Hungry but not quite up to massive quantities of pork, we decided to have lunch in one of the town center’s Chinese restaurants. The fact that this particular restaurant had lots of Chinese customers, recommended it. Unfortunately I didn’t pay attention to the name, but I know where it is 🙂 Greedily, we began with two plates of steamed dumplings with a spicy dipping sauce.
The Sichaun fried sea bream was gone before I remembered to take a picture. It was good but we thought it could have been spicier.
The plain noodles we ordered came with bright, crunchy, multi-colored strips of sweet peppers and browned onions.
Although the spicy pork strips with scallions were well received, everyone agreed that the winner of the day was the wedges of tender, skin on, aubergine in a thick, rich Chinese tomato sauce. We couldn’t finish this, but we wanted to. I’m going to look around and try to duplicate this dish when I have a kitchen again.
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You must be on a roll – two posts in a day!
I’m jealous of the sea bream, I love Sichuan food 😉
Bored.
You could buy an electric girdle for the hotel room and put a rubber glove over the smoke detector when you cook 😉
Ha, ha, Mad, ha, ha.
Yummie!
that last dish is one of my favorites; i’ll jot down my version in a free moment.
Thank you Jon. It was wonderful!
I will be checking back to see that recipe. Chinese tomato sauce would be a first in my kitchen, and it sounds rich.
Looks like you finally found a good place to eat :).
Hi Tessa. Yes, we’ll go back for the big bowl of noodles and soup that I saw one of the Chinese eating 🙂
And you, my friend, make food photography look easy!! That eggplant dish looks to-die-for. Will be waiting for that recipe, if you can perfect it!!
Thank you Kathryn.
Sounds like everything I would have ordered…those aubergines look amazing!
I’ve tried making Asian aubergines and while they were good, they never came close to the ones we had on Sunday.
Hello, Rosemary! This meal sounds fantastic!
It was Frugal. Can’t wait to go back!
I want to visit all these places! 😀
And you will!
Perhaps, perhaps! I need to sort my life out first.
You are young and have time. Just don’t wait until you are too old to travel 😀
I do look forward to you having a kitchen again however those shots were very appetising. c
Thank you c. I’m going to try to cook something when I’m in Sens this week 🙂
Well, the Germans certainly appear to have more authentic Chinese restaurants than the boondocks of France. Glad you found something good to eat:)
That is a positive sign for Stuttgart. I haven’t seen good, authentic Chinese food like this since China and California.
hello. it looks like u like Chinese food pretty much. expecially the spicy ones. i really miss the pork in garlic sauce in China. there’s a little differance between American Chinese food. but if u like spicy food，maybe u can try hot pot someday. ^ω^
Hi. I do like Chinese food, Hunan and Sichaun. There is a big difference between American Chinese and Chinese food in China. I had the hot pot in China 🙂
My kind of dishes!
So refreshing to see your cuisine in this bastion of French wine and cuisine, lovely blog and lovely photos
Thank you Walter.
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