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Chengdu, Chengdu, I just read the content of Nicholas Tse's Twelve Flavors and Jane Zhang eating delicious food in Chengdu, which also made me recall my trip to Chengdu a month ago. When traveling to Chengdu, you are always inseparable from the word "eating". Walking on Chunxi Road or Kuanzhai Alley , special Sichuan cuisine and street celebrity snacks are all within your fingertips. Maybe you have not been to Chengdu yet, and I hope to restore a real Chengdu to you through my article.
Chengdu Kuanzhai Alley is the first sign of Chengdu travel and is a must-check in place for travel, so I feel that my introduction here may be just a trivial part of various travel notes, but what I want to tell you is that there are actually more interesting places and delicious foods near the Kuanzhai Alley area. However, before introducing, let’s introduce Kuanzhai Alley first.
Kunzhai Alley
Kunzhai Alley is an antique quadrilateral made of green bricks and tiles. It is also a large-scale ancient Qing Dynasty street left over from Chengdu. It is known as Chengdu’s three major historical and cultural city protection blocks together with Daci Temple and Wenshu Temple. Because it is a street, it is well connected to all the places and can be reached by the subway, but it is more convenient for me to ride a bicycle from the hotel than by taking the subway. At the entrance of the main entrance, there is an area dedicated to introducing history and culture, and there will also be many interesting literary and artistic decorations and bronze statues, which are especially suitable for taking photos.
High alley and Narrow alley each have their own characteristics. Sichuan tea is a wide, narrow and narrow rhyme. There are teahouses with unique characteristics here, you can sit for an afternoon to enjoy the leisurely Chengdu life; Sichuan opera is the tune of Shushan and Shushui, and see Sichuan opera and face change, and laughter fills the entire air.
Niu Dengying Private Old Hotpot (Pauling Tree Street Store)
If Kuanzhai Alley is not enough to visit, there is an alley called Pauling Tree Street near it. This is a slow living area, a silhouette of leisurely life in Chengdu. I heard that the blue brick walls, asphalt roads, ginkgo trees, and Zhiji Stone Street have a history of hundreds of years. There are many private restaurants in this narrow alley, each with its own characteristics. Here is a private old hotpot, which has a particularly retro style.
Niu Dengying Private Old Hot Pot (Paulownia Tree Street Store) adheres to the traditional characteristics of private dishes. The spicy pot base here can be stewed with steak, and you can order half of the ordering portion, which is especially suitable for 2-3 friends or couples for a drink. The jasmine green tea here is not inferior to those teahouses at all. It is also good to have a cup of Qingqing after eating hot pot.
especially recommended this potato. It is very soft and glutinous after cooking. The crispy meat is crispy and delicious. The balls have been cut open to prevent the juice from bursting. Finally, I will have a sugar tomato in an enamel cup to relieve the spicy taste. It is perfect!
Cooking (Xiaotongxiang Store)
How to describe the cuisine of this store? It is actually a bit difficult for me. For the time being, it is classified as a local specialty improved Western restaurant combining "Sichuan" and "Western". Have you ever thought that one day you could grab durian pizza in one hand and eat mao vegetables and hot pot noodles in the same store? Isn't it very interesting? This restaurant is located in Xiaotong Lane around Kuanzhai Alley Scenic Area. There is an idea-friendly chef who takes care of me, a person who doesn’t eat spicy food, and also takes care of my friend’s spicy stomach.
We arrived at the store at noon before 11 o'clock. Unexpectedly, there were several tables queuing in front of us. Fortunately, we were prepared. The inconspicuous store on the right is the entrance of the restaurant, and there is an pizza takeaway shop outside on the left. When you enter the store, you will feel like a private restaurant. The decoration style in the store is in the style of a retro Western restaurant. The dark tone is quite suitable for couples to date, and the price is very conscientious. Let me talk about the dishes I ordered:
Maoshanwang durian Pizza: The signature is the Maoshanwang durian pizza here. It has a strong fragrance. You must eat it while it is hot. The ingredients are very sufficient. Basically, you can eat it in every bite. In addition, some pineapple will be used in the ingredients.
Hotpot powder: full of toughness and tastes good.
Park Carbon Beef Skewers: This is especially recommended. The meat is very tender, and there is also a combination of chili peppers between the meat. It is no problem to eat 2-3 skewers per person.
