Hot Pot
Hot pot - is the most famous and favorite dish in Si Chuan. Si Chuan local people consider the hot pot a local specialty,which is noted for its peppery and hot taste,scalding yet fresh and tender.People gather around a small pot boiled with charcoal,electric or gas filled with flavorful and nutritious soup base.You have a choice of spicy,pure and combo for the soup base.Thin sliced raw variety meat,fish,various bean curd products and all kinds of vegetables are boiled in the soup base.You then dip them in a little bowl of special sauce.Be careful since the spicy soup base is burning hot.
First eaten by poor boatmen of the Yangtze River in Chongqing area and then spread westwards to the rest of Sichuan.Now is a very popular local flavor and can be found at every corner of the city.There are a great variety of hot pots,including Yueyang Hotpot,Four Tastes Hotpot,Yashan Hotpot and Fish Head Hotpot.If you are adventurous enough,you can basically cook anything with hot pot,e.g.,pig's brain and duck's kidney.
Si Chuan people love their hotpot,especially when the weather is steamy.The fire dances under the pot,the heavily oiled and spiced soup boils with hazy steam,and the people are bathed in sweat.Although hotpot can be found wherever there are street vendors or small restaurants, Si Chuan Hot pot has the greatest variety and is known for its delicious soup base and dipping sauce.
First eaten by poor boatmen of the Yangtze River in Chongqing area and then spread westwards to the rest of Sichuan.Now is a very popular local flavor and can be found at every corner of the city.There are a great variety of hot pots,including Yueyang Hotpot,Four Tastes Hotpot,Yashan Hotpot and Fish Head Hotpot.If you are adventurous enough,you can basically cook anything with hot pot,e.g.,pig's brain and duck's kidney.
Si Chuan people love their hotpot,especially when the weather is steamy.The fire dances under the pot,the heavily oiled and spiced soup boils with hazy steam,and the people are bathed in sweat.Although hotpot can be found wherever there are street vendors or small restaurants, Si Chuan Hot pot has the greatest variety and is known for its delicious soup base and dipping sauce.
Snack Street Cheng Du
Chendu cuisine includes many famous snack dishes, they are called “xiaochi” (SNACK)in Chinese. The predominant ingredient in the food here is CHILI! And, if you thought you could handle a Vindaloo curry, then try some of Chengdu's spiciest food, laced with chili from top to bottom. Locals argue that chili is beneficial both in summer to help cool you down, and in winter, as a warmer. According to Chinese legend chili also has medicinal properties and helps protect against illnesses which result from wet or damp conditions.
For those unaccustomed to spicy food, Sichuan dishes can be hard to handle. Chili used correctly however, is not supposed to be overbearing, but to bring out the flavors of a dish. Once you get used to the spice, it becomes easier to enjoy Sichuan food. The most famous dishes from the region include Spicy chicken with peanut (Gong bao ji ding), and spiced tofu with chili(Ma po dou fu).
For those unaccustomed to spicy food, Sichuan dishes can be hard to handle. Chili used correctly however, is not supposed to be overbearing, but to bring out the flavors of a dish. Once you get used to the spice, it becomes easier to enjoy Sichuan food. The most famous dishes from the region include Spicy chicken with peanut (Gong bao ji ding), and spiced tofu with chili(Ma po dou fu).