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It’s Trevor James
And today I am in Chengdu, Sichuan
Street food heaven
Today we are going for a full on street food tour of this city
All the spots
And some adventure
Let’s check it out
Sichuan is a street food heaven
You’ll find a huge variety
Of street food that will please your cravings
I like to visit a local wet market or neighbourhood
With a sense of adventure
And an open mind
It’s the best way to find new foods and flavours
In this video
I’m using some of my favourite locations
Along with some impromptu food that I find along the way
And if the food near the end was out of your comfort zone
Let me know
This is part 2
You can see them hanging up in the back there
Roasting here
We got a roast duck
OK so it’s marinated with good ingredients
Oh it’s so steamy
Look at that skin
It’s so crispy
The seasoning on it is so magic
It’s lightly salted
Crispy skin
Juicy and heavenly
Next I biked to my favourite little street food neighbourhood
And found a lady selling
Pickled vegetables soaked in chili oil
And a huge selection of different preserved century eggs
Drops it on the floor
Should I eat this
Should I eat that?
OK, we’re going for the full experience
Covers it in oil
Am I dreaming?
I got no egg yolk there
It doesn’t have that stench
That fermented stench to it
Rollin with the yolk here
Here is the yolk
That has a fermented slight stench to it
Sulphur-y
And the next thing you gotta try are the hot oil wontons and dan dan noodles
At the place that made me decide I was going to move to Sichuan
The flavour here is otherworldly
This is it
I got one more coming
Classic sichuan snack food here
I’m on the street side in Chengdu
I got dan dan noodles
With some ground pork
And some yacai mixed in there
BOOM
Look at this
All that chili oil on the bottom
It’s creamy
This one right here
Is the reason why I moved here
This one dish
This hongyouchaoshou
Look at that chili oil on the bottom
See that?
It’s a slight coating
But this one is so good
Because it’s a little sweet
This is a liangfen
So it’s a rice starch
And this is mixed with vinegar and chilies
So it’s a little sour
Look at that
I have so many dishes here
Huangliangfen
Mung bean jelly
In that chili oil
Everything is in chili oil here
You get used to it
It’s really nice
And a zhengdan
This over here is zhengdan
Like a steamed egg covered in ground pork
And then they give you a free noodle broth
And free poacai
The first thing I’m going to start with here
Is the classic dan dan noodles
Like this
That is
Really good
It’s like slightly earthy
From that yacai
Preserved mustard greens
Spicy
It’s a slight spice
It’s actually not too spicy
And that pork is creamy
So all of this food
All of these locations are going to be
Put in my guide to you
If you come to Chengdu you gotta come to these locations
This is one of them
Next I visited my favourite maocai joint
In a backstreet that’s always packed
The concept behind maocai is simple
Your choice of ingredients are blanched quickly in boiling water
And then served in a huge metal mixing bowl of fiery red soup
With seasonings like garlic
Ginger
Black soybeans
Chili bean paste
And lots of Sichuan peppercorns
The soup is the essence
And every shop has their own version
It’s a must try when you’re in Sichuan
I’ve got the most amazing maocai here
Look at all those fermented black beans on top
It’s in this extremely spicy oil
But it’s like a fragrant and satisfying spice
Look at all those bean sprouts
Doufupi
Tofu skin
I got beef balls
I have beef
I have it all here
The best thing about Sichuan food
Theres some beef
The best thing about Sichuan food
Is that all the spices are slightly different
This one is less invading
More smooth and refreshing
That is a refreshing spice
It’s smooth
Not powerful
It’s like pleasureful
Next I visited another local must try
A sandwich version guokui
A crispy baked bread pocket stuffed with pork or beef
And a spicy mix of shredded carrots
Cucumbers and bean sprouts
You can also get the jelly noodle version
It’s like a jelly noodle sandwich
Crispy bread
Freshly baked over coals
Oh my
That is too good to even speak
The jelly noodles are cold
And this bread is so fresh
I mean look right here beside me
It’s being made right beside me
There is not a lineup
I got so lucky today
This place always has a huge lineup
Look at that!
It’s like spicy
And a little sour because there is vinegar
Fresh chilies
Its a little smoky
Oh yeah
Hit me baby
So next up is a Chengdu specialty
I’m saving the last for the last
Rabbit head
This is insane
It’s hot
Get the glove on
I got it backwards
It’s really hot
Look at that
You gotta break it
That is really nasty looking
Ok I’m just going to go right for the cheek meat
Thats the soft stuff
Let’s try it out
There’s like so much meat on there
It is kind of nasty looking at it
But the flavour is not bad
It’s super tender
I’m not a huge fan to be honest
But there it is
That’s a chengdu specialty