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  • So check it out

  • It’s Trevor James

  • And I am in Chengdu, China

  • Right near my home here at the subway

  • I am waiting for my new guests from Couchsurfing

  • They are staying over for the weekend

  • And we are going to have a full on Sichuan street food experience

  • I’m going to take them everywhere

  • And were going to get full

  • And eat a lot of Sichuan food

  • Katherine, nice to meet you

  • David, nice to meet you

  • I’m planning to take you guys for a full on Sichuan food experience

  • And we are going to eat a lot of food

  • Just make yourself at home

  • Thank you

  • Check it out

  • That’s the room for you

  • And there is a bit of a view

  • You can see the mountains

  • So make yourself at home

  • This is the wifi

  • Durian for life

  • Password:Musang King

  • Here is the map of Sichuan

  • So where is Chengdu

  • Chengdu is right here

  • And then we are going to go to Leshan tomorrow

  • It’s going to be fun

  • And then you have the mountains that hug the city

  • Yeah over here this is all mountainous region

  • Here is Kangding

  • You can go further west

  • This road the 318 goes all the way to tibet

  • Starting out with the first meal

  • We went to go have a dinner that you can only find in the countryside

  • A dish that’s banned in the city because of the open fire

  • The famous firewood chicken

  • They are going to kill a chicken for us here

  • This is one of the best and most unique Sichuan dishes you can find

  • A whole chopped chicken including organs and blood is boiled in an oil

  • Loaded with dried and fresh chilies, fermented broadbean paste, chili paste

  • Raw Sichuan tengjiao peppercorns, potatoes, and green beans

  • Then, wheat and corn batter is put onto the side of the wok

  • And it’s so good

  • Look at that

  • That looks insane

  • Oh yeah

  • The Sichuan peppercorn

  • It tastes fresh

  • It doesn’t taste too overwhelming

  • Exactly

  • I structured our Saturday and Sunday around two food meccas in Sichuan

  • Both Chengdu and Leshan

  • We started out day 1 by having a classic bowl of noodles in Chengdu

  • This is just the beginning of an intense feeding marathon

  • Get ready for a full packed video of delicious food rated by the guests

  • They give you so much chili oil in the bottom there

  • Every bowl is slightly different

  • This one is so packed with chili oil

  • That’s really good

  • Is that good?

  • That’s incredible

  • It’s good?

  • Yeah

  • The noodles are so tender

  • And that chili oil is just packed with flavor

  • I really think it’s about the pork

  • The fried pork it packs a lot of flavor in there

  • Next we went into town to visit the busiest morning market in Chengdu

  • This place has everything you could dream of

  • And visiting is a must if you want a true Sichuan experience

  • To try some roast duck

  • And get lost in the busy alleyways

  • And you can stew these and they are very tender

  • His tongue, heart and intestines

  • The whole pig

  • The whole thing right here

  • The market changes every season

  • You can find lots of different foods here

  • Lots of different produce

  • Lots of different vegetables

  • And right here

  • This is a good roast duck

  • Let’s get in there

  • Take a tender fatty one

  • That looks so good

  • Oh yeah

  • So much fat, it’s so good

  • Is that good

  • It’s really crispy skin

  • Oh that is insane

  • That is the best duck I’ve ever had

  • I’m not even kidding

  • Best youve ever had

  • You hear that?

  • Best she’s ever had right here

  • You want another piece?

  • I would love one

  • It’s just meant to be

  • So if youre cooking up a big meal

  • They have every thing you need here

  • Absolutely fresh

  • Do you guys want to try a Sichuan peppercorn

  • Hello

  • How are you today?

  • How are you?

  • so take one

  • And just one

  • And then put it in your teeth and bite it

  • Then put it on your tongue for like half a second

  • And then youll feel it

  • My tongue is numb now

  • Mines building

  • Oh there is it

  • It’s weird it’s not spicy at all

  • It’s like a numbing

  • It’s like youre at the dentist

  • It’s like putting novocaine in your tongue

  • That’s really weird

  • That’s a weird sensation

  • And after a quick workout in the park

  • We made our way to my go-to red oil wonton joint

  • These are just pure magic

  • So the goal is to eat all of the real specialties

  • All of my favorite spots

  • And were going to get one dish

  • The hongyouchaoshou

  • Best hongyou chaoshou in chengdu

  • And they are just magic

  • So this is chunyang guan

  • Best hongyouchaoshou in Chengdu

  • Without a doubt right here

  • This is ding ding candy

  • He said this is made with maize and sticky rice

  • And this one is made with walnuts and sesame

  • It’s dripping

  • It’s dripping right?

