Red Chilli Sichuan. Restaurant Review

This place gets my recommendation. Big serves and reasonable prices. Might be an acquired taste for some, though – it can be pretty spicy.

LSWCHP said :

Spykler said :

mmmm….Tsing Tao beer, i am guilty of quaffing large amounts of it when I travel to China and now that Woolies stock it at half the price it used to be, there is always a fair supply of it in my ice box. Pity I can’t find Yanjing (Beijing) beer out here, that’s even smoother.

The story I was told is that a bunch of DutchGerman folks were living in China back in the day, and they introduced Heineken style lagering techniques, thus resulting in Tsing Tao and other great Chinese beers.

The internet seems to confirm this, and everything on the internet is true. Whatever the case, it’s a lovely drop, and it might be time to pick up a case, given the current weather.

Spot on LWSCHP, the city of Qingdao (Tsing Tao in English) was indeed occupied by the Germans for 20 years or so at the start of last century. They introduced their beer making techniques to the Chinese and the famous Qingdao (Tsing Tao) drop is drunk all over China. I have been to Qingdao a couple of times and there are still a few German beer-houses standing in the old quarter.

Spykler said :

mmmm….Tsing Tao beer, i am guilty of quaffing large amounts of it when I travel to China and now that Woolies stock it at half the price it used to be, there is always a fair supply of it in my ice box. Pity I can’t find Yanjing (Beijing) beer out here, that’s even smoother.

The story I was told is that a bunch of DutchGerman folks were living in China back in the day, and they introduced Heineken style lagering techniques, thus resulting in Tsing Tao and other great Chinese beers.

The internet seems to confirm this, and everything on the internet is true. Whatever the case, it’s a lovely drop, and it might be time to pick up a case, given the current weather.

And while I’m here JB, I’m assuming that GoosePig is your partner. If that’s the case, how does your relationship survive with you calling her that? I think if I affectionately addressed my wife as GoosePig or anything remotely similar my gonads would be used as Maracas. 🙂

mmmm….Tsing Tao beer, i am guilty of quaffing large amounts of it when I travel to China and now that Woolies stock it at half the price it used to be, there is always a fair supply of it in my ice box. Pity I can’t find Yanjing (Beijing) beer out here, that’s even smoother.

That’s interesting because I had dinner there the other night with some friends, one of whom is Chinese and another who has lived in Sichuan. They and I all agreed that it is some of the best Chinese food in Canberra. Further, the prices were good with each of 6 of us ordering a dish and rice with the total coming out at $23 a head.

The highlights were the Fish Hot Pot, Braised Pork Belly with Pickled Vegetables, the Hot and Sour Beef Soup and the Stir Fried Calamari Rolls with Dried Chillies.

The fish was excellent (yes, there are rivers and lakes in Sichuan province). Perfectly cooked and in a wonderfully rich and tasty chilli broth. The Pork Belly was amazingly tender with a nice note added by the pickled vegetables. The Beef Soup was one of the most unique Chinese dishes I’ve had with a wonderful combination of sichuan peppercorn and pickled chilli and garlic adding depth. Finally, the calamari was beautifully salty, spicy, numbing and lightly tart.

The choice of dish appears to be very important here. If you stray away from the Sichuan dishes which involve lots of sichuan pepper, chilli and pickled vegetables it may not be as good but choose wisely and it is one of the best value meals in Canberra.

Sounds either gross or acquired taste.

lol @ that map. Wtf are they doing selling seafood?

Was the entire sea food menu land crabs?

La Pasa was always hit or miss for me, so I was keen to try this one out. Almost mishe for La Pasa back.

So this thread is about tripe…

I’m glad that’s been clarified.