The Food Ranger So how did a photography fan from British Columbia end up in Sichuan making food videos? When James was in college he and some friends traveled, "from Hong Kong to Beijing overland.

But I think it only took a few times, and I was hooked,” said Trevor James, who explores Sichuan street food for his blog and YouTube channel The Food Ranger.

Inside, he’s in his element. The Food Ranger, who is white, 31, and originally from Vancouver, Canada, begins speaking in Mandarin. The words slide into the kitchen like a keystone and crack the ...

Authentic Sichuan food is spicy, sure, but it also incorporates salty, sour, bitter, flowery, and citrusy notes — often all at one time. Experience the complex flavors of Sichuan cuisine with ...

People immediately think of Sichuan food as being hot, sour, sweet, and salty; using fish sauce; or having a strange taste. Actually, these flavors were introduced only in the last 100 years, ...

You can watch Adam Liaw explore the joys of Sichuan on Destination Flavour China Wednesday at 7.30pm on SBS, replay at 9.35pm Sundays on SBS Food (Ch 33), then later via SBS On Demand.