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Overall introduction China Sichuan Restaurant ranked first 10 in the list of best restaurant in Amsterdam. It is a famous Sichuan restaurant brand and a well-known Dutch restaurant chain served in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Sichuan restaurant, was founded by Mr. Wang in 1993, has enjoyed a history of more than 20 years and possessing three restaurant branches in the central of Amsterdam. The purpose of the brand is to “adhere to the original flavour from real Sichuan”, aiming at spreading traditional culture from Sichuan cuisine by making authentic Sichuan flavour, is remarkable in many countries in Europe. It also has a high reputation among Dutch local and oversea Chinese, namely “the Sichuan taste hidden in the Red-Light District”, “the place you must go in Amsterdam, “the dining hall of overseas Chinese”, and “the second home of overseas Sichuan people”.

Slogan ''"A spicy trip to Authentic Sichuan Flavor" "The Flavor of home cuisine is the greatest kind of homesickness"''

Aim and Permission
 * Adhere to the authentic flavor from real Sichuan
 * Perfecting the craftsmanship of Sichuan cuisine

Status China Sichuan Restaurant, as the first Sichuan cuisine brand established in Holland, Belgium and Luxembourg, enjoys a history of more than 20 years. Nowadays, it has developed into a famous restaurant chain with 12 top Sichuan cooks, a number of professional waiters and waitresses, 56 employees, and three restaurant branches: Amsterdam General Restaurant (Warmoesstraat B.V.), Chinatown Restaurant (Zeedijk) and Chengdu Restaurant (Lange Niezel), Since the establishment, China Sichuan Restaurant adhered to the most authentic Sichuan cuisine flavor, constantly work hard on make the taste of dishes to excellent. Not only using the freshest local ingredients, but insisting to import superior spices from China, creating the authentic taste from real Sichuan cuisine. Particularly Hanyuan Chinese red pepper, the spices delivered especially from Sichuan Hanyuan town by plane, was known as a national remarkable product, which contributed to the double perfect experience on visual and taste, like dishes with fresh red color, spicy fragrance, a numb feeling on the tongue respectively.

Because of this persistence on the quality of food, China Sichuan Restaurant owned their unique Chinese food style. It not only been recognized by Chinese residents and travelers, identified as the sustenance of Chinese stomach of overseas Chinese and a way to release their homesickness, but also wining many fans from Europe. Generally, it has become a benchmark enterprise to spread Sichuan cuisine culture and Asian culture. In 2019, China Sichuan Restaurant was reported by CCTV 4 overseas channel, and given the praise as "the most authentic Sichuan flavor of overseas Chinese food." Today, China Sichuan Restaurant has become a landmark of Amsterdam, with three branches located in the center of Amsterdam, besides the famous scenic spot Red-Light District and Chinatown. Go through the restaurant, customers can enjoy the decoration with Chinese characteristics, like traditional red lanterns, Shu embroidery and other representative Chinese elements. People from all over the world are walking through the restaurant, gathering together to having Sichuan food in the restaurant, which becoming a special scenery of intersection of different culture and delicacy. At the same time, the store also has specific dishes for vegetarians, greatly carrying through the human-oriented professional service and attitude, as well as the inclusiveness of Sichuan people and culture.

Since the reputation of China Sichuan Restaurant spread all over the world, a large number of celebrities and stars have come. On May 21, 2019, Peng Qinghua, thesecretary of the Sichuan Provincial CPC Committee, and Guo Yong, party committee secretary of Sichuan Energy Investment Group, led a delegation to China Sichuan Restaurant and praised it as the "overseas benchmark of Sichuan cuisine" and "the dining hall of overseas Chinese." Famous Chinese celebrities like Guokun Chen, Jorden Chun, Cherrie Ying, Charlene Choi, Leah Dou, Jerry Ya, Jingyu Huang, Zhennan Zhoua have been to China Sichuan Restaurant and gave highly praises. In additional, Lofficial, a famous French fashion magazine, has also designated China Sichuan Restaurant as a location for shooting.

China Sichuan Restaurant is like a bridge contributed by China and Sichuan all the time, providing a way for people all over the world to understand Sichuan food culture, and it is also a warm home for overseas Chinese, constructed by all employees. Pot, spoon, chopstick and round table, all of utensils hold the representative of spicy food, the persistence of home flavor, the inheritance of Chinese culture, and the embrace of world culture.

