Mala Tang

Mala Tang writes: If you wander around Chef Liu’s hometown of Chengdu, you’ll find the streets filled with diners sitting at tables gathering around bubbling hot pots, in which dozens of dried chilies bob up and down in an oily red broth. Meals notoriously last hours as locals chat, sip beer, and dip morsels of food into a simmering liquid of “hot and spicy” broth. One of the most popular dishes in Sichuan.