Shancheng Restaurant, Sydney CBD

The spicy soup

Are you up for the chili challenge?

It was like a year ago, when these photos were taken. That was my friend's birthday and we went for a dinner at city (Sydney). So we go to the Shancheng restaurant. I do not really know what does 'Shancheng' mean in Chinese. Anyway, it is a Chinese hot-pot restaurant. The main point is there are two soups (spicy and non-spicy) and we put the ingredients in. There are lambs, beef, chicken, dumplings, tofu, vegetables and FISH EGGS. The most special is the fish eggs. Fish eggs are like fish-balls with fish roes inside. I think this is really delicious and worth trying for. Not only that, the deep-fried pork is really nice too. You can also order extra sauce for dipping. I normally order sesame sauce and the special shancheng sauce. The soup also is very good with rice. The most important thing is, all the ingredients are fresh and that is why the foods here are delicious.
Also, do not forget the soup! This is their specialty. They put some sort of sizhuan pepper inside that makes the flavours so unique. However, the restaurants are so crowded, you can be stuck in the long queue on weekends night. Also, because of the sizhuan pepper they use, for the sensitive noses, you can sneeze all the time (that was what happened to me).

Anyway, overall, I will certainly go back to this restaurant!