Authentic Hunan Cuisine

So today, I'm gonna review this fair-sized restaurant dwelling in the heart of Chinatown. Yep, you saw it right - Chinatown! This means Chinese Chinese food. Let's move our butts to a Provence in China call Hunan. 

Why am I so darn sure that this restaurant is serving up authentic hunan dishes? Simply because a hunan-nese drove me in her spanking drive (An SLK) to eat Hunan cuisine. If a citizen of a certain nationality brings you to the restaurant, you know it's good. I'm totally not familiar with the Hunan dishes, so I let Kris do the ordering.

First up - Nian yu

 

Pardon my chinese because its atrocious, I can only do hanyu-pinyin. This is the nian yu with white radishes. SUPERB DISH. This fish was what I enjoyed the most. Very succulent and the radishes was semi-crispy, which suited me very well.

Next - Stir-fry kang kong with garlic

Nothing special about this kang kong dish. In fact, it took me by surprise to actually eat kang kong this way instead of the usual sambal way. Just something different to go by.

Lastly, the third dish (because its only two of us girls and we wouldn't be able to finish the lot) - Pork belly with crispy white radishes sauteed with chilli.

This is Kris's favourite dish. She was attacking this dish while I was attacking the fish. The kang kong is more of like "Oh, we do need a veg dish to make us healthy" kinda thing. HAHAHA!!!

What's my take on Hunan cuisine? SPICY! Yep. If you have a tongue made for spicy food, then you're reading a review that suits your spicy palette. I would say that 90% of the dishes are spicy, akin to your sze-chuan style of cooking. I had to down 2 cans of liang cha during this meal, I tell you. But overall, a very good place for authentic Hunan cuisine. I must try the beef next time.

Hunan Cuisine restaurant is located at:
24 Smith Street
S(058938)

And of course, not forgetting a lovely picture of the lovely Kris:

Enjoy the Hunan dishes! :)