No Chillies!

August 25, 2016

‘According to legend, the woks in Sichuan are very spicy, and it turns out that it’s true.  We were in a restaurant and ordered stir-fried cauliflowers and asked them to hold on the chilli.  The waitress promised to let the chef know personally.  Ten minutes later, our cauliflowers arrived infused with plenty of chilli.  We called the waitress.  She was embarrassed, apologized and promised to bring a replacement.  We said ‘ABSOLUTELY no chilli’.  She repeated this to the chef.  Ten minutes later, our replacement cauliflowers arrived.  They still featured at least three chillies.  We decided that this was as ‘absolutely no chilli’ as the chef could possibly make it.  Otherwise, the food was great.’  Dr Kevin Lin