"Sure, you can get yourself a quality bowl of mapo tofu at a lot of the places on this list. But have you ever had yours with a lobster tail on top? Shan is one of the few Sichuan options in Cobble Hill, and they make it count. Lobster mapo, black pepper wagyu, black truffle soup dumplings can all take date night up a notch. Try and sit at one of the tables across from the bar, where you can get a view of the glowing Siguniang Mountains mural behind the bartender. " - neha talreja, hannah albertine, diana kuan