Food stagnation

Food in Chengdu is generally very greasy and spicy – a perfect recipe for dampheat. 
I don't usually have a strong affinity for very spicy sichuan peppers, but craved them those first few days. Needed to sweat out that accumulated dampness. Our little group went bananas over these spicy spicy noodles. Tasted so good, and felt so good to sweat. 

If only the food wasn't so greasy. A plate of lightly sauteed broccoli and garlic never tasted so satisfying. Now, I understand “For breakfast, eat like a king, for lunch, eat like a prince, and for dinner, eat like a peasant.” Following this advice is key in Chengdu. 

Pic herbaldin