Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Staple Food


We just had the hottest (as in spicy) food we've had in Hangzhou this trip and my lips are still tingling. Once again, we have Dianping to thank for this find (we really should be getting commission for all the free advertising we've been giving the guide).

The place (湘缘饭店) was described as having authentic 湘菜 (food from Hunan Province - one of the two provinces, along with Sichuan Province, known for spicy food.)


Spicy it was.



茶树菇炒腊肉 (Tea Tree Mushrooms Stir-fried with Hunan Bacon - the bacon in this dish being an example of the best of its kind)


神仙豆腐 ( "Immortal" Tofu...probably because you'd have to be out of this world to handle all the spiciness - lead photo in this entry is a close up of the chilis in one bite of this dish)


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