Sunday, March 8, 2009

Sichuan Chengdu Food @ Taoweifang 淘味坊成都风味

Chengdu (成都), the provincial capital of Sichuan (四川) province, is famous for her street food stalls offering a variety of spicy and savoury snacks and quick meals. Chengdu has exported their street fare all to the rest of China. Of course, Sichuan food has been very popular in major cities in China but it has mostly been restricted to hot pot restaurants and spicy crab restaurants.

Chili oil bamboo shoots (红油小笋) is a popular appetizer that is a spicy and crispy. Sichuan is also home to pandas and I wonder how many pandas were deprived of their meals to serve up this dish. In any case, I am glad this made it from the pandas' grasp as it was excellent.

Chili Oil Bamboo Shoots Taoweifang Sichuan Chengdu Restaurant Shenzhen 红油小笋 淘味坊 深圳

Crunchy black fungus (爽口木耳) was the other starter and like the bamboo shoots before it, the fungus was excellent as well. The fungus is scalded and then doused with vinegar and chili.

Crunchy Black Fungus, Taoweifang Sichuan Chengdu Restaurant Shenzhen 爽口木耳 淘味坊 深圳

Chili beef noodles (素椒牛肉面) are the Taoweifang's house special. This is basically a dry noodles with sauce and a generous topping of dried chili, minced pork and peanuts. While the ingredients are not exactly generous, the taste is excellent. It is like a great tasting instant noodles, in a nice kind of way. I love this and will definitely go back for more. But I would advise going for some other dishes to go with your noodles.

Chili Beef Noodles, Taoweifang Sichuan Chengdu Restaurant Shenzhen 素椒牛肉面 淘味坊 深圳

Pork noodles in chili oil (大肉面) is a more soupy variant with a more generous topping of pork belly meat and the noodles are soaked in a soup that is probably 50% chili oil. I found this a bit too oily and ordinary. The taste is not as multi-layered and interesting as the chili beef noodles too.

Pork Noodles in Chili Oil, Taoweifang Sichuan Chengdu Restaurant Shenzhen 大肉面 淘味坊 深圳

Flour balls in glutinous rice wine (粉子飂糟) is a traditional dessert in Sichuan and Hubei. Many families actually make their own glutinous rice wine as well. The wine made the soup mild and slightly sweet and this made the flour balls a bit easier and smoother to eat. Compared with the dish served in other restaurants that I have tried, this is one of the better ones. It is the perfect end to a hot, spicy and oily meal.

Flour Balls in Glutinous Rice Wine, Taoweifang Sichuan Chengdu Restaurant Shenzhen 粉子飂糟 淘味坊 深圳

The address:
Taoweifang Sichuan Restaurant Jiaxinmao Shopping Mall (next to Sam's Club), Nonglin Road, Futian District, Shenzhen 淘味坊 深圳福田农林路嘉信茂购物中心负一楼山姆会员店旁
Directions using my Shenzhen Food Map

Taoweifang Sichuan Chengdu Restaurant Shenzhen 淘味坊 深圳

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