Your use of of the Wade-Giles "Szechuan" is telling; when written as such it refers to subclass of Chinese-American food catered to American tastes. It's great

Your use of of the Wade-Giles "Szechuan" is telling; when written as such it refers to subclass of Chinese-American food catered to American tastes. It's great food in its own right, but not what its name suggests. In Sichuan they put this stuff in everything. Start off with a breakfast of Numbing & Spicy beef noodle soup. Mid morning a snack of cold rice noodles with lajao & haujao paste on it. ChuanChuan for lunch, Hot Pot for dinner and finish it off with a spicy BBQ in the evening.