  • What I love about these

  • Is how simple yet delicious the chili oil is

  • Cheers

  • Cheers!

  • That’s really good!

  • Are those good?

  • The chili oil definitely makes it

  • It’s all about the chili oil

  • It’s a little sweet right?

  • Yeah!

  • Youve got the numbing

  • Yeah it’s a little numbing right

  • Look at that dripping chili oil

  • Oh it’s just magical

  • Next we needed an hour to digest all that food

  • So we went to a classic tea spot on the street

  • And I ended up getting an ear cleaning

  • There’s a first time for everything right

  • And then we went to the best tianshuimian right across from wenshu temple

  • These are super unique

  • And can only be found at this spot

  • This is the biggest Buddhist monastery in the city

  • Oh that’s the beauty right there

  • OK here we go

  • Look at these!

  • There’s like nowhere to sit so let’s go eat them outside OK

  • Theres like this almost plum like sauce

  • There’s like rock sugar on there

  • There’s chili paste

  • And chili oil

  • It’s just magical

  • Mix it up

  • My favorite thing is how the noodles have these really unique texture

  • They are uneven and square

  • And just soak up all that sauce

  • There’s Sichuan peppercorn in there too so it’s really just a flavor bomb

  • I like the sauce

  • Fantastic

  • Oh its sweet right

  • Sweet and spicy

  • This one is quite prickly

  • Yeah yeah

  • We followed up the noodles with a two minute walk to try the famous jelly noodle sandwich

  • Served from the friendliest owner in town

  • Yantaipo guokui is always worth a stop

  • Look at all that

  • It’s like romantic

  • Look at them mix the noodles

  • Oh!

  • Those are like pure jelly noodles

  • That’s your guys!

  • Thank you!

  • Look at this!

  • Look at that jelly!

  • Squeeze it!

  • You can see the total soft springy texture of that

  • That’s really good!

  • Oh my!

  • Those noodles are just slightly sour

  • There is vinegar in there right

  • So squishy and soft

  • And the pita bread is hot and crispy

  • And after a quick walk through another of chengdu’s lively markets

  • We made our way to Chengdu’s most famous fly restaurant to try the pig brain and rabbit pot

  • Just look at these dishes

  • The famous ming ting dough naohua pig brain tofu

  • A pot of spicy rabbit

  • And a tengjiao yu fresh Sichuan peppercorn with local river fish

  • Let’s go right in

  • Make sure you get some brain

  • You mean some chicken?

  • Some chicken

  • Look at that

  • That’s the pig brain, that’s good

  • It’s in a thick spicy gravy

  • Look at that

  • You first

  • Alright ready?

  • It’s not bad

  • It’s just a weird consistency

  • You hate it right?

  • I do not like that

  • I’ll be honest

  • I don’t like the consistency

  • The flavor is not that bad

  • Mostly cause the flavor is like seasame oil with Sichuan peppercorn

  • But the texture is weird

  • It gets pasty in your mouth

  • It’s like gooey and pasty right

  • After feasting on delicious fly restaurant food

  • We took a night train to the famous food Mecca of Leshan

  • And woke up early the next morning for a full day of feasting

  • Starting out with a street breakfast

  • Followed by visiting the world’s largest standing stone Buddha

  • Smells incredible

  • Cilantro on there

  • Pickled radish

  • MSG

  • And chilies and then Sichuan peppercorn powder

  • Look at this

  • Oh yeah

  • Pickled radish, cilantro, it’s filled with chilies and that rice flour

  • So it’s super soft

  • Cheers

  • That’s really good

  • That radish is great

  • It’s super soft

  • And just a total filler

  • Oh yeah

  • Then we made our way to the largest standing stone buddha in the world

  • This is what most people come to Leshan for

  • So we visited it during our non-eating hours

  • We were hungry for our next street food since we hiked up the stairs to see the buddha

  • So I brought them to try the famous stuffed gooey brown sugar flatbread

  • It’s browned and then baked in a coal oven

  • And then served magma hot

  • Youll fall in love

  • Cheers!

