Top Ten Famous Specialties of Chongqing

Chongqing’s ten famous specialties are: Chongqing hot pot base, Chongqing hot and sour noodles, Fuling mustard, Yongchuan Xiuya, Hechuan peach slices, ice thin mooncakes, Chongqing Tuocha, Shixian Taibaijiu, Wushan Shen Tea, Rongchang Braised Goose.

1. Chongqing hot pot base

Chongqing hot pot base is a famous specialty condiment of Chongqing. Chongqing is the capital of hot pot. Chongqing hot pot is Chongqing’s gourmet business card. Its soul lies in Hot pot base. Its characteristics are mainly spicy and multi-flavored. Everyone who comes to Chongqing is attracted by Chongqing’s old hotpot, and they can’t stop eating it once.

2. Chongqing Hot and Sour Noodles

Chongqing Hot and Sour Noodles is a famous snack in Chongqing. Due to its unique taste, hot and sour noodles, Chongqing has long been popular in Chongqing. It is loved by people and is characterized by "numbing, spicy, fresh, fragrant, sour and oily but not greasy". It is known as "the best powder in the world".

3. Fuling mustard

Fuling mustard is named after being produced in Fuling. It is one of the three most famous pickles in the world along with French sour cucumber and German sweet and sour cabbage. Fuling mustard is made from Fuling green cabbage heads. It has green skin, white and thick meat, tender and crisp texture, is durable in storage and suitable for cooking. It is one of the top ten mustards in China.

4. Yongchuan Xiuya

Yongchuan Xiuya, also known as "Chuanxiu", is produced in Yongchuan District, Chongqing and is the iconic representative of Yongchuan tea. Yongchuan Xiuya symbolizes the beautiful and elegant Bashan Shushui. Its shape is tight, round and straight, the bottom of the leaves is tender and bright, the soup is clear and green, the aroma is tender and tall, and the taste is fresh and sweet.

5. Hechuan peach slices

Hechuan peach slices are a rare sweet snack in Chongqing. The slices are thin and white, and the shape is similar to the Yunpian cake in Jiangnan, because it is inlaid with walnuts in the middle. Benevolence, hence the name. Hechuan peach is made from glutinous rice, can be torn into thin slices, rolled and wrapped, and has a rich walnut aroma.

6. Ice-thin mooncakes

Ice-thin mooncakes are a lingering memory of Kaixian people. Ice-thin mooncakes have a unique and slim shape, are rich in aroma, moderately soft, sweet but not greasy, and rich in nutrients. A thin piece of mooncake, a thick piece of nostalgia, full of endless "taste of hometown".

7. Chongqing Tuocha

Chongqing Tuocha is a superior pressed tea. It is made from medium and high-grade sun-dried, roasted and fried green tea, making the finished tea look like a bowl. The mortar is black and oily in color, and the soup is clear and yellow in color.

8. Shixian Taibaijiu

Shixian Taibaijiu is one of Chongqing’s famous specialty wines. It selects high-quality red grain, rice, glutinous rice, corn, and wheat from the Three Gorges Reservoir area. Grains are used as raw materials and are carefully brewed from the sweet Xifeng Mountain Spring. The wine is rich in aroma, mellow and soft, sweet and refreshing, and has a long aftertaste.

9. Wushan Divine Tea

Wushan Divine Tea is produced in the Yunshan Mountains and Mist Ridges in the Three Gorges Basin. It is refined from the leaves of a kind of tree called "Lin Qin". The tea leaves and tea soup are amber in color.

10. Rongchang Braised Goose

Rongchang Braised Goose has a history of hundreds of years and is a local delicacy. It is made from local white geese with excellent meat quality. The biggest characteristics of Rongchang braised white goose are golden and shiny color, meat that is not rotten, moderate spiciness, fragrant, fresh and refreshing, and long taste.

Reference for the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia—Yongchuan Xiuya