Firecracker Monkey Head Mushrooms

Quite a boastful description, their menu, for what is essentially just #deepfried battered mushrooms with some #chilli 🌶 “Monkey Head Mushroom is one of the traditional culinary treasures, otherwise known as the famed mountain treasure. To prepare this dish, the monkey head mushroom is first marinated with fragrant sauces, then mixed with dried chill), cashew nuts, peppercorns, ginger and Sichuan pepper oil, amongst other seasonings; before it is stir-fried to perfection. It has an interesting chewy texture which leaves a pleasant aftertaste that you'll come to reminisce” The texture for sure is spot on, but not just myself but the lot of us actually found it lacking in heat and flavour in general. It’s good, but hardly the best I’ve ever had. You get a spicy kick from having it with the dried chilli, but really I was expecting a peppercorn burn at the very least from eating this. A repeat order for sure, but simply because #sweetdreamsaremadeofgrease and this was is unhealthy as their menu gets 🙄

Again #sweetdreamsaremadeofgrease 😊 But I was a teeny tiny little bit underwhelmed because although the name promised fireworks the #monkeyheadmushroom wasn't really #spicy unless you bit into it at the same time as one of those fried #chilli fragments that were liberally sprayed over the dish. I would still get this again though - #mushroomlover 😉

Really enjoyed this dish, it is fire indeed with the dried chillies and the monkey head mushrooms were crunchy outside and juicy / meaty inside. #veganisnotscary

My favourite dish out of all. This is a replacement for firecracker chicken if i remembered correctly. It was decently spicy and crispy as well but oily cos it is deep-fried. It was well seasoned and goes well with a bowl of rice which balance out the oiliness. 😋

A traditional Sichuan flavor! Really yummy with the spice and cashew nuts! A great dish to pair with rice for sure!