The stomachs of people in Tongliang are half soaked in jars of chili peppers and half soaked in the fragrance of Hanlin books. The taste here has both the spiciness of the market and the elegance of literati!
1、Tongliang Pickled Pepper Chicken Feet
Recommended reason: The “leader” of Chongqing pickled peppers, the chicken feet are chewy and crispy, the pickled pepper juice is sour and spicy, you can’t stop eating chicken feet while watching TV series!
Hidden way to eat: Don’t throw away the pickled pepper juice! Use it to mix noodles or dip dumplings, the sour and spicy taste is amazing.
Must-visit stores: Tongliang Specialty Store, Old Street Pickle Workshop.
2、Hanlin Pastry
Recommended reason: A century-old literati snack, with sesame and peanut filling wrapped in crispy crust, sweet but not greasy, the first choice for afternoon tea!
Cultural Easter Egg: It is named after the love of Hanlin scholars in Tongliang during the Qing Dynasty, and can be called the “Jinshi in the snack world”.
Recommended stores: Anju Ancient Town Old Teahouse, Tongliang City Pastry Shop
3、Three live spring
Recommended reason: Representative of Tongliang Jianghu cuisine, live chicken, live fish, live rabbit, freshly killed and fried, the passionate collision of pickled pepper and young ginger, spicy to the point of numbing the scalp but can’t stop!
Spicy relief artifact: must order brown sugar yin rice porridge, ice and fire.
Food foraging place: Bachuan Street old-fashioned restaurant, Longdu Food Street.
4、Orchid Root
Recommended reason: Tongliang intangible cultural heritage snacks, glutinous rice strips fried until golden, coated with icing sugar to resemble orchid roots, crispy and sweet, the “childhood memory killer” of the older generation.
Strange pairing: dip in chili noodles, sweet and spicy fans are ecstatic!
Purchase guide: Anju Ancient Town handicraft workshop makes and sells it now.
5、Longxiang Spicy Fish
Recommended reason: Fresh fish from the reservoir is paired with Tongliang’s unique green peppercorns. The spicy aroma permeates every texture of the fish meat, and your lips will dance for three hours after eating it!
Must-have dish: Handmade potato vermicelli, which is more eye-catching than the fish after absorbing the soup.
Recommended stores: Xuantian Lake Fish Restaurant, Dragon Hot Spring Resort Restaurant.