I visited a Sichuan restaurant in Richmond with my friend from Seattle, and we ordered an "extraordinarily hot" menu item. I've forgotten the exact name of the dish, though it was a kind of boiled beef. Some pieces of thin beef were boiled in a pot of red chili oil with a lot of hot peppers, black peppers and any other peppers. Everything about the dish was hot not only on the tongue but also in the smell. I lost my taste at the first bite, and the rest of our dinner was a fight with spicy taste. My face was pouring with sweat, and I felt happy when I finished the dish. We had to drink some cups of water and a bottle of bubble tea to rinse our tongues after the dinner.
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