Amongst the thousands of Chinese restaurants dotted in and around London, one of the most popular has to be the Sichuan restaurants. Being one of the four most renowned dishes with the people of China, Sichuan-style food has become increasingly recognised by its unique cooking methods and aromatic blend of spice and fragrance.
Today, I would like to introduce you to my personal favourite Sichuan Restaurant near me. “Tian Fu” in Shepherds bush area, right next to the Westfield shopping mall (one of the largest urban shopping centres in the world). Its signature dish is the delicious Fragrant Spicy Fish, an innovative new twist on the traditional Sichuan Boiled Fish. Bursting with flavour mixed with a mild yet slightly pungent sauce! Absolutely beautiful! If you love your spicy food with a “back home” feel to it, then this is the meal for you.
Below is a selection of my favourite dishes from Tian Fu:
Signature Spicy Chicken
House special corn-fed chicken, served with a spicy sauce and bamboo shoot salad.
Fragrant Spicy Fish
A spectacular dish consisting of soft, tender fish mixed with tofu, glutinous rice sticks and aromatic spices.
Stir Dry Beans
Tian fu special stir of fried green beans cooked with succulent minced pork.
In addition, Tian Fu also serves the famous “Chinese Hot Pot”, which is extremely popular with local Chinese crowds and culturally very well-known all around China.
It’s basically a metal pot filled with herbs and stock, which is placed at the centre of the dining table. Raw and fresh ingredients are then laid out around the pot. You can choose from a list of various ingredients they present to you. Typically, these include thin slices of assorted meat, vegetables, mushrooms, dumplings and even some varieties of seafood. They are served to you on a tray which you then cook for yourself using chopsticks or a ladle in the simmering pot. So as you can imagine, it’s as much a social event as a dining out experience. Sauces are offered to for you to dip the morsels into.
I absolutely love Sichuan Yuanyang Hotpot. Sichuan Double Flavoured Hotpot, which is shown below, is a subtle variant of the traditional one. The pot is divided into two sections, resembling the recognized Yin & Yang symbol in Taoism. In essence, two different soup bases (spicy and non-spicy) in the pot to suit everyone’s personal tastes at the dining table.
On a cold winter night, there is nothing like a good Chinese hot pot to warm you up! And it doesn’t get much better than “Tian Fu”. Sichuan cuisines and Chinese Hotpot don’t come much better than this. Highly recommended if ever in this part of London.
Enjoy!
在伦敦及周边数千家中国餐馆中，最受欢迎的除了港式餐馆就数川菜馆了。作为中国四大名菜之一，川菜以它独具一格的烹饪方式和鲜香麻辣的口感，赢得了世界上越来越多人的喜爱。
今天，我想和大家介绍一下我个人喜爱的一家川菜馆“天府布衣”。餐馆位于Shepherds bush地区，非常靠近Westfield购物中心（世界上最大的城市购物中心之一）。“天府布衣”的招牌菜是美味的香辣鱼，是该店厨师在传统川菜“水煮鱼”发展的创新菜。 鱼肉的鲜美夹杂着浓厚的麻辣， 火辣辣，香喷喷的，太有满足感了，呵呵！
以下是我在“天府布衣”常点的菜式，以供参考：
招牌麻辣鸡
香辣鱼
干煸四季豆
这家的火锅也做的不错，自助式的，可选的品种挺多，服务也不错，非常受当地中国人的喜爱。我个人喜欢鸳鸯火锅。如下所示，是将锅分成两部分，类似于道教中认可的阴阳符号。实际上是两个不同的汤底（辣和不辣）来迎合每个人的口味与需要。
在寒冷的冬天，去商场逛完再来一顿热乎乎的火锅，真的很享受哦！