Sichuan and some dishes you've seen before

Just as I was about to leave for Singapore, a bunch of family dropped into town for a week. We overlapped for one dinner.... voila. When you have a party of 16, you get a really big table, with a really big Lazy Susan. And a lot of food.
Shark's fin soup

With vinegar and parsley to add to your own taste. I'll stop posting pictures of this dish, honest. This one was heavy on the shark's fin, which is always nice, but the soup was just a bit too thick for my taste. For all I know, though, that's how it's supposed to be done.
Peking duck

I know you've seen this dish a lot too, but I thought the clover bun designs were cute. That's the extra duck meat in the middle, with spring onions and plum sauce on the side.
Spicy crunchy meat

I think these were the "most Sichuan" dishes we ordered. Sichuan food is known for being hot and spicy (liberal use of red hot chili peppers), and certain members of my family don't like things all too spicy (I think it's an age thing), so we didn't go with a full Sichuan menu. These two dishes looked almost exactly the same when they were brought out (the first one got started going round the lazy Susan before I could get a picture. Gotta act fast when there are so many people at the table). As it turned out, one was spicy crunchy eel, and the other spicy crunchy beef. Go on, see if you can guess which is which.
The one on top is the eel. It got my vote -- the beef was kinda dry and chewy. The eel was tasty, crunchier without being overdone. And spicy. Good thing I had some rice with which to follow it.
Fried glazed sweet potato

I like having this style of dish as a dessert -- this was the first time I'd had sweet potato, but they do it with all kinds of fruits. My favorite so far is apple; the sweet potato was up there too, but I find banana in particular somewhat disappointing -- just give me the raw fruit, thanks. Somewhat unfortunately, this one was brought out early on as a side dish rather than dessert. Didn't stop us from eating the rest of the food, though; no such thing as ruining your appetite in my family. Anyway, it can be kind of hard to eat, but it's oh-so-good.
The fruit (or vegetable, I suppose in this case) is fried up in a light batter and coated with a sweet glaze (I think it's honey, but it could be some other kind of caramel-ish sugar/syrup). It's usually served immediately (i.e., piping hot), with a bowl of ice water. You pick up your piece of sticky goodness as best as you can without leaving wispy strings of honey everywhere and dunk it in the ice water to harden the coating. When you bite into it, the outside is a little crispy and cool, while the inside is still hot hot hot. It's soooo good. Did I already say that? Well, it's true. I think I like the apple best because the fruit stays firmest and can still be a little crunchy, although the sweet potato did pretty well. Banana just gets way too mushy, bleah. This is also the first time I've seen it served with tomato slices -- I don't know what the deal is with that. Nobody ate them.