  • Careful it’s hot!

  • Look at this

  • It’s like molten

  • It’s just bursting with that gooey brown sugar

  • Isn’t that good

  • It’s really soft right?

  • It’s so soft

  • Decadent

  • Yeah, decadent

  • Oh yeah

  • Look at that deep layer of molten brown sugar

  • It’s insanely sweet

  • Next up is the boboji chicken skewers in the most flavor packed spicy and numbing broth youve ever had

  • It’s super busy, just look at this

  • Weve got to find a place to sit

  • This is it!

  • This is it right here guys

  • So you can see there’s just all sorts of chicken parts

  • This is the part from the chicken feet

  • These are the chicken organs

  • Potatoes,There’s lotus root,There’s cauliflower

  • And it’s all just soaked in that

  • And what you do

  • Is just take the skewers

  • And place them down and then you pay for the skewers you eat

  • Youre not paying for this whole bowl, youre just paying for what you eat

  • Yeah

  • And this one is the one that will just

  • Numb your mouth off!

  • Is that good?

  • That’s really good

  • Do you like the flavor

  • It’s so tasty, yeah!

  • I love how it has a thick sesame flavor in there!

  • But not too overwhelmingly spicy

  • Yeah

  • It’s so good

  • This was a full day of eating

  • Next we went to have the famous shaomai steamed pork dumplings on the street side

  • This is the apex of dumplings right here

  • Shaomai in Leshan

  • Doesn’t that look insane

  • They look like little flowers

  • It’s really simple

  • You just take these shaomai stuffed with pork and green onions

  • And dip it right into your homemade chili oil here

  • Cheers

  • Here we go

  • Oh yeah

  • That is hot right!

  • They are so good!

  • So good right?

  • The texture is different from other dumplings

  • It’s totally different

  • And they are just stuffed plump

  • Look at those beauties

  • Pillowy at the top

  • The chili oil is excellent

  • Look at the bottom there

  • Youve got to dip it right in the chili oil

  • And that is where the flavor comes from

  • That will escalate you into the next realm of dumplings

  • And for our pre-dinner meal

  • We went for some famous Leshan blade sheared noodles with bamboo shoots

  • These are super spicy and are my personal favorite

  • If you see

  • Look at these noodles

  • These are all blade sheared

  • There’s a lot of cilantro

  • And this is all bamboo here

  • So that bamboo flavor is infused into this

  • Spicy spicy chili oil broth

  • The noodles

  • Well, you guys tell me what you think here

  • Alright!

  • Look at those!

  • It’s like thin in some parts and then thick in others

  • It’s really good

  • And it’s quite chewy

  • And you can definitely tell

  • That there is a lot of seasonings and spices in there

  • I taste a little bit of cinnamon

  • A little cinnamon

  • Maybe some fennel or something

  • But it’s definitely full of spices

  • And after slurping that final bowl

  • We made our way back on the train to Chengdu for our final meal

  • The most famous meal from Sichuan

  • Hot pot

  • The more people the better

  • So I invited a couple other friends for 6 of us in total

  • And we feasted on sliced meats, organs, and veg

  • All boiled in an insanely spicy broth

  • A favorite in Sichuan

  • Alright let’s try

  • Oh yeah look at this

  • Look at that pork

  • It’s covered in that spicy oil

  • And then youve got to dip it right into that oily cilantro

  • Yeah that’s good

  • That pork is so tender and juicy

  • I didn’t even see we put pork in there

  • And that spice

  • Right now the spice is mild

  • But once this boils for another half hour

  • It’s gonna be painful

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  • Hope you guys had a good food tour

  • Had some good food

  • We really enjoyed it

  • Thanks so much for taking us around in chengdu

  • My pleasure

  • Yeah, we really enjoyed our food tour

  • I hope you had the best food

  • I hope it wasn’t too spicy

  • Not too spicy

  • Awesome, thanks guys

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