History * 1993––“Tibet Sichuan” (Lange Niezel) was founded * 1995––“Amsterdam General Restaurant (Warmoesstraat B.V.) was founded. * 2016––“Chinatown store (Zeedijk) was founded * 2017––“Tibet Sichuan”changed its name to “Chengdu Sichuan”. * 2018––June 27 celebrity Jerry Ya，Jingyu Huang and Zhengnan Zhou went to Sichuan Restaurant. * 2019––China broadcast, CCTV 4 overseas Channel, reported on China Sichuan Restaurant, praising it as "the purest Sichuan flavour of overseas Chinese food. * 2019 May 21––Peng Qinghua, the secretary of the Sichuan Provincial CPC Committee, and Guo Yong, party committee secretary of Sichuan Energy Investment Group, led a delegation to the Sichuan Hotel and praised it as the "overseas benchmark of Sichuan cuisine" and "the dining hall of overseas Chinese".

Story Behind the Restaurant Located in the bustling center of Amsterdam, next to Red-Light District, three branches of China Sichuan Restaurant that stand for authentic Sichuan flavor are always crowed with customers from all over the world. Inside the store that decorated with classical Chinese red lanterns, the owner is crafting Sichuan cuisine and proprietress is greeting customers with great passion. Here, Chinese people who live oversea could find the taste from home, international diners could experience the unique spicy flavor, culture and homesickness is crashing in the tongue.

In 1991, Mr. Wang who yearns for freedom came to Amsterdam, Netherlands for the first time. Amsterdam is really a romantic and inclusive European city. Boat drives in the peaceful canals, sexy and hot ladies dance inside the window of Red-Light District, local residents ride bikes in the sunset and pass by drunk people. In this culturally mixed city, people from all over the world explore kinds of delicious food with different stomachs.

Although fine dinners are attractive, after experiencing foods all over the world, the most touching cuisine is the taste of hometown, especially for people struggling oversea. Mr. Wang found that the passionate Netherlands is lack of authentic Chinese Sichuan cuisine. Sichuan Fragrant Striped bass, Chengdu Palace Duck, Sichuan Spicy Dumpling, those delicious home-cooked dishes are not only the most familiar childhood taste, but also the proudest thing for Mr. Wang, who raised in Chengdu. Therefore, He decided to open a restaurant named “China Sichuan” in the center of Amsterdam. It is also the first Sichuan cuisine brand established in Holland, Belgium and Luxembourg, standing like a Chinese Sichuan business card, which brings a magical spicy trip to the tourists and comforts the stomach of Chinese who live in Netherlands.

"The taste code of Sichuan cuisine is not the ingredients, nor the heat, but seasoning." Mr. Wang, the founder of China Sichuan Restaurant is an expert on taste of Sichuan cuisine which is rich in flavors with a wide range of ingredients. The magic of the cuisine is that you will smell it before you try it, and after tasting it, the flavor seems endless from tongue to stomach. Gorgeous seasoning achieves ingredients, which makes tongue of customer directly travel to Sichuan. For Chinese in Europe, China Sichuan restaurants is lifesaver. Many foreigners also come to the resaurant again and again, hailing it as "authentic Chinese flavor that they have never tasted".

In the city of Amsterdam where love and romance full of air, Mr. Wang also harvested a beautiful love. In 2004, Weiwei Wang, a positive and passionate Chengdu girl fell in love with Mr. Wang. She said good-bye to her loved career as a professional DJ and came to Amsterdam to accompany Mr. Wang. This couple struggled together to perfect their Sichuan cuisine. Weiwei once said: “Sichuan cuisine came from ordinary life, it shouldn’t be too expensive, and sit is not a delicacy enjoyed by rich people, but belongs to the public.” They did not aim to make Sichuan cuisine fine dinner but ordinary cuisine in people’s daily life. The taste of Sichuan is like a flavor warm in memory and eating from child to adult, like cooked by mom. This authentic home-cooked food is simple, delicious and warm. “What we also inherit is the truth of being a human of Sichuaness. In this way, Sichuan cuisine could be real with soul.” For more than 20 years of careful operation by Mr. Wang and Weiwei, China Sichuan Restaurant has become famous all over the world. Many first-class Sichuan chefs joined Sichuan family to craft the authentic Sichuan cuisine and provided excellent food to customers.

