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14 minutes ago, KennethT said:I was to understand that Hunan food uses tons of pickled vegetables. I had read that it was the pickled vegetable capital of China.
Hunan certainly does. But it's different from the Sichuan variety - which my brain automatically switches to when I read 酸菜. I should have been clearer but it was 5 am.
The menu doesn't mention 酸菜， but does mention (item 58) 榨菜 (zhà cài), which is different.
12 minutes ago, KennethT said:I was to understand that Hunan food uses tons of pickled vegetables. I had read that it was the pickled vegetable capital of China.
Hunan certainly does. But it's different from the Sichuan variety - which my brain automatically switches to when I read 酸菜. I should have been clearer but it was 5 am.
The menu doesn't mention 酸菜， but does mention (item 58) 榨菜 (zhà cài), which is different.
3 minutes ago, KennethT said:I was to understand that Hunan food uses tons of pickled vegetables. I had read that it was the pickled vegetable capital of China.
Hunan certainly does. But it's different from the Sichuan variety - which my brainautmatically switches to when I read 酸菜. I should have been clearer but it was 5 am.
The menu doesn't mention 酸菜， but does mention (item 58) 榨菜 (zhà cài), which is different.
