The beef in chile sauce is the Husband and Wife sliced beef that appears in most local Sichuan deli cases, but the Dongpo version is quite good, tingling with Sichuan pepper, especially the luscious cold sliced tripe.
Not brave enough for the cold spicy ox tripe, we opted for the house-made chicken vegetable pan-fried dumplings.
His portrayal of the late-communist world is equally evocative: old tower blocks "smell of dog breath", glass cases line hallways displaying lumps of coal and cow fertiliser, the school canteen serves tripe, chicken hearts and "cold pasta with warm strawberry sauce washed down with a pink, faintly perfumed, gelatinous potato drink called kisiel".
The chewy ox tongue and tripe appetizer has the consistency of cold corned beef but tastes of chili, peanut and vinegar.
His menu offers ma po tofu, tea-smoked duck, Chungking braised beef and kung pao fish, as well as beef tendon, cold duck tongue, braised duck blood, frog legs, tripe and conch.
His menu has ma po tofu, tea-smoked duck, Chungking braised beef and kung pao fish, as well as beef tendon, cold duck tongue, braised duck blood, frog legs, tripe and conch.
Wallace's two dishes, for example, originate from Chengdu in northern China different cuts of cold sliced beef including oxtail, shin, and a tripe known as "Old Couple's Beef" with a spicy sauce, as well as poached fish with pickled vegetables.
Several of the same foods, such as calf's liver for frying and jellied tripe and pickled beef tongue for use as cold cuts, are routinely stocked in the average urban food store; other variety meats are generally available by special order.
"Married Couple's" Beef (tongue, heart, and tripe) produced a split decision — "It's kind of cold and slimy, right?" a woman said with a "yuck" face, to which her husband replied, "Mmm, so soft".
