Going to an authentic szechuan restaurant tonight. What's the spiciest or best tasting dish I can get?
Looking to have my mouth on fire. Had pic related (chongqing lazi chicken) at a different place and it was okay but I was disappointed by how not spicy it was even though it was covered in dried chili's.
>>7620702
I got some szechuan peppercorns from a spice shop in my town and they add a spicy numbing quality which could be what you are seeking. It's part of Chinese five spice powder.
That really is a cool sensation that is unlike any other food feeling thus far.
Introduce it on a date for fireworks.
(i'm still single)
>>7620715
Op here. Will see keep a look out for the peppercorns. Think I'm gonna tell the waiter to make it spicy. They tend to tone it down for white people.
Gf loves spicy food. They're out there man.
>>7620748
Sichuan restaurants usually have a dish called dry wok beef/pork that contains sichuan peppercorns and it pretty spicy. My favorite is the boiled fish. Pic related. A staple of sichuan cuisine. I would also recommend eggplant in garlic sauce. It's not spicy but it is very good.
Telling the waiter to make it spicy is a good idea. They sometimes tend to tone down the spiciness for white people. Enjoy OP
>>7620789
Here's some boiled fish from a different restaurant with the eggplant in the background
>>7620702
Mapo tofu is love, mapo tofu is life.
Ask for spicy. Eat it with rice.
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>>7620789
sichuan peppercorns are not spicy at all, they give a lot of flavour, but they are not hot ( they aren't even real peppercorns )
Just order the fish soup and drink the broth because you're a waito piggu that's been misinformed for years on spicy foods and was somehow impressed by curry because it was the first time you had hot food that doesn't contain an assload of vinegar
Throw up the devil horns while ur at it, xtreeeeme right dude!?
>>7620982
this
also sichaun green beans, pork and cabbage, hotpot, and malatang.
>>7621019
I didn't mean to imply that the spiciness of the dish comes from the sichuan peppercorns. I just mentioned it because OP said he was looking for something very spicy and also expressed interest in sichuan peppercorn. It's good to know we have a know-it-all in the thread, though.
>>7620982
twice cooked pork is gross though
>>7621108
>>7621019
they are spicy, but they numb your mouth so you can't feel it as bad, they're awesome.
>tfw when they numb your barnhole coming out the next morning as well, so no burning anus
>^_^
>>7621407
Please report back. I'm interested in hearing what you end up ordering. And if it's appropriate a pic would be cool
>>7621504
You got it man. Gonna be eating around 9. Will take photos
>>7620702
If you want spicy get the boiled beef.
Look for something called Ma La Xiang Guo.
You won't be disappointed
https://fastfoodetc.wordpress.com/2013/08/09/ma-la-xiang-guo-%E9%BA%BB%E8%BE%A3%E9%A6%99%E9%94%85/
Bumping with my dinner. Fried red snapper. Brother caught it last weekend
>>7623084
Also fried some of these and made some cole slaw
>>7623093
And while we had the deep fryer going we fried a couple of those sausage & pancake corn dogs
>>7620702
If there is some fish boiled in sichuan oil, or some sort of shit like that. Literally swimming in just chillis, you get that.
I can 100% guarantee its not an uncomfortable hot, and its delicious, best flavour.
If you feel like killing yourself order the jerky, or whatever is close to what you would consider jerky. The heat hits you right away, you get that tingle numbness in your mouth, the flavour is intense but your probably going to want some soya bean milk to survive.
On an unrelated note, never enjoyed chinese until I went to a szechuan resturant, completely changed my mind and really made me look into more authentic Chinese. Mapu tofu is on of my favorite dishes to date.
>>7620715
>rosebot
Szechuan peppercorn is more like numbing instead of hot, you can ask them too add more Ma La (read it as Muh Luh) for extra numbness. And dry chili is not even close to spicy. But the fish soup covered in Mala as mentioned above is a good start for a Szechuan spicy culinary journey.
Also, I strongly recommend a Shao Kao if you could get one, it's a type of choose your own satay with five spices and it's simply amazing.
