Low-key spot offering a long menu of traditional fare from Sichuan & other regions, plus hot pot.
"Chef Zhang Xiao Zhong, who used to head up the acclaimed Barshu restaurant in Soho, has been quietly knocking it out the park at this low-key neighbourhood joint for years. Hidden just out of sight between the Westfield shopping centre and Shepherds Bush Green, it serves a long menu of traditional Sichuan fare, alongside hot pot. As expected from a Sichuan restaurant, prepare for delicious, crimson red, fiery broths that’ll blow heads off in a good way. Dunking hot pot ingredients include squid, beef, fish balls, radish and lotus root, but the fun part is in the pick and mix selection of dips and sauces ranging from tingling ma la chilli sauce to beautifully macerated garlic sauce, the perfect slam dunk. There’s also the option to build a Tian Fu special spicy soup or dry hot pot at home for six people, which is also available for takeaway and delivery." - Angela Hui
"Perched on the corner next to Shepherd’s Bush library, Tian Fu is a local Sichuan favourite helmed by a former Barshu head chef, and offers such classic fare as dan dan noodles, smacked cucumbers, and fish fragrant aubergine. But the menu also lists a number of more lesser-seen options, from a variety of offal to frogs’ legs. The iron wok dishes, bubbling with chillies and oil — the eel is exceptional — take roast potatoes from side dish to centre stage. The result is both crunchy and pillow-soft, fiery and numbing." - Kate Walker
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