Amsterdam China Sichuan Restaurant has become famous, and many first-class chefs come here to jointly study the taste of authentic Sichuan cuisine, and provide the world's diners with excellent food and gastronomy. At the same time, China Sichuan Restaurant has been growing gradually. In 2006, “Chinatown store (Zeedijk) was founded, which was the the first restaurant of Chinese mainland in Amsterdam to set up in Chinatown. In 2017, the former store named “Tibet Sichuan” was renamed “Sichuan Chengdu” and next to Red-Light District. a large number of celebrities and stars have come. Famous Chinese celebrities like Guokun Chen, Jorden Chun, Cherrie Ying, Charlene Choi, Leah Dou, Jerry Ya, Jingyu Huang, Zhennan Zhoua have been to China Sichuan Restaurant and gave highly praises. On May 21, 2019, Peng Qinghua, the secretary of the Sichuan Provincial CPC Committee, and Guo Yong, the committee secretary of party of Sichuan Energy Investment Group, led a delegation to China Sichuan Restaurant and praised it as the "overseas benchmark of Sichuan cuisine" and "the dining hall of overseas Chinese."

For more than 20 years, China Sichuan Restaurant has always kept the most authentic Sichuan cuisine with the sincerest heart, and serve customers with delicious food. Red oil awakens tongue, pepper and chili jumps in the mouth, sour and sweet flavor cross the teeth… With a bite of thick soup, your heart and stomach would be full and warm. Sichuan cuisine likes life, which all kinds of flavors hidden in ordinary details. China Sichuan Restaurant has always adhered to authentic flavor that carries homesickness and flavor, and has showed most unique and real Chinese Sichuan cuisine to all over the world.

About China Sichuan Cuisine Pepper, chilli, star anise, myrcia… Those special ingredients magically crash in Sichuan Cuisine with garnishing of scallions and coriander. Fresh and delicious dishes shuttle through alley, appear in family meal, remind of mom’s calling for coming back for dinner to children and outlining a real and slow lifestyle. Sichuan Cuisine— one of the best cuisines in Chinese dishes Sichuan Fire boiled fish, Chongqing famous chili chicken, Spicy Dumpling…Those mouthwatering delicacies have a long history inheriting generation of local people. As early as Qin and Han dynasties, Sichuan cuisine, with features of spicy and tasty, had appeared in people’s dinning table and continued to develop and innovate. It brought a bite of comfort after hard farming of people. Modern Sichuan cuisine emerged in the Ming dynasty. Chefs' innovative use of pepper, pickled pepper, fermented black bean and other ingredients in cooking has formed three categories of 24 kinds of flavors, 54 cooking recipes and more than 3,000 classic traditional dishes. Nowadays, it has formed a complete system already with its unique cooking recipes and local flavor. it integrated different characteristics of cuisine in the southeast and northwest of China. And It is well known both at home and abroad since Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province, was awarded the honorary title of “World Food Capital” by UNESCO.

Varieties of ingredients in Sichuan Cuisine Sichuan cuisine is famous for its wide range of ingredients, spicy seasonings, and mellow flavors. Soy sauce, thick broad-bean sauce, chili, pepper, sesame, ginger, onion, garlic, spices...Those ingredients mixed in hotpot and collided to amazing special flavors like salty, spicy, crispy, sweet and sour. After finishing the main course, the hidden role of ingredients showed up. Local Sichuan people kept the spicy red oil for boiling vegetables or noodles with a endless aftertaste.

Typical Lifestyle in Sichuan -- Slow and Leisure Food feeds people back living in the land as they toil away at the fields. Sichuan is also called ‘Land of Abundance’ by people, where Chengdu Plain always riches in grain production. Sichuaness love eat, drink and having fun, enjoy their slow lifestyle. Teahouses are everywhere. The young and the old are talking together. Women are playing Mahjong and chatting about gossips. Beauty girls are shopping in downtown. Friends are drinking in the bar. In the bustle of urban life. There are also traditional cultures that Sichuaness are pride of. Sichuan opera, Du fu's poems and the national treasure of giant panda… Sichuan Chengdu, a place that you never want to leave once you came.

Enjoy the leisurely slow time in Sichuan! This is an amazing city that mixes leisure, peace, and prosperity. Only the unique spicy flavor kissed the tongue, the appetites of homesickness awake. China Sichuan Restaurant always insists on authentic Sichuan favor, which presents the deepest memory of hometown and the inheritance of Chinese Sichuan food culture.