A Sichuan Meal (at Home)

Stir-fried mushrooms with Chiles and Sichuan Pepper
Lotus roots in sweet-and-sour sauce
(Source: Fuchsia Dunlop.)

Recipes to follow. (And just for the record, the CC thinks she walks on water!)

"Facing heaven" chilli

The CC finally managed to get them from the Chinese grocery store. "Heaven-facing"-chillies (朝天椒) They are crucial to Sichuan cooking (along with Sichuan peppercorns.)

Sichuan Food

Last night, the CC had dinner at the most amazing Sichuan restaurant. They were told not to dumb down the food for the foreigner (the CC was the only non-Chinese person at the restaurant) but they did a slight dumbdown anyway. Oh well!

Vegetarians definitely need not apply here (or in general, for traditional Chinese food.)

For cold appetizers (traditional), we had seaweed, jellyfish and pig skin (three dishes.)

For the main course, we had carp.