Chengdu’s spicy Sichuan food is so good, it converts a self-proclaimed Chinese-food hater
The provincial capital is the birthplace of world-famous Sichuan cuisine, and the revered “numbing” pepper, a corn plant containing a molecule called hydroxy-alpha-sanshool that temporarily numbs the lips and tongue. Guangdong or Southern Cantonese-style duck with rice in Chengdu, China. Photo: Ian Neubauer In 2011, Chengdu was added to Unesco’s City of Gastronomy list alongside … Read more
