In the West, kung pao dishes, a Sichuan speciality, tend to be oversweetened and bland; the real version sings, the zingy pepper set off by the mellow kick of black vinegar.
" When poverty is truly poverty, everyone-even kids-understands it, " says a zingy new translation by Anna Kraczyna and John Hooper (who also writes for The Economist).
We were talking about it a few months ago and he's a real craftsman when it comes to the way that he puts his sets together and he does these sort of like real zingy one-liners and stuff.
" Zingy" , quite a strange word, not quite sure why I've included this because it's not one often used, but similar to zesty: " A zingy taste" , if you just want to vary your vocabulary.
But equally, a pale yellow mixed amongst purple, or a lovely zingy orange geom, again, amongst sort of purples and pinks, completely changes the scheme.