This is my first food blog of 2022, and I wanted a good one, so it was off to my favorite Chinese restaurant, Cie Sichuan, where I ordered the festive-looking Spicy Combo Pot. My pot contained thin and tender slices of beef and chicken, melt in your mouth sausage, chewy seaweed, bits of smoky cauliflower, slices of a root vegetable, crunchy pieces of celery stalk and water chestnut, and little bits of tripe and intestine. For heat, there was a load of fresh jalapeño pepper slices, seeds and all, and lots of dried red pepper pieces that were not edible but added more heat and color. The tripe was chewy but not at all unpleasant, and the one piece of intestine I found was just mildly stinky. There was also some chopped scallion, garlic oil, and a spice that I finally convinced myself was coriander seed. My sister is not particularly fond of Chinese food, but when she tried the leftover that I brought home, she declared that it was delicious.
Location: Cie Sichuan Cuisine, 45682 Towne Street, Indio, California. Date: January 8, 2022.
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AuthorChef Roland has been a legal resident of seven countries and has travelled in over thirty, documenting food along the way. He currently resides in the desert in Southern California. Categories
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