Sichuan Food and Restaurants

Sichuan Cuisine(Szechwan cuisine)

Sichuan's spicy cuisine, Sichuan Food, Food in Sichuan one of the famous eight style dishes of China, is renowned worldwide for being hot and numbing. According to historical records, the Cuisine originated in the ancient nations of Ba and Shu. Sichuan comes from "Four Lus"-Lu is the ancient administrative unit of Song Dynasty, and Sichuan is composed of four lus. So the Cuisine has four styles and divided by location: Chengdu, Chongqing, the Yangtze and the Jialing River. So the flavor includes Chongqing, Chengdu, Leshan, Neijiang, Zigong and other local style dishes’ characteristics. Sichuan peppercorn, chilli, ginger, spicy herbs and broad bean chilli paste are the major ingredients that feature the flavor in Sichuan cuisine. The cooking techniques include stir frying, steaming, braising and so on, and the total distinct techniques of a complete list is 38. The Sichuan cuisine starts popularly after the 80s reform and open policy in the nation, Comrade Deng Xiaoping has the very big contribution to the Sichuan cuisine development.

Representative dishes: Few well-known Sichuan dishes include Gongbao chicken (Kung Pao chicken), Twice-cooked Pork, Four tastes abalones (pinyin: sì wèi bào yú) and Sauteed Shredded Pork in Spicy & Chilli Sauce（pinyin：yú xiāng ròu sī） . Although many dishes are honored to their spicy reputation, often ignored are the large number of recipes that use little or no hot spices at all, including dishes such as Tea Smoked Duck(pinyin: zhāngchá yā). Mapo Tofu (pinyin: mápó dòufǔ) Sichuan hotpot (pinyin: Sìchuān huǒguō) Fuqi Feipian (pinyin: fūqī fèipiàn) Chongqing Spicy Deep-Fried Chicken (pinyin: Chóngqìng làzǐjī) "Water Boiled" or Shuizhu Dishes (pinyin: shuǐzhǔ) Dan dan noodles (pinyin: dān dān miàn) and Bangbang Chicken or Bon bon chicken (pinyin: bàng bàng jī)

Featured Restaurants in Chengdu

Lao Chengdu Gongguan Cai Restaurant

Sichuan Restaurant, China Romantic décor includes a 24-meter waterfall, a small Chinese traditional bridge across a pool with fish running after each other. It mainly serves Sichuan cuisine plus some Beijing, Suzhou and Cantonese food.

Tips:
A. Opening Hours: 10a.m. to 9p.m.
B. Add: No.41 Qinghua Road

Cai Gen Xiang Restaurant

It has four outlets and a cooking school, one of Chengdu's most popular restaurants, specializing in dishes made with traditional pickles.
Restaurant in Chengdu, Sichuan
Tips:
A. Opening Hours: 9:30a.m.-9:30p.m.
B. Add: Renmin Nan Lu (near corner of Tongzi Lin Bei Lu), Around Town