【Traditional delicacies not to be missed】
1、Liangping Zhang Duck
“The aroma of stewed duck has been passed down for a hundred years, and the spicy and crispy taste penetrates the bones” – the duck meat is first stewed and then roasted, covered with secret red oil, with elastic skin and tender meat, spicy and sweet. The top souvenir for Liangping people to visit relatives and friends, vacuum-packed “mobile delicacy”.
✨Recommended pairing: a plate of spicy duck liver + a bowl of porridge, the soul CP for watching TV series late at night!
2、Liangping Pomelo Banquet
Liangping pomelo, one of the three famous pomeloes in China, has sweet and refreshing flesh, and is even more amazing when used in cooking! Braised pork with pomelo flavor, meat stuffed with pomelo peel, pomelo soup…sweet and sour, you can taste the idyllic poetry of “Pomelo Hometown” in one bite.
🌿 Hidden way to eat it: Pick pomelo around the Mid-Autumn Festival, add honey to the flesh, and dry the peel to make tea. Even the air is sweet!
3、Yuanyi Dried Tofu/Braised Egg
The “black gold delicacy” of the century-old street! Yuanyi dried tofu is colored with wood-fired caramel and is very chewy; the braised eggs are soaked in five-spice broth, and the egg yolk is dense and tasty. Buy it at street stalls, the more you chew, the more addictive it becomes.
【The smell of fireworks in the market, low-key but addictive】
1、Gege Noodles
“Ge Ge” is not a princess, but a bamboo steamer! Lamb/fat intestines/ribs are placed on the bottom, covered with a bowl of alkaline noodles, the steam wraps the meat and penetrates into the noodles, the spicy and fresh aroma rushes straight to the forehead.
📍Must-check-in: The old brand “Caijiapo Gege Noodles” is open for sale at 5 am, and locals squat to grab the first pot!
2、Rotten intestines
The name is rough, but the taste is amazing! The pig intestines are stewed until they are soft and boneless, pickled peppers and sour radishes enhance the flavor, and the soup can be mixed with rice for three bowls. This fly restaurant in a shabby alley hides the most authentic underworld atmosphere.
3、Yin rice syrup
The glutinous rice is steamed and dried to become yin rice, and then brown sugar and fermented glutinous rice are added to make a thick syrup, sprinkled with wolfberries and peanuts, which warms the stomach and heals the body. The “confinement artifact” of Liangping mothers has now become a top street dessert.
【The “Liangping flavor” with a full sense of ritual】
🎋 Xie Family Banquet “All Bamboo Banquet”
The “All Bamboo Banquet” is a collection of bamboo dishes such as bamboo shoots, bamboo fungus eggs, bamboo mushrooms, bamboo sea bacon, bamboo tube tofu, bamboo fungus wine, and bamboo pickles. It can be said that the whole table is full of bamboo, and no feast can be complete without bamboo, which is eye-opening.
The “All Bamboo Banquet” has more than 100 dishes in more than ten categories. Each dish is directly or indirectly related to “bamboo”, from bamboo root mushrooms, bamboo shoots, bamboo poles, to bamboo branches and leaves. Every part is fully utilized.
🍚 Eight bowls
The finale of weddings and funerals! Steamed pork with rice flour, braised pork, crispy pork, glutinous rice duck… Eight hard dishes fill the table. The meal is lively and the local sentiment is passed down from generation to generation.
【Hidden menu: Only locals know】
Cold shrimp with cold noodles: A mobile stall at the entrance of Experimental Primary School. An old lady serves hand-rubbed cold shrimp with secret cold noodles. You can eat as much as you want for 5 yuan.
Fried pomelo leaves: Qingming limited edition! Tender pomelo leaves are fried in batter, crispy and fragrant, and dipped in chili powder, it is so delicious that you will lick your fingers.
📌Food Hunter Tips
🚗 Transportation: 1.5 hours direct drive from Chongqing city, get off at Liangping high-speed railway station and eat right away!
⏰ Best season: Autumn and winter (pomelos ripe + mutton peak season)
🍽️ Foodie route: People’s Square Night Market → Shuangguitang Vegetarian → Baili Bamboo Sea Full Bamboo Banquet