- It's Trevor James here,
and today I've got a recommendation to try
some of the best Chuan Chuan Xiang in Chendu,
which is basically meat skewers and vegetable skewers
boiled in a super hot and numbing broth.
They've also got other delicacies
like rabbit head and rabbit kidney,
so let's go check it out.
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Apart from having the best and spiciest Chuan Chuan Xiang
in Chengdu, this funky little joint is always busy
with people eager to try
their more, shall we say unique offerings,
like rabbit head, duck tongue, pig brain, and rabbit kidney.
Let's try it out.
(people talking)
Busy.
(both speaking Chinese)
So, you gotta grab these skewers,
there's vegetables here, and there's meat skewers here.
I'm gonna start off with meat.
So I'm gonna try a couple squid,
we gotta get the squid,
chicken skin, okay?
I'm all about the killer broccoli right here.
This, I love this one, tofu skin.
Tofu skin, there's really nothing like it.
Grab a bunch of that.
Little mushrooms here.
Some more smoked tofu.
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!
Okay, lotus root, we got lotus root.
We got some potato.
I need more meat.
(people talking)
Oh yeah, get a bunch of beef.
Look at that!
That looks extremely spicy, (laughs) okay?
Pork ribs.
Okay, pork ribs here.
So I've got some duck knuckles here as well,
duck knuckles, can you believe that?
Okay, now we got to give it to the servant.
(both speaking Chinese)
And it'll be ready in a minute.
It's busy.
(people talking)
So we've got a rabbit head here to start.
Look at all the spice!
Okay, there's peanuts, tons of chilis,
Sichuan peppercorns, sesame,
and, oh there's the head, you can see the head there.
Okay, let's get in there.
Oh, it's warm!
It's warm!
Look at that, oh look at that.
Okay, let's try a bite.
Oh!
That is probably the spiciest thing,
probably the spiciest thing I've tasted in the last, oh!
(both speaking Chinese)
Now look at this!
(woman laughs)
Yeah, we've got the Chuan Chuan Xiang here.
Oh, look at all that in a super spicy broth.
So it's all arrived now.
I've got the Chuan Chuan Xiang
and I've got some duck kidney, pig brain,
and the rabbit skull that I just finished.
So you gotta take the beef, dip it
into this extremely spicy spice mix,
and then go for it.
Mmmm!
Oh!
That's probably the spiciest thing I've tried
in the last few months.
(speaking Chinese)
Ah!
That is serily, seriously the spiciest thing
I've ever eaten.
We're gonna go for the rabbit kidney now.
Oh, look at that rabbit kidney.
Oh!
Oh, it's soft!
And it explodes in your mouth.
It's actually a little juicy.
The rabbit kidney is juicy!
But look how much spice it's coated in.
I cannot tell you what flavor it is,
apart from extremely spicy.
Oh, look at that!
Covered in oil and spice.
Mmmm!
Oh!
I don't like it.
The consistency is way too weird for me.
Oh, it's all so good.
There's so many different things in here to try.
I love the lotus root.
Covered in oil and spice.
This is Sichuan for you.
Super oily, super spicy, super numbing,
and so damn hot!
So, I'm pretty full and I'm still burning,
and it's been like 15 minutes after the meal,
so actually I just spotted outside,
there's a sugarcane juice guy.
I'm gonna order up that and try and cool down
'cause I'm so spicy.
I'm so spiced out right now.
I gotta get some of this sugarcane.
(squeaking and grinding)
(man speaking Chinese)
Look at that!
So I got nice cup of sugarcane juice here to finish off.
Oh!
And it's super, super sweet.
That's a nice finish for the extremely spicy meal
I just had.
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