Shu Yan Sichuan Cuisine 蜀宴川菜

- 辣子鸡: Everyone's favourite sichuan dish! Crispy battered chicken!

-沸腾鱼: This was our first time trying this "Boiled fish fillet in spicy oil" and we were pretty impressed! We requested for less spicy, and the spice level was tolerable for us! There is thick vermicelli in the soup too, which tastes like suan la fen to me! Sliced fish fillet was fresh!

-石锅豆花肥牛: This arrived in a bubbling stonepot! The dish surprised us. We love it so much! Tender meat slices with silken tofu in very aromatic and fragrant green peppercorn broth! Drizzle the broth over your rice and it is comfort food! The default is sliced beef (but if you require, you can ask the staff to change it to pork)

-Iced Lychee Tea and Peach Tea: Their drinks here come with the fruit (lychee/peach) and chewy bubble tea pearls too!

-Chilled Starch Jelly 自制冰粉: End off the spicy numbing meal with some refreshing cooling desserts!

The signature food items recommended here were all super tasty!

📍133 New Bridge Rd, #01-41/42 Chinatown Point, Singapore 059413

Probably a hiccup in the menu translation, as I didn’t taste or see any tempeh. What’s more likely is this is a well-known fermented black bean and pork dish. The tender meat fell off the bone easily and the funky, garlicky seasoning was moreishly addictive.

One of the most popular dishes here, the Fish Fillet In Spicy Chilli Oil is visuallly striking with the white on red contrast making it very appealing. The fish is soft and tender and the oil imparts a tongue tingling spice and numbness, but other than that it was rather plain in my opinion.

Arriving bubbling hot in a claypot was the hearty Stone Grilled Beef With Tofu. The fatty slices of tender beef and silken tofu absorbed the rich and aromatic flavours of the umami and mild sauce. This begs for a bowl of rice.

Who hasn't made a game of digging for crisp cubes of battered chicken buried under a mound of chillies and peppercorns? Try hard not to polish off a whole plate of this addictively lip-numbing, spicy goodness on your own.

For quality authentic Sichuan dishes such as 辣子鸡 to 沸腾鱼you can’t go wrong with Shu Yan. The Singapore branch of the famed Chengdu original has been in operation for quite a few years in Chinatown Point now. Expect big, bold, fiery flavours and come with friends because the servings are HUGE.