[Flavor attack·Must-eat list]
🔥 Preserved pork trotters stewed with water shield
Wuling Mountain black pig’s cured trotters collide with “water jasper” water shield, the amber soup base is filled with emerald-like gelatin, the rich aroma of cured meat wraps around the tender and smooth water shield, and the Tujia people’s supreme etiquette of entertaining guests is all in this bubbling pot.
🌶️ Sour pork
The magical transformation of fermented pork belly! The fat and lean pork belly is sandwiched with cornmeal and wild pepper, creating a sour and spicy attack. In the steaming heat, the fat turns into a gentle knife, and the sour and fragrant Tujia epic is cut open.
🍚 Potato Rice
The wood stove performs the magic of iron and fire, with the crispy rice crust and soft glutinous potatoes conquering the city with the help of diced bacon. Take a spoonful of golden and brilliant rice, and the wisdom of the mountain people explodes in the heat of the pot.
🌿 Tofu with pigeon leaves
The turtledove leaves picked from the cliff are kneaded into emerald nectar, and then marinated into trembling green tofu. Pour the hot chili dip in water, and the fragrance of the grass and the scorching spiciness stage a battle of ice and fire.
🍵 MiMi Tea
The extraordinary love story of fried rice and tea leaves, the aroma of roasted grains bursts out instantly when boiling water is poured. Tujia grandmothers say this is “tea that satisfies one”, and the energy code of working in the mountains is hidden in the vortex of the pottery bowl.
[Guide to Secret Taste]
Go to Huangshui Old Street to eat Dubakuai, the fragrance of glutinous rice and wormwood has gone through a century of wind and rain
Squat in the basket on market days to eat the rice in the raincoat, the rice wrapped in lotus leaves hides the survival aesthetics of the mountain people
Challenge the roasted fern cake at the late night food stalls, the fern root starch is roasted to a crispy shell, dipped in dried chili powder and it will be delicious
【Final rhyme·Taste nostalgia】
When the morning mist of Youshui River flows over the stilt houses, the smell of stone pillars awakens in the valley. These ancient flavors from the Book of the Later Han Dynasty turn the steepness of Wuling Mountain and the vastness of Qiyao Mountain into hot fireworks.
🌟 Food coordinates: Chongqing·Shizhu Tujia Autonomous County
🚗 Walking route: Huangshui Town→Xituo Ancient Town→Daobeiliang→Qianye Grassland (food and shopping all in one version)
📌 Special tips: bring enough stomach-strengthening and digestion-promoting tablets, the sour and spicy here will make people want to keep eating more!