A Szechuan Dinner (With Photos)

[OzPiper]

A Szechuan dinner last night with 5 friends.

Most of the dishes were immersed in at least 3ins of oil, making it difficult to distinguish one from another

First the wine:


Extra points if you can name this chef

Mapo tofu


Pork slices in chilli oil


Claypot prawns with mung bean vermicelli


Cold marinaded chicken


Fish slices in oil


Cumin lamb ribs


Kung Po chicken


Beans with minced pork


Stir fried cauliflower


Cabbage in pork fat (lard)

 

[OzPiper]

Mung bean vermicelli with minced beef


Noted chef Tetsuya Wakuda

 

[VDL_Piper]

Tetsuya is one of the great chefs of the world and I have only eaten his fare once and it was truly memorable. I have to ask, was he your chef or was he part of your party Ray?

 

[makhorkasmoker]

Madeira paired with that food sounds really nice!

 

[mortonbriar]

You got me with the cumin lamb! mmmmmm...I can smell it. I lived in ZhengZhou in 2003, and the summer night smells with the lamb skewers that everyone eats out on the street with beers...

 

[mikethompson]

Looks like a seculent chinese meal

 

[Grangerous]

Love it!

 

[OzPiper]

Tetsuya is one of the great chefs of the world and I have only eaten his fare once and it was truly memorable. I have to ask, was he your chef or was he part of your party Ray?

Part of the party.

I’ve known Tets ever since he started out on his own in a tiny restaurant in Ultimo, Sydney. And we have been friends since.
Sadly he closed his Sydney restaurant. He had a offer he couldn’t refuse for the site from a developer
He has just opened a restaurant in Dubai, as well as his restaurants in Singapore and Los Angeles

 

[OzPiper]

Madeira paired with that food sounds really nice!

I like pairing sherry and madeira with food

There are styles from dry to very sweet, so given a bit of thought, you should find a match.

The problem with dry sherry is that some people may have difficulty with the aldehydic flavour profile.
A dry fino or better still, a manzanilla, is a great match for oysters and seafood which abounds in Oz

 

[bullet08]

Been asked too many times if I'm from Szechuan. Not because I look like Szechuan, but because I eat chili oil like Mexican.

乾烹鷄 is rather popular. Not Szechuan, but can be very spicy.

 

[OzPiper]

Been asked too many times if I'm from Szechuan. Not because I look like Szechuan, but because I eat chili oil like Mexican.

乾烹鷄 is rather popular. Not Szechuan, but can be very spicy.

I've been too long in Oz.
My tolerance of chilli and hot food has sadly declined.
Now I feel I'm being punished again the next day - heat going in, and more heat coming out

 

[bullet08]

I've been too long in Oz.
My tolerance of chilli and hot food has sadly declined.
Now I feel I'm being punished again the next day - heat going in, and more heat coming out

Don't forget the ice cream. Just like eating curry.

 

[shanez]

He has just opened a restaurant in Dubai, as well as his restaurants in Singapore and Los Angeles

Don't forget his restaurant in Vegas!

The really cool that you know him. As an aside, we're just finishing a little construction work on his restaurant here.

 

[shanez]

A dry fino or better still, a manzanilla, is a great match for oysters and seafood which abounds in Oz

I never thought to pair sherry with oysters but it sounds great.

 

[OzPiper]

Don't forget his restaurant in Vegas!

The really cool that you know him. As an aside, we're just finishing a little construction work on his restaurant here.

Yes, I meant Vegas, rather than LA

 

[OzPiper]

I never thought to pair sherry with oysters but it sounds great.

Freshly shucked oysters with their briney flavours and a bone dry sherry is a heaven made pairing

If you have to wash out the oysters, collect their juices with a sieve, rinse the oysters in their juices. Never tap water

I shudder when I am at a fishmonger when I see them shucking oysters under a running tap. The thought of all the flavour being flushed down the drain

 

[OzPiper]

Don't forget the ice cream.

Front end or back end ?

 

[jpmcwjr]

What a feast! Great photos, too.

 

[OzPiper]

Don't forget his restaurant in Vegas!

The really cool that you know him. As an aside, we're just finishing a little construction work on his restaurant here.

His Singapore restaurant, Waku Ghin, is in the Marina Bay Casino complex.
Catering to high rollers is obviously paying off - S'pore, Vegas, and now Dubai.

If you do get a chance to eat at his restaurant, please do.
I'd love feedback of your experience.

 

[kcghost]

I love me some Szechuan!!