For a view of contemporary Chengdu/Sichuan, I heartily recommend Fuchsia Dunlop's Shark's Fin and Sichuan Pepper. Also of course for gastroporn of all sorts...
This post was prompted by getting warm fuzzies from reading that it's generally believed that the hair bean-sprout fad started in Chengdu. My interests in the region are not pure.
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Date: 8 October 2015 12:16 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 8 October 2015 03:36 pm (UTC)This post was prompted by getting warm fuzzies from reading that it's generally believed that the hair bean-sprout fad started in Chengdu. My interests in the region are not pure.
---L.