Changsha Dishes

Besides the language, there are other aspect of changsha that may puzzle visitors from afar, such as the food. Quiet simply, Hunan food is spicy beyond most people's tolerance. For the average Changsha locals, if there aren't an excessive amounts of oily red and green colors in every dish, then they may very well lose their appetite. The amount of pepper versus the actual edible content in most changsha dishes is probably 3 to 1. That is, when you are done eating it, the dishes will still appear to been barely touched because of the amount of pepper that are used to serve as base. Unless you are a certain population of Mexican who eats a lot of Jalapeno, you will most likely find Hunan dishes to be punishing at first. It takes quiet a while to get use to the constant running nose, and tears as one chows down on a plate of fried pepper. Once the tongue has been throughly rinsed with pepper juice and  your tongue is so numb that anymore red pepper would not affect you further, you then begin the search for whatever taste that is left in your mouth and that is perhaps the ultimate pay off of a Hunan dish.