Szechuan cuisine, Szechwan cuisine, or Sichuan cuisine is a style of Chinese cuisine originating in Sichuan Province of southwestern China famed for bold flavors, particularly the pungency and spiciness resulting from liberal use of chili peppers, as well as the unique flavor of the Sichuan peppercorn (花椒).

It is an extremely popular cuisine choice in China, with lots of people venturing to this region just to enjoy the spicy heat of the food. It is spicy and mouth numbing, and the numbing occurs through the use of Sichuan pepper, which comes from the prickly ash tree.

Sichuan cuisine or Sichuanese cuisine, alternatively romanized as Szechwan cuisine or Szechuan cuisine (Chinese:, Standard Mandarin pronunciation: [sɨ̂.ʈʂʰwán]),As one of the four major Chinese cuisines, it is famous for its unique spicy taste and rich cooking skills.is a style of Chinese cuisine originating from ...

Szechuan Pepper has a warm, peppery aroma with citrus notes. Its flavour is similarly pepper-like with a very slight numbing, fizzy sensation on the tongue.