What a delicious dish this is! The fresh bamboo shoot is imported directly from China by the Hunan-born owner of this family-run eatery, and trust me, you can taste the difference. It is lighter and more succulent and tender in crunchiness. Compared to the canned variety, flavour is obviously more pristine as well.
The owner's wife stir-fries the sliced bamboo shoot with smoked pork (think bacon but with a slightly chewier rind), plenty of garlic, and both green and red chillies.
Many brows will break out in beads of sweat and tongues will need cooling but this is really shiok with a bowl of steaming hot rice.