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Eating in Chongqing
Famous Local Food When you come to Chongqing, you will not to be surprised to hear that the Chinese believe in the saying "People make food their Heaven". It would seem that people in Chongqing are never weary of eating. Thousands of restaurants are scattered throughout every corner of the city, luring customers from home and abroad with their different specialties. As one of China's top four styles of cuisine, Sichuan cuisine contains dishes from Chonqing Municipality Chengdu and other localities in Sichuan Provinces. With the distinctive feature of Sichuan Cuisine - strong flavor-Chongqing dishes can be divided into 24 types of three categories according to flavor. The three categories are tingling spicy food, spicy food and salty-sour-and-sweet-blend food. Different from Chengdu cuisine, Chongqing dishes are spicier and stronger in taste. Chili pepper, sesame, fermented black beans, scallions, ginger, garlic, wine, soy sauce and an array of flavorings are used in almost 40 different cooking methods. These methods include drying, salting, spicing, pickling, frying and smoking. Color, smell, flavor, shape, and nutrition are all carefully balanced in Chongqing dishes - no wonder people say that Chongqing food is not only attractive but nutritious. Chongqing is the birth place of the hot pot in China. The people of Chongqing love tingling, piquant, and hot chafingdish (hot pot), the hotter the better. In Chongqing, hot pot restaurants can be found everywhere and many have become very popular among the local people. The area around Jiefangbei (called Jiefangbei Central Business District), Nanbin Road, and Bayi Street teem with street vendors and restaurants. Many local specialties like tea-smoked duck, dry-stewed fish, chicken with spring water, Dan Dan spicy noodle, etc. are worth tasting, but only if you are adventurous with hot and spicy experiences! The western food in Chongqing is not as popular as the local food; therefore, it is a tough thing for you to find a decent western restaurant on the street. Famous Local Dishes Chongqing Chafing Dish It is also called the chafingdish of the mountain city. The Chongqing chafingdish, with its tingling, piquant, burning hot, fresh, and tender characteristics, has along history. It is offered at restaurants everywhere in the street both in winter and summer. The ingredients used include animal's tripes, livers, kidneys, and brains, lean pork, and beef. Fish with Pickled Musard It is a dish with Chongqing flavor. Prepared with crucian, steeped pimiento, and fermented glutinous rice, it is tender, slightly sour, tasty, and refreshing. Hot Pot Eating hot pot is a joyful experience. First, you need to choose the pot - spicy, pure or a combination of two - for the soup and dipping sauce. After the spiced soup boils with a hazy steam, fish, meat, bean curds and vegetables can be added. When the soup boils again, you can eat by dipping them in a little bowl of special sauce ¨Cbut be careful of the burning hot soup! Famous Local Snacks Dandan noodles It got its name because it was sold by the vendor with shoulder pole on the streets. It is made by tens of flavorings known as a famous local snacks, which taste flash, soft and spicy. Mayuan It was made by polished glutinous rice with sweet sauces in side. the round-shaped Mayuan taste sweet. The outside of the Mayuan is crisp and the inside of it is soft and sweet. Cool Glutinous Rice Cake It is made by polished glutinous rice in various shapes, which taste especially delicious. Recommended Restaurants Little Swan Bayu Restaurant Address: 6/F,New Chongqing Square,Jiefangbei Tel: 63788811 Style: As the only super A-grade hot pot restaurant in Chongqing,it mainly deals in Hot Pot Buffet and is known as the "Chongqing famous hot pot" for its rich items,delicious flavor and elegant environment. Yizhishi Restaurant Address: 114,Zourong Rd.,Yuzhong Dist. Tel: 63846959 Style: it has a great variety and an elegant environment. The restaurant has received many national leaders and foreign celebrities. Jiuchongtian Revolving Restaurant Address: 168,Bayi Rd.,Yuzhong Dist. Location: Located at the top story in the 108-meter-high 29-story Yudu Plaza in the commercial center of jiefangbei, it is an ideal place to taste deliciour food while enjoying a bird'seye viw of the whole city. Tel: 63828888 Zhongtian Restaurant Style:Its Yahui Chinese Food Section is famous for unique dishes and superb service. The Restaurant has created famous dishes like Zhongtian A-Grate Fortune Bird Nest and Taiji Abalone Treasure. Chongqing Little Swan Restaurant Address: 78, North Jianxin Rd., Jiangbei Dist. Tel: 67855328 Xiaodongtian Restaurant Chongqing Address: 107,Minquan Rd.,Yuzhong Dist. Tel: 63818100 Caixingyuan Restaurant Location: California Garden,Yuzhong Dist. Tel: 67629325 Frindship Restaurant Address: MInzu Rd,Yuzhong Dist. Tel: 63710590 Qiaotou Hot Pot Address: 154,Shangxin St.,Nan'an Dis. Tel: 62838960 Meiyuan Restaurant Address: 7,Zhongxing Rd.,Yuzhong Dist. Tel: 63806969 Guanshengyuan Restaurant Location: Minquan Rd.,Yuzhong Dist. Tel: 68609706 Haochi (Good-to-Eat) Street Location: the Baiyi Road near the Liberation Monument in Chongqing. Style: Local-flavor food and snacks are sold here everyday. These include bean jelly of northern Sichuan, Chongqing's small stuffed dumplings of glutinous rice flour served in soup, Sichuan noodles in peppery sauce, and Chongqing chafingdish. Wai Po Qiao (Grandma's Bridge) Location: By the bank of Yangtze River, on Nan Bin Road. Style: The hotpot is served on the first floor. And the second floor is only for Sichuan food. There are many KFCs and McDonalds in Chongqing. The main locations of KFC are as follow: No.2 Nan Ping West Road, Nan An District No.1 MinQuan Road (Near Ba Yi Street), Yu Zhong District First Floor of Hui Xian Building, No.186 Min Zu Road, Yu Zhong District

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