Gong Bao Mushroom

I had this recently as part of another dish https://www.abillion.com/dishes/eight-treasures-kung-bao-monkey-mushroom-with-golden-veg-lemon-duck-10404300 when I recollected that I have indeed had this before! Months ago before #chinesenewyear came around 🧧 and another time at my friend’s place! 🏡 One of the more odd things I love about this #gongbao / #kungpao rendition is that it’s less #spicy than most 🫢 I’ll explain.. 👉 Instead of betting on the #mala or even attempting to cater to a market that either can’t take any heat or absolutely depends on it, this one focuses on texture and #umami 🤤 I love #fritters and #monkeyheadmushroom - combining the two is definitely the way to my heart! 🫀 Especially if it’s going to pack this much grease! 😜 They stand out by packing more than just the bare essentials. Tonnes of vegetables so evenly coated in their artery clogging sauce! From a sample size of 2 the vegetables this is stir-fried with seem to change ie. the glaring omission of cashews the second time around, but taste-wise you’d really be none-the-wiser. Easily one of my faves in a restaurant with banger after banger 🌭

Monkey head mushrooms battered up, fried & and doused with a sweet and thicc sauce. Also has pieces of whole dried chili with seeds intact, capsicum and cashews. Best to get everything in one mouthful for a flavour and texture adventure you will not forget.

This was amazing! Best dish I ate yesterday & everyone else loved it too 🤤 Will be coming back for more of this! #littlebuckets

The monkey head mushrooms in this make it super chewy. Sauce was great - I could eat just that with white rice. Cashews are always my favorite part when it comes to these zicar style dishes. @loveveggies definitely should try this!

This was so tasty, definitely going to be on my must order list the next time I’m here! Never got the whole ‘gong bao chcken’ craze that I see on the tv but I definitely get the Gong Bao Mushroom craze!