Eating Out

The local Chongqingese enjoy hot pot, which is noted for its hot and spicy taste, scalding yet fresh and tender. Pre-sliced meat and vegetables are placed in boiling water or broth, with fish, pork, bean sprouts and scallions, and you will be hot and excited while eating.

There are a great variety of hotpots, including Yueyang Hotpot, Siwei (Four Tastes) Hotpot, Yashan Hotpot, Yutou (Fish Head) Hotpot and Quanyang Hotpot.

There are also other kinds of snacks, such as the tasty noodles, baozi(steamed bread dumplings), and other famous dishes including tea-smoked duck and dry-stewed fish in the small restaurants and street vendors. Other famous foods include: Hechuan Peach Slices, the Mihuatang of Jiangzhen, Preserved Eggs from Yongchuan, Fermented Beancurd from Zhongxian, Fuling Hot Pickled Mustard Tuber, Yellow Peaches from Tongnan,  Oranges from Beibei, Pressed Salted Duck from Baishiyi and the Beef of Laosichuan.

In Nanshan district, there is a snack street noted for its Quanshui chicken, Duck Cooked with Beer, and at the foot of Gele Mountain there is a well-known gourmet zone noted for its offerings of Ciqikou's Fish with Beancurd, Tongnan's Tai'an Fish and Bishan's Laifeng Fish