Alright so check it out
It’s Trevor James
I just got back into Chengdu, China
I’m at a morning market
We’re going to go find some special Sichuan street foods
And then we are going go go find a nice big hot bowl of spicy noodles
And then I’m going to give you guys an update about where we are going for the next big foodrangin trip
Let’s go check it out
When you come to China
You have got to visit a market
Because it will completely blow your mind
The amount of smells and sounds
All the things that are in your face
The vegetables
The produce
It’s all over
This is one of the best places to visit in Chengdu for a morning market
You’ll see a lot of stuff
Look at all the liangban
This is all liangban chili oil with sesame
That is going to be
Oh this looks good
We have some lungs here
This looks so spicy?
Oh look at that
Now you’ve gotta add some lotus root
This is my real favourite here
The crunch
Look at that
Covered in Chili Oil
Seaweed, we gotta get some seaweed on there
Oh and then the secret
Add all of the chili oil
Chili with broth, Chili broth
This is just great
What I love about markets in China
And markets in general, is that they are seasonal
And every season you can try new food
And the vendors always have a turnover
There is new vendors here every time I come
Oh yeah, look at that
Hongyou, with the lotus root, peanuts, and the freshly sliced chilies and seaweed
And I got a tasty chicken feet treat on the bottom
Let’s try that out
Oh yeah
That is incredibly delicious
The peanut crunch, the crunch from the lotus root
And the incredible aromatic fragrance from the chili oil, with the slight seaweed
The hongyou, there is like a slight numbing
I’m so happy to be back in Sichuan, haven’t tasted that fragrance
That numbing, floral, that flavor just brings you to life
And just look at this, look how crazy this market is
Look how alive it is
All the stalls
All the produce
It’s busy
And that’s what is so fun about markets in China
It’s seasonal
It’s fresh, and it’s delicious
And oh this chili oil
We are going to keep exploring
Hello
Oh look at all the chilies
Sichuan peppercorns
That’ll numb your mouth off
OK so now we are coming into the produce section
You get your fresh veg
Oh look at the bamboo over here
Ok we are going to have a taste of his
It’s like a steamed rice flour, fermented I think
I can actually smell the alcoholic, fermented flavor to it
And this is really nice
Its like a steamed rice flour
Next up, I see a little liangmian place, cold noodles
Cold noodles
Oh yeah, salt, MSG, Sugar, Sichuan peppercorn
Fresh chilies
That’s rutabaga
Green onions
And then garlic, that’s garlic water
Oh, vinegar
I’m already getting a little mouth water going on here
Oh that’s where it’s at
Look at that
Oh yeah
That’s where it gets the flavor
Nice
Nothing like visiting the market, cold noodles
I don’t think I’ve shown this before on my channel, so we have to eat this together OK
Oh yeah
You can really smell the chili oil
Chili oil for life
Oh and the seaweed
This is like the noodle version of the dish I just had
It’s about a dollar
Less than that
Let’s open this up and take a taste
Oh the seaweed is bursting out
It’s like a seaweed chili oil, garlicky
Bowl of cold noodles
With fresh sliced chilies
Oh yea lets get right in there
Oh yeah
The cold noodles are so refreshing
The chili oil is actually not spicy at all
The only thing that is spicy is the freshly sliced chilies
And there is like a slight seaweed flavor in there
So right up here we found a spot
We are going to get some wontons and noodles
Look at these
So over here, we have a nice bowl of dan dan mian
Look at all the fried pork, crispy fried pork and green onions on top
And look at the bottom, that’s the real secret
Oh it’s so good to be back in Chengdu for these couple days
Just mixing chili oil and eating chili oil
And oh guys this is really sensual here
This is really something
This one smells like it’s a slight smokiness
There is nothing like eating dan dan mian
Look at that
Lots of chili oil
Sichuan peppercorn
Green onions
It’s so good to be back here in Chengdu
When you come here and eat a bowl of these
Your life is just elevated
You just feel happy when you take a bite of dan dan noodles
Chaoshou, Sichuan wontons
Oh yeah look at that
Chili oil on the bottom
Ganban is where it’s at
Oh look at that thick layer of Chili oil just coating them
Oh yeah this is what life is about
Look at that
Look at how thick it is there
It’s fully aromatic, its deep and full
I think there is some black beans in there
Ground black beans and dried chili flakes and sesame
We are going to taste these dan dan noodles
This is what life is about right here
We are going to taste these bad boys
Oh yeah
Those are pretty good
These are a little tangy, not that spicy
What is good about dan dan noodles
Is that every bowl you find on the street is slightly different
These ones taste a little smoky
Like charcoal almost
Wontons
Now those
Those, that pork is juicy
You can see the pork filling is really just juicy
These are very satisfying
The juice just fills your mouth when you take that first bite
And that chili oil
It’s the same flavor as the dan dan noodles
But its’ really all about the juice from the pork
My mouth is just alive with joy
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