My vegetables floated limply in the soup. I like heat. I've eaten hot pot in Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan, the capital of mala. But to be good, something can’t only be spicy. It also has to ...

And like its siblings, Chengdu Bistro doesn’t shy from heat—most of their dishes are loaded with sichuan peppercorns. The flaming noodle soup is appropriately named, and like the spicy beef ...