You say Szechuan, I say Sichuan...Szechwan. All hail the pepper!

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If you like spicy, these places cater to the chili-loving southwestern Chinese province with that iconic Szechuan/Sichuan/Szechwan peppercorn!

 1. Gourmet Kingdom

301 E Main St
Carrboro, NC 27510
(919) 932-7222

Category: Chinese

4.0 star rating
  5/30/2010

This is the real deal, folks. Great Sichuan style cooking in the Triangle.

After a week of traveling the coast of Nova Scotia eating some amazing seafood, we wanted some comfort food last night. Our first choice? Gourmet Kingdom, surprisingly. Is it…More »

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 2. Super Wok

Chatham Square
Cary, NC 27511
(919) 388-8338

Category: Chinese

4.0 star rating
  6/3/2010

I'd heard good things about this place via other websites. So, it didn't take too much to convince my better half to give this place a try on a chilly February weekend. We'd been living in the area for almost a year and hadn't experienced very many…More »

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 3. C&T Wok

130 Morrisville Square Way
Morrisville, NC 27560
(919) 467-8860

Category: Chinese

4.0 star rating
  1/27/2011 ROTD 6/26/2011

It's crazy how many Sichuan-style restos there are in the Triangle....I'm convinced there's a conspiracy theory going on here but I can't prove it just yet. Don't worry. Conspiracy theory or not, that's a good thing for all of us ABCs/bananas[1] who…More »

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