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I've been craving crayfish for like 3 days and couldn't get it until tonight ;-;

Those look amazing! Could we have some details on the dish? It doesn't look Cajun... Asian?

Crayfish in a spicy sauce! They are popular in SW china. This one specifically is in Chongqing, so it's heavy on the aromatics and toasted spices/peppers Usually places will let you pick between mala (numbing spicy), xiangla (fragrant spicy), and garlic (mild)

Generally, spices/spice oil will be different between every person and region. Some ppl put chickpeas or peanuts for a nutty flavour, some people just put in dried ground up peppers with salt and msg For ex, Sichuan/Chongqing they tend to put peppercorn to make it numbing, in Guizhou it's less so

There's a saying roughly, "Sichuan is mala (numbing), Guizhou is xiangla (fragrant spice), Hunan is sila (death spice)" Because their spicy is just spicy (think buldak hot chicken noodles)