelli, served at Kitchen Melody in Great Neck, is known as "ants climbing up a tree" in China.

Credit: Yvonne Albinowski

Chef James Yang poses at the Kitchen Melody in Great Neck.

 
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