Fiery Flavors, a restaurant serving the food of Hunan, could easily show you a familiar time. You could order crispy duck and sweet and sour pork, and leave this mildly scuffed corner of Southwark in the shadow of Canary Wharf well fed. They are all on the glossy picture-led menu. That, however, would be like going to an orgy hoping for a nice chat. Go instead intending to widen your horizons and dampen your brow. The brazen chilli heat and peppercorn buzz of Sichuan food is now widely available across the UK; the food of Hunan, with its added interest in pickling, curing and smoking, far less so. Embrace the opportunity.
烹湘味(Fiery Flavors)是一家提供湖南菜的餐館，能輕松帶你找回某種熟悉的感覺。你可以點酥脆烤鴨和糖醋里脊，心滿意足地離開這處在倫敦金絲雀碼頭(Canary Wharf)陰影之下、略顯磨損的南華克(Southwark)角落。菜單上那些光鮮的圖片一應俱全。不過，這就像去群宴卻只想找人閑聊。不如帶著開眼界、出出汗的打算去吧。川菜那種放肆的辣椒火力與花椒麻感，如今在英國各地已隨處可見；而湖南菜對腌、臘、熏等風味的講究，卻少得多。抓住這個機會。