Project Sichuan #3 - Lazi Ji - Searching for Gastronomic Gold.

Project Sichuan #3 - Lazi Ji - Searching for Gastronomic Gold.

Lazi Ji — or Chongqing Chicken — Those crispy little chunks of deep fried chicken buried in a pile of blazing red chiles and a fistfull of Sichuan peppercorns. It’s one of the most popular — and misunderstood — Sichuan dishes that needlessly strikes terror in the mind of diners who love the flavor but fear the heat.

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Mike’s Noodle House: Why Not to Judge a Book by its Cover.

Mike’s Noodle House: Why Not to Judge a Book by its Cover.

At Mike’s Noodle House in Seattle’s Chinatown the Congee and Noodle Soups draw a crowd of traditional Chinese food lovers who care more about how food tastes than how it looks.

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