Monday, May 24, 2010

Spice Spirit 麻辣诱惑

After dreaming about the tofu for 6 months, I also managed to make it to Spice Spirit in Beijing not once but twice. They now have quite a number of branches all across Beijing, and also in Shanghai. Part of the appeal for me is the modern interior, the clean dining environment and the relatively reasonable prices.

Among all the dishes, the chicken wings with dried chilli was my top pick out of all the meat dishes (Too bad can't see any chicken wings only dried chilli) The wings are deep fried till they are crispy with all the flavours from the chillies absorbed.

The tofu with fish roe was still as good as I remembered it

Best eaten heaped on top of hot steamed rice

The ma po tofu was very hot, very spicy and very tasty. This was less oily than most other ma po tofus in other sichuan restaurants.

On my second visit, in addition to the wings and tofu, we ordered the long beans fried with chilli as well. This was decent but not very exciting.

The most eventful dish from my second visit was the 水煮鱼. Translated as fish cooked in water, it's a real misnomer for one of the spiciest dishes in a sichuan restaurant. The fish slices are immersed in really hot (both taste and temperature) oil, which also has dried chillies and sichuan peppers in it.

They give you a piece of dry bread which helps to absorb the oil. Not the spice though! We also ordered golden mushrooms, which went really well with the long bean sprouts which were sitting at the bottom of the bowl. Absolutely fantastic.
Plenty of branches around Beijing, so take your pick! The one that's probably the easiest to find is on the 3rd floor at Village at Sanlitun.

西环广场店北京市西城区西直门外大街1号西环广场T1座5层订餐电话:010-58302398
十里堡店北京市朝阳区十里堡甲3号都会国际A座2层订餐电话:010-65579989
长虹桥店北京市朝阳区农展馆南路12号通广商务楼2层订餐电话:010-65389880
五道口店北京市海淀区成府路28号五道口购物中心A座6层1号订餐电话:010-62666788
大钟寺店北京市海淀区大钟寺东路太阳园小区会所2层订餐电话:010-82119966
西单君太店北京市西城区西单君太百货7层订餐电话: 010-82656688
西单中友店北京市西城区中友百货8层 订餐电话:010-66037068
东直门店北京市东城区东直门外大街46号天恒大厦3层订餐电话:010-84608558
崇文门店北京市崇文区崇文门外搜秀商城7层 订餐电话:010-51671099
新中关店北京市中关村大街19号新中关大厦2层订餐电话:010-82488228
万达广场店北京市石景山区万达广场步行街3层订餐电话:010-88689939
双井店北京市朝阳区双井富力广场4层订餐电话: 010-59037040
三里屯店北京市朝阳区三里屯路太古广场(VILLAGE)南区2号楼3层订餐电话:010-64132908

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