the dominant building blocks...
December 3, 2012 #the dominant building blocks of Sichuan cuisine—Sichuan peppercorn, with the numbing property known as ma, and red chile, with fiery heat known as la, the yin and yang of a venerable centuries-old cuisine—are essentially drugs. They leave you coughing like a bong hit; buzzing like a line of coke; blasted skyward like a volleyball, and then spiked down into the dust, a speedball of spice.—
SF’s Mission Chinese Food hits NYC.
Danny Bowien Interview - GQ December 2012: Restaurants Bars: GQ
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