The top ten cities for food in China
📍 Chengdu
✅ Specialties: Dumplings, Dandan noodles, Roasted brain, Egg cake, Pork knuckle, Skewers, Roasted sweet potato skin, Rabbit head, Pot pot chicken, Zhong's dumplings
✅ Tourist attractions: Giant Panda Breeding Research Base, Wuhou Temple, Jiuyan Bridge, Dujiangyan Irrigation Project Scenic Area, Qingcheng Mountain Scenic Area, Kuanzhai Alley, Jinsha Site Museum, Jinli Ancient Street, Du Fu Thatched Cottage.
📍 Chongqing
✅ Specialties: Shancheng Small Rice Dumplings, Spicy and Sour Noodles, Camellia Oil, Shuihua Rou, Youlaozao, Iron Cake, Cold Noodles, Roasted Brain, and Cold Shrimp
✅ Recommended attractions: Hongyadong, Monument to the people's Liberation, Wulong Tiansheng Three Bridges, Yangtze River Cableway, Ciqikou Ancient Town, Dazu Rock Carvings, Liziba Light Rail Station, etc.
📍 Guangzhou
✅ Special cuisine: White cut chicken, Cantonese morning tea, Cantonese roast meat, Shantou beef hotpot, Zhanjiang oysters
✅ Recommended attractions: Canton Tower, Sacred Heart Cathedral, Guangdong Provincial Museum, Dongshankou, Big Buddha Temple, etc.
📍 Xi'an
✅ Specialties: Roujiamo, BIANGBIANG noodles, Zhen cake, Pita bread soaked in Lamb Soup, Liangpi, Ganmianpi, Youpo noodles, Rice-meat dumplings, soup with pepper
✅ Recommended attractions: Xi'an City Wall, Bell Tower, Emperor Qinshihuang's Mausoleum Site Museum, Big Wild Goose Pagoda, Tang Paradise, Yongxingfang, Everbright City, Mount Hua, Xi'an Drum Tower, Stele Forest Museum, etc.
📍 Changsha
✅ Specialties: Stinky tofu, flavorful shrimp, sweet fried rice cake, sesame milk candy, glutinous rice zongzi, fried Yuanxiao (Filled round balls made of glutinous rice-flour for Lantern Festival), sister dumplings, and Xiangbin spring rolls
✅ Recommended attractions: Yuelu Mountain Scenic Area, Juzizhoutou, Taiping Old Street, Chaozong Street, Huaminglou Scenic Area, Xie Zilong Photography Art Museum, Pozi Street, Yuelu Academy, Super Wenheyou, etc.
📍 Xiamen
✅ Specialties: Shacha Noodles, Shisun Freeze, Xianfan, Dried Oyster Congee, Spiced Strips, Taro Bun Peanut Soup, Roast Pork Dumplings, Oyster Pancake, Ginger Duck
✅ Recommended attractions: Gulangyu Island, Xiamen University, Nanputuo Temple, Botanical Garden, Huangcuo Beach, Huandao Road, Shapowei.
📍 Nanchang
✅ Specialties: Soup pot, Nanchang mixed noodles, Spicy Hot Pot, Boiled dish, Sweet rice cake, Pork blood noodles, Lake soup, Hongdu thumb, Oil-soaked fish
✅ Recommended attractions: Tengwang Pavilion, Bayi Square, Bayi Uprising Memorial Hall, Wanshou Palace Historical and Cultural District, Site of the New Fourth Army Headquarters, Marquis of Haihun Museum, Jiangxi Provincial Museum, etc.
📍 Weihai
✅ Specialties: Spanish mackerel dumplings, sea intestines with rice, sea urchin dumplings, donkey meat soup dumplings, seafood pancakes, spicy roasted pig's trotters, roasted pork intestines ✅ Recommended attractions: Liugong Island, Haiyuan Park, Weihai Park, Maotou Mountain, Shijiahe Bridge for seafood gathering, Chengtou Mountain, Shendiao Zoo, Naxianghai, International Beach
📍 Guiyang
✅ Specialties: Guiyang Rice noodles, Huaxi beef noodles, Changwang noodles, Guizhou spicy chicken, grilled pot, sour soup beef, old vegetable noodles, crispy potato, shredded baby, potato cake, glutinous rice.
✅ Recommended attractions: Guizhou Provincial Museum, Qianling Mountain, Xijiang Qianhu Miao Village, Huangguoshu Waterfall, Huaxi Yelang Valley, Qingyan Ancient Town, etc.
📍 Wuhan
✅ Specialties: Hot dry noodles, old-fashioned Mianwo, glutinous rice chicken, soda bun, and three-fresh doupi
✅ Recommended attractions: Yellow Crane Tower, Yangtze River Bridge, Hankou River Beach, Lihuangpo Road