Sichuan Cooking

How to: Hot Pot at Home

Long term followers will be aware already of my obsession with a little Sichuan takeaway in Bristol called Chilli Daddy. Chilli Daddy was...

Century Eggs: Final Update

Pretty wild huh?! It actually turned out better than I was expecting. I served this one up on Chicken Congee (rice porridge) and I...

Century Eggs: Update

This is an update on the progress of my Century Eggs, if you have no idea what these are - read my previous article here. My eggs had had...

Century Eggs

The above images of the eggs are not my own (I don't expect mine to turn out quite as impressive as this haha), they are being used with...

Mapo Tofu

I think most of us can admit that we have been through varying stages of tofu scepticism in our life. Unless you have been very lucky -...

Sweet, Spicy, Salty, Bitter, Umami &... Ma La?!

Last month I wrote about my quest to create my own version of a Sichuan Hot Pot from a Bristol vendor, Chilli Daddy. This month I was...

Searching for Chilli Daddy

Eh? Okay yes, that title sounds a bit odd but let me explain - my pre-pandemic life was lived out in one of the foodie hotspots of the...