To Explore Chong Qing Taste Born in Chong Qing, I witnessed skyscrapers springing up, flyovers and light rails built for easy traffic in this city over the last 22 years. But the memorable Chong Qing taste remains fresh, in spite of vicissitudes, till this moment in my mind. When it comes to taste, hot pot and Xiao Mian will top the list. The taste of Chong Qing hot pot will not be found in ostentatious grand hotel for assembly line-made hot pot lacks several touches of localism. Instead, the scent of local hot pot will catch you far away from the lengthy alley. So, when you travel here, just track the distinctive scent and you will check it out. Night falling, couples of friends sit in the hot pot bar, with perfume suffusing the air, and they play finger-guessing game, at times go wild with euphoria, at times stop to enjoy the spicy feast. This wonderful picture, in my eyes, signifies one facet of Chong Qing taste. Travel tips: Da Long Hot Pot, famous for its authentic local flavor, locates at Dian Tai Alley, Xiao Long Kan community in Sha Ping Ba District. After you alight, take the light rail and it will direct you to Xiao Long Kan station, step out and walk about 500 meters finally you will find it. Just pay 40 RMB per person, you can glut yourself. Xiao Yu Hot pot, ranked the most popular one in CQ, is widely known for its hot and spicy taste. A bus or taxi can drive you there, No.93 Zheng Street, Pi Pa Shan in Central CQ District. With only 60 RMB, you will not miss the relish. Xiao Mian, another food “name card” for CQ, also the locals’ primary choice for breakfast. Its pungent flavor is enough to wake up a sleepy commuter and help them kick off a vibrant day. Many displaced born in this city regard Xiao Mian as a sort of nostalgia. This kind of noodles, mixed with ingredients such as stem vegetables, seasoned with salt, soy sauce, vinegar, chili oil, pepper powder and pickles, has developed into so distinctive a noodle- cooking fashion that nonlocal places can hardly mimic. That’s why so many people can’t help having a bowl of Xiao Mian even in shabby street booth. Prestigious host Meng Fei, growing up in Chong Qing, admits Xiao Mian-nostalgia in his autobiography. In his eyes, the taste of Xiao Mian merits the taste of hometown, say CQ. Travel tips: Ban Deng Noodle Bar represents typical CQ Xiao Mian, opened in early morning and closed at 2 o’clock pm. So you’d better head to Songshi North Road, Hua Yuan Xin Cun in Jiang Bei District. Chong Qing taste, besides savory food, demonstrates itself also in mountain city-only landscapes and attractive sceneries. One Tree observatory in South Mountain, named after a ficus virens planted there, is the paradise for photographers. If you would like to see bright night views as well as Yangtz River and Jialing River conjunction, One Tree will suit your appetite, especially in dusk when the sun sets over the Jie Fang Bei peninsular (the Liberation Tablet ) like a cape. This breath-taking picture, exhibits another facet of Chong Qing taste. Ci Qi Kou ancient town (china’s town), established in Song Dynasty, is a miniature of CQ. You’d better not enter the town from the usual gate because too much visitors will block you out. An alternative, side entrance will offer you an entirely different scene—folksy traditions: Look! The elderly man is poping corns, and the granny is making broidery on the shoe-pad; Hear! Sewing machines along the lane is composing a fantastic concerto as if the carriers of china were treading on the blocks when you linger about the town. I love this archaic taste. Hong Ya Cave, not a cave, but is a stilted building complex hanged over the hill, in which hotels and bars , restaurants and malls are scattered in different stories. Seen from far away especially from a sailing boat, it resembles the YUYA (a Japanese bathing center) in the Spirited Away filmed by Hayao Miyazaki, brilliantly illuminated. I favor this taste, though luxuriant, somehow touching. Would you like to taste CQ and set your feet on this land? Other Travel Tips: 1.Take selfies with CQ’s landmark Jie Fang Bei to prove you have been to CQ. 2.Gele Mountain and Zha Zi Dong(cinder cave ) are strongly recommended if you are a history-geek. 3.Discover the CQ-only transmitting means--cable cars, and you will find it a compelling experience. 4.To know the reason why CQ got its new nickname “3D Magic City”, you should take line 2 of light rail. Because line 2 rides through the building, across the river, under the ground, up to sky. 5.To explore CQ soundly, you’d better not let slip the outskirts’ attractions such as Three Gorges, Tiankeng Difeng( great hollows and crevices), Dazu stone carving.
Posted on: Fri, 12 Sep 2014 16:44:07 +0000
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