Lunch at the Hot Springs

Lunch...

Ok--so food pictures aren't all that interesting. But this is an array of the food we were served for lunch near the Huaqing Chi Hot Springs. Vegetable soup with egg drop, mustard greens, rice, Szichuan chicken, Cauliflower and chicken, Sprouts & pork, Boiled peanuts and a few other things I can't quite remember. Of note though, the caramelized potatoes were AWESOME!!! They're in the bottom left of the photo. They don't look all that appealing--sort of like potatoes with ketchup but they were actually crispy on the outside with a caramel shell and then light & fluffy on the inside! I'd never had anything like them before. Unfortunately, we never had them again on our trip. Wonder if it is a regional dish? Incredible!!! I'll try to replicate them when I get back home one day...