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Local cuisine tends to be heavy with oil and spices!
Prepare your stomach and sight-seeing, good or bad!
it is 'dangerous' to travel here because you may walk away with an empthy wallet and a lot of carbs.😂
Spicy Hotpot--Chongqing Signature Cuisine
Rate of spicy: entry-level, medium, hot, fiery hot🤣
Tourist-friendly ADJUSTMENT is made
Typical Szechuan Cuisine
Cold and hot dishes with tantalizing flavor of spice
Bamboo-stick Hotpot
A entry-level for Hotpot, derived from Chengdu-styled street-food.
Pick your favorite bamboo, immerse it into the broth! ready to dig in?
Typical Chongqing Cuisine
Deriative of Szechuan Cuisine
Eye-catching dishes with auspicious red color, and of course, chili and pepper
Not delicate, but flavorful!
Nickname for Chongqing Cuisine
“江湖菜” (Jianghu Cuisine) literally means River and Lake Cuisine, an indicator of its inclusive and localized/worldly characteristics.
Locals are very hospitable and sincere to foodies.🤩
Some well-known food spots
--you never go wrong with these options, but taste is adjusted to be touristy!🥴
“杨记隆府” (Yang-ji-long-fu)
“杨记隆府” (Yang-ji-long-fu)
Yang's Kitchen
Yang's Kitchen
Szechuan Cuisine/Jianghu Style
Chain Store, available across Chongqing
You can search it on Meituan App (China's food delivery apps)
“徐鼎盛”(Xu-ding-sheng)
“徐鼎盛”(Xu-ding-sheng)
Grand Chef Xu's Kitchen
Grand Chef Xu's Kitchen
Szechuan Cuisine/Jianghu Style
Chain store, available across Chongqing
You can search it on Meituan App (China's food delivery apps)
“纯阳老酒馆” (Chunyang Wine House)
“纯阳老酒馆” (Chunyang Wine House)
Szechuan Cuisine/Jianghu Style
Line 1/10, 七星岗Qixinggang Metro Station, Exit 2
“渝北区-防空洞火锅” (Bunker Hotpot)
“渝北区-防空洞火锅” (Bunker Hotpot)
Longtousi Park South Entrance 渝北区龙头寺公园南门附近
known for its unique underground dinning experience, and taste, average!
“南岸区-枇杷园火锅”(Pipa Hotpot)
“南岸区-枇杷园火锅”(Pipa Hotpot)
Jinzhu Village, Nanshan St 南岸区南山街道金竹村
Known for its scale and topography, not for its taste!
*inaccessible by public transport
Down-to-earth neighborhoods -- not touristy places!!
--A cluster/agglomeration of local cuisine,🤩 all for local residents
--ideal for foodies and vloggers/content writers!🎉
--Food challenge!
“南岸-花园路-南湖路社区(Nanhu)”
“南岸-花园路-南湖路社区(Nanhu)”
Szechuan Cuisine/Jianghu Style
a block of budget dinning restaurantes
Line10, 万寿路Wanshou Road Metro Station, 300m walk
Line 3, 工贸Gongmao Metro Station, 400m walk
“南岸-四公里回龙湾社区(Huilongwan)”
“南岸-四公里回龙湾社区(Huilongwan)”
Szechuan Cuisine/Jianghu Style
a block of budget dinning restaurantes, popular among young and college students
Line 3, 五公里Wugongli Metro Station, 200m walk
“南岸-南滨路夜市(Nanbin Road)”
“南岸-南滨路夜市(Nanbin Road)”
A night-market for Food stands/booths
water-front at the Nanbin Road, Chongqing's Bund
Loop Line , 海棠溪Haitangxi Metro Station, 1200m walk* taxi recommended!
“九龙坡-科园四路(Keyuansilu Road)”
“九龙坡-科园四路(Keyuansilu Road)”
Szechuan Cuisine/Jianghu Style
Chongqing's earliest cluster of local cuisine, bustling culinary life!
a block of budget dinning restaurantes
Line1, 歇台子Xietaizi Metro Station, 400m walk
“九龙坡-彩云街市(Caiyun Market)”
“九龙坡-彩云街市(Caiyun Market)”
Szechuan Cuisine/Jianghu Style
an emerging block of budget dinning restaurantes
Loop Line, 彩云湖Caiyunhu Metro Station, 200m walk
“九龙坡-民主村(Minzhucun)”
“九龙坡-民主村(Minzhucun)”
A vibrant neighborhood dated to 1970s and preserved for China's socialist economy and factory/residence livelihood (recall memory of communist collective life), now turned into a revived signature of dinning and snacks
Loop Line/Line 2 , 谢家湾Xiejiawan Metro Station, 300m walk>>MixCity万象城
“江北区-紫荆路-紫薇路-九街(Zijing-Ziwei-9 St Block)”
“江北区-紫荆路-紫薇路-九街(Zijing-Ziwei-9 St Block)”
A vibrant and stylized block of night life, with diverse signature drinks, dinning and snacks, home and abroad.
It is an expansive block in between three stations below:
Line 3 , 观音桥Metro Station, 1000m walk
Line 6, 黄泥磅Huangnibang Metro Station, 800m walk
Line 6, 红土地Hongtudi Metro Station, 700m walk
*taxi recommended, GPS--9 St Street
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Signature Snacks/Dessert/Street food
--The concept of Dim sum harly applies in Chongqing
小面/Small Noodle
小面/Small Noodle
Small doesn't refer to its physical size, but its simplicity of ingredients.
*Variations go with some meat toppings
Signature street food, a refreshing breakfast
豆腐脑/Spicy Tofu
豆腐脑/Spicy Tofu
Unlike dessert Toufu in Hong Kong and Canton, it definitely goes with a variety of spices and chilis
street food
油茶/Spicy Congee-Porridge
油茶/Spicy Congee-Porridge
An almost vanished food for breakfast, it combines the crisy cookies and pure congee. With some seasonings and pickles, a refreshing breakfast
street food+breakfast
冰粉+凉虾/Icy jelly, Rice shrimp
冰粉+凉虾/Icy jelly, Rice shrimp
Jello made of plant and herb seeds, and shrimp-like mini-dough made of sticky rice, plus some fruit toppings and melted brown sugar, kill the summer heat!
Signature street food, a refreshing chill in summer heat
凉面/Spicy Cold Noodle
凉面/Spicy Cold Noodle
Cold noodles with spicy toppings. So popular during the summer, definitely an appetizer!
Signature street food
酸辣粉/Sour-Spicy Glass Noodle
酸辣粉/Sour-Spicy Glass Noodle
Chewy Glassy noodles made of potato go with some spicy seasonings, definitely an appetizer!
street food
糍粑块/Fried Glutinous Rice Cube
糍粑块/Fried Glutinous Rice Cube
a chunk of sticky rice, fried with some numbing spices!
street food
卤菜/Marinated Food
卤菜/Marinated Food
Marinate broth--salty broth mixed with various spices
Marinated meat, organs, vegetables (potato, lotus, seaweed, egg), duck/chicken wing/feet, etc. Originally, marination goes without chilis, but the new fashion is "spicy chili".
Signature street food
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