Carbon roasted pork belly: peppery and crispy, the barbecue tastes very positive, and the cucumbers can relieve spicy and refreshing taste.
Shake crispy meat: This is a bit nostalgic, reminding me of the past when I needed to shake it.
Italian pasta with meat sauce: This is unexpectedly delicious. I didn’t expect to order it, but I saw a table next door and ordered a serving and it was very enjoyable.
Chief Fighting Restaurant (Xincheng Square Store)
Chengdu There is a nightlife where you drink a small wine and eat chicken feet with three or five friends. A 10-minute walk on the wide and narrow box, there is a Jianghu restaurant that locals like very much. They start queuing up when they arrive at the door of the meal. The decoration of the store is in the ancient Sichuan style, and the dishes are not very exquisite, but the taste is very unique.
Chef who is good at using chicken as a staple ingredient, combines chicken with Sichuan flavor to the fullest. Whether it is the traditional red spicy chicken, the store’s signature fresh, spicy and delicious food, it is not enough to eat a rake chicken claw, and it is also a good-looking and fairy-like Dou Mian Hand-killed chicken. It is not spicy, and it is a fish that is delicious and delicious, and it is a sour plum soup that is really "attracting powder" after drinking it. There are highlights inadvertent aspects. The chicken soup stewed with ginkgo chicken is very fresh and looks very nutritious. There is also a tofu that is made after serving. I don’t remember what it is called. There are various ingredients on the side, which are all good anyway. Especially when we travel to Chengdu, we eat too much spicy food, and occasionally we need to neutralize and eat something to relieve the spicy food. If you want to have a more authentic chicken-flavored dish and are afraid of spicy food, it is better to go to the cockfighting restaurant. However, this is already an internet celebrity store, and you need to get off the peak or queue up in advance.
Chengdu Shangri-La Hotel
Go to Chengdu Where is the best place to choose to travel? Is it a specialty hotel near Kuanzhai Alley, or a high-end hotel with elegant oriental aesthetics? If you haven't thought about where to stay, then let me introduce the hotel I stayed at this time.
Chengdu Shangri-La Hotel is excellent, close to Jinjiang, surrounded by a bridge, and opposite to Lan Kwai Fong Bar. Whether you are going to Chunxi Road, Taikoo Li, or Sichuan Yin, you can get it by just a few steps of a shared bicycle. The luxury pavilion river view room I booked this time does not have to queue up in the hotel lobby on the 2nd floor. You can give priority to the luxury pavilion on the 35th floor. The administrative floor treatment is all on the high floor and there will be a welcome gift when checking in. My welcome gift is a super large fruit plate and a super cute little panda.
also the L’Occitane Grass series used in the room, the fragrance of jasmine with bergamot is my favorite fragrance of flowers and fruits. After going to the attractions during the day, I was tired from returning to the hotel and could also make an appointment for a spa on the 4th floor. Going back to the room after massage is the happiest moment of the day.
Executive Lounge has a happy hour from 5:30 to 8:00 every day, which is a bit like a self-service tea break, but there are all kinds of high-end red wines and champagne. Occasionally, when you get tired of spicy oil, you can enjoy the night view of Chengdu and drink a little wine and eat the snacks carefully prepared by the chefs.
Have you ever tried eating hairy crabs in a bar?
This time, at the Shangri-La Hotel in Chengdu, it was specially proposed that the Chinese restaurant take the seasonal hairy crabs into the bar to eat, which attracted all the guests of the saxophone performances to visit our table that day. Every Friday, Mooney’s bar has a Swing Party, so we were gnawing hairy crabs while listening to the light jazz swaying our bodies, which was quite enjoyable!
Shangri-La The signature Chinese restaurant "Xianggong" of the hotel made its own special "rose salt-baked" flavor this time. It did not have the old and salty meat of salt-baked food as imagined. Instead, it was more moderate. It was fresh and slightly sweet. It felt very suitable for the taste of Jiangsu and Zhejiang. In addition, the bar manager proudly recommended his own chicken wings and Sichuan lamb legs, so you should not miss it!
Have you thought about how to play in Chengdu? Will you go to Kuanzhai Alley, Paulownia Street, Tongxin Road, or stay in Shangri-La, Chengdu for one night? If you think these places are good, remember to tell me.
