A Taste of Chongqing Hot Pot: SIN-CKG on Silkair in Y

[yflyer]

Wow what a wonderful trip report, the food looks so interesting and spicy too,

Thanks for posting the report

djjlo: Thanks for reading! Yes, the food is quite distinctive, and very tasty if you enjoy Sichuan chilli, and hua jiao pepper.

The hua jiao pepper is really something...and they use it very liberally in the cuisine there...

http://chinesefood.about.com/od/chin...peppercorn.htm

[Kyo]

Great TR, hope to visit it this/next year! Would think HaiDiLao in Clarke Quay is the go-to hotpot spot currently, and it's much fancier than the average ones in China

[viraj735]

Fantastic trip report, yflyer! Thanks for the insight to the local Chongqing cuisine, that hotpot looks delicious.


I can hear my stomach rumbling at 1145PM.

[SQGamespeed]

Thanks for the Great TR yflyer! Sichuan cuisine is among my favorite Chinese cuisines, and the hotpot looks very mouthwatering to me. Never been to Chongqing but now I see a reason to go there!

How similar is the hotpot to what we usually know about Sichuan food?

[yflyer]

Great TR, hope to visit it this/next year! Would think HaiDiLao in Clarke Quay is the go-to hotpot spot currently, and it's much fancier than the average ones in China

Kyo: Thanks for reading, and for the food recommendation! Yes, would like to try HaiDiLao one day...there seems to be a lot of buzz around this place.

[yflyer]

Fantastic trip report, yflyer! Thanks for the insight to the local Chongqing cuisine, that hotpot looks delicious.


I can hear my stomach rumbling at 1145PM.

viraj735: Thanks for reading! The hotpot was definitely the star of this TR...

[yflyer]

Thanks for the Great TR yflyer! Sichuan cuisine is among my favorite Chinese cuisines, and the hotpot looks very mouthwatering to me. Never been to Chongqing but now I see a reason to go there!

How similar is the hotpot to what we usually know about Sichuan food?

SQGamespeed: Thanks for reading! I knew very little about Chongqing before this year as well...realise that I have been missing out on a good thing!

Very similar food in Chongqing and Sichuan (after all, I believe Chongqing was part of Sichuan Province until 1997 until it became a separate municipality). That said, there are probably some regional differences which I will ask the locals about the next time I am there.

[mr_botak]

Thanks - Looks an interesting trip, and I enjoyed the report, but they made a real pigs ear of your lunch ;-)

[yflyer]

Thanks - Looks an interesting trip, and I enjoyed the report, but they made a real pigs ear of your lunch ;-)

Mr Botak: Thanks for reading! Just one of the many delicacies they serve at lunchtime!

[yflyer]

Thanks for the Great TR yflyer! Sichuan cuisine is among my favorite Chinese cuisines, and the hotpot looks very mouthwatering to me. Never been to Chongqing but now I see a reason to go there!

How similar is the hotpot to what we usually know about Sichuan food?

I asked my colleagues in China this week what the difference was between food in Chengdu (In Sichuan) and Chongqing...their answer was that Chengdu cuisine was more ma (i.e. numbing, from the Sichuan peppers) than la (i.e. hot), whereas Chongqing cuisine was more la than ma. That said this was the viewing of a Beijing native, so a Chengdu local might have a different opinion. I certainly found most dishes in Chongqing quite fiery...