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 we’re 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 you’ve 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 you’re 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 you’ll 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 you’re 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 we’re 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!

You’ve 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

You’ll 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