Project Sichuan #7 - Mapo Tofu: a tribute to Pock-Faced Grandma

Project Sichuan #7 - Mapo Tofu: a tribute to Pock-Faced Grandma

Mapo Tofu is one of those Sichuan Food masterpieces that Chinese restaurants the world over now serve. And for those who think they don’t like tofu, Mapo Doufu is the dish to try to gain tofu enlightenment and a smile from the pock-faced grandma who created it.

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Project Sichuan #6 - Water Boiled Fish - Silky fish meets Sichuan fire.

Project Sichuan #6 - Water Boiled Fish - Silky fish meets Sichuan fire.

Water Boiled Fish (Shui Zhu Yu) is one of of those special Sichuan dishes that causes a hush of voices at the table when first presented – sizzling oil bubbling atop a boiling caldron of blazing red chiles, Sichuan peppercorns and snow white tiles of silky fish unlike any you’ve ever had anywhere.



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Project Sichuan #1 - To eat the food of Chengdu is to eat well.

Project Sichuan #1 - To eat the food of Chengdu is to eat well.

China is the place for food, and Sichuan is the place for flavor.” (“Shi zai zhongguo, wei zai Sichuan.”). PROJECT SICHUAN kicks off with this introduction to the wonders of Sichuanese food. Start here and follow along in future posts!

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