水煮牛

Here's a picture of 水煮牛, a dish from a restaurant (?) called 亞洲 (Asia Market, I think is the English name). It might be a supermarket. I've never been there personally.

This has got to be the spiciest dish in the history of all spicy dishes. The soup is RED from all the chili that's in it, for cryin' out loud. Don't let the name fool you. This is more like 辣油煮牛. Greasy, spicy, sloppy goodness.

It's got a lot of beef and veggies. A surprisingly high percentage of the dish is beef, and it's fairly good beef too, lean and cooked just right. Make sure you have a lot of water or rice on hand when eating this. Sometimes my aunt waters down the soup to make another dish. If you knew my aunt (this is the woman who eats chili peppers straight), you'd understand just how hot a dish has to be for her to water it down.

(Bad) translations for our English-speaking friends:

水煮牛 (pronounced: shui zhu niu) = water-cooked beef

辣油 (pronounced: la you) = spicy oil

Short version: Mmm! *sizzle*