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Feeling is the killer. >> anthony: look at that, man. that is some goodness right there. for me, the apex of sichuan food, my absolute favorite, improbably enough, is a tofu dish. this tofu dish. the legendary mapo dofu. or "pock mark granny" tofu. ground pork or beef, cubes of bean curd, in a rich, deeply nuanced, fiery but intensely satisfying sauce of chili oil, bean paste, garlic shoots, ground sichuan peppercorns, and msg. this dish, done right, has got it all. oh, that's so good. it's a perfect balance of stuff going on in here. i just love, love, love this dish. >> eric: actually, the s...

Now we're talking. you're gonna love this dish, my friend. >> go: yeah, that's a -- find the chicken in the pile of chili. >> anthony: lao sze chi literally means "spicy chicken," but the dish, in practical terms, is a game of finding the bits of chicken in the mountain of ass-burning goodness. c'mon, it's fun for the whole family. "is that a tiny nubbit of hacked chicken? or a nuclear cluster of chili seeds?" the sichuan peppers are the, for me, like, the really, super addictive. >> eric: oh yeah, i feel them now. it's all tingling. >> anthony: yeah. >> eric: like that. right? >> anthony: the...

For me, the apex of sichuan food, my absolute favorite, improbably enough, is a tofu dish. this tofu dish. the legendary mapo dofu. or "pock mark granny" tofu. ground pork or beef, cubes of bean curd, in a rich, deeply nuanced, fiery but intensely satisfying sauce of chili oil, bean paste, garlic shoots, ground sichuan peppercorns, and msg. this dish, done right, has got it all. oh, that's so good. it's a perfect balance of stuff going on in here. i just love, love, love this dish. >> eric: actually, the spiciness makes me already, like, um, feeling that i am drunk kind of. you know? >> go: re...

Literally means "spicy chicken," but the dish, in practical terms, is a game of finding the bits of chicken in the mountain of ass-burning goodness. c'mon, it's fun for the whole family. "is that a tiny nubbit of hacked chicken? or a nuclear cluster of chili seeds?" the sichuan peppers are the, for me, like, the really, super addictive. >> eric: oh yeah, i feel them now. it's all tingling. >> anthony: yeah. >> eric: like that. right? >> anthony: there's a scientific name for the process, for what happens. is the biological agent that causes confusion in your nervous system. causes tingling. >>...

Food, my absolute favorite, improbably enough, is a tofu dish. this tofu dish. the legendary mapo dofu. or "pock mark granny" tofu. ground pork or beef, cubes of bean curd, in a rich, deeply nuanced, fiery but intensely satisfying sauce of chili oil, bean paste, garlic shoots, ground sichuan peppercorns, and msg. this dish, done right, has got it all. oh, that's so good. it's a perfect balance of stuff going on in here. i just love, love, love this dish. >> eric: actually, the spiciness makes me already, like, um, feeling that i am drunk kind of. you know? >> go: really? >> eric: yeah. i'm lik...