The story of McDonald's mysterious Szechuan sauce is one of the stranger tales of fast food fads. What was originally a minor blip on a promotional timeline evolved into a monster that highlighted ...

When McDonald's introduced its Szechuan dipping sauce in 1998, it was part of the chain's promotion of the newest Disney flick, "Mulan." Available for about a month, the sauce quietly came and ...

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People immediately think of Sichuan food as being hot, sour, sweet, and salty; using fish sauce; or having a strange taste. Actually, these flavors were introduced only in the last 100 years ...

the manager at Szechuan Alley. A creamy peanut and sesame sauce is amplified exponentially by a pair of different chili oils; this is the base for Dan Dan Noodles, which will envelop a tangle of ...

What a pleasure it is to pick up the menu in a new Chinese restaurant, read about 200 choices and then discover the chef knows how to cook them. Grand Szechuan 2, affiliated with Grand Szechuan 1 ...

After most of the meat has been eaten, hot broth is stirred into the sauce remaining in the pot ... Behind the spice and numbness of Sichuan dishes, lies a dark and bloody history of wars and ...

he recreates the chicken lollipop – a popular dish both in restaurants and street stalls – starring a punchy Sichuan-style sauce.