Photo By: Elin Chow
Opened in 2019, C Chuan Village is a Sichuan restaurant located on the first level of SkyAvenue Genting, facing Lol Soon Kee Desserts. The restaurant claims to serve authentic Sichuan cuisine. Well, I have never been to Sichuan before, so I am not sure whether the food taste like the authentic Sichuan food.
The dishes in Sichuan cuisine are well known for their spicy, tongue numbing and savory flavors. The unique taste and flavor is known in Mandarin as “mala”, which means “numbing” and “spicy”. Sichuan peppercorns is a signature spice in Sichuan cuisine, which is also the source of the numbing sensation. Dried chili peppers, on the other hand, are responsible for the heat.
The restaurant has a traditional Chinese atmosphere with mainly red, dark brown and gold dominating the color scheme. There is an oversized Chinese opera mask featured against a red wall near the entrance, which can be a pretty good spot to take your Instagram photos.
The restaurant is furnished with dark lacquered wood furniture and carvings and mural paintings with about 150 seats. Tables and chairs are well-spaced, providing privacy and comfort. The entire space is also dimly lit by red Chinese lanterns, which creates a relaxing and comfortable environment.
Spicy Hand-Shredded Cabbage 手撕包菜
We thought Spicy hand-shredded cabbage was just a very ordinary dish, but we were really being wowed by it. The cabbage was torn manually by hand rather than cut with a knife and stir-fried with pork belly, fiery red chilies, chili peppers and Sichuan peppercorns.
The cabbage was delightfully crunchy, fragrant and spicy. It was perfectly well seasoned and would make you instantly fall in love with it.
Sichuan Spicy Chicken 辣子鸡
The chicken were crispy, numbingly spicy and a little salty. The tongue numbingly heat builds up as you eat, so I have to constantly reach out for drinks to quench the fire on my tongue. It is a popular side dish to enjoy with cold beer.
Sichuan Water Boiled Fish 水煮鱼
Sichuan Water Boiled Fish, or Shui Zhu Yu is one of the signature dishes of Sichuan cuisine. The name sounds bland but the dish is entirely opposite of the typical idea of "water boiled" that you might have always known. The fiery red broth, which is made with broad bean chili sauce, dried chili peppers and Sichuan peppercorns, is rich, savory and spicy.
The marinated fish slices are lightly poached in a fragrant broth so as to maintain its juiciness and tenderness. Hot oil is then poured over the fish and the broth to further cook the spices to release more fragrance.
Although the heaps of chili peppers made it look hellishly hot, the dish was surprisingly, not outrageously spicy or numbing. The fish fillets, which were thinly coated with the broth and fragrant oil, were delightfully tender, almost melt-in the mouth, and packed with flavor. Besides fish, this dish also contains other ingredients such as bean sprouts and green garlic. It is a dish that goes perfectly well with rice.
Sweet and Sour Spare Ribs 糖醋排骨
The restaurant also offers a couple of non-spicy dishes such as Sweet and Sour Spare Ribs. Just as the name implies, the spare ribs taste sweet from the sugar and sour from the rice vinegar. The spare ribs were chopped into bite sized pieces, deep fried to golden brown and then caramelized in a sweet and sour sauce. The spare ribs were a little crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. I like that the flavor was well-balanced, not too sweet or too sour. This goes extremely well with rice!
It was hard for me to pick my favorite dish since every dish that I have tried were really delicious. If I really have to choose, I would say that both Sichuan Water Boiled Fish and Sichuan Spicy Chicken would be on the top of my list. The prices were definitely not cheap, but the food were pretty good. This is certainly one of the best place to go if you are craving for some spicy food in the cool weather.
C Chuan Village
Lot SA - T2 - 46 & 47
Genting Highlands
69000 Genting Highlands
Opens Monday to Sunday 10 am - 8 pm
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Your post is now making me think of having Sichuanese food for lunch haha!
ReplyDeleteGreat to hear that! Did you manage to have Sichuanese food for lunch?
DeleteSorry for the extremely late reply lol but at that time I did technically have mala xiangguo (favourite level is medium), as usual always ordered too much and need to tapau 😂
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