What Chongqing Eats When It’s Not Eating Hotpot
Chongqing noodles for breakfast, spicy wontons, BBQ skewers, ice jelly and Jianghu cuisine: what locals eat besides hot pot, and exactly how to order it.
The Chongqing Neighborhood Where the Aunties Drink Lattes Now
Houbao, a 1980s neighborhood on Chongqing’s south bank, came back to life without moving anyone out. Here’s its story, and why its street food shines at night.
Underneath Every Night Out in Chongqing, There's a War Nobody Mentions
Chongqing's busiest square, its hotpot restaurants, and the tunnels under its streets all quietly trace back to its years as China's WWII wartime capital.
Inside Chongqing's Teahouses: A Factory, a Railway Office, and a Design Studio
Inside three Chongqing teahouses where locals still slow down: a converted factory theater, an old railway office, and a design studio reinventing tea food.
Hidden French Missionary Heritage in Chongqing: A Walking Guide
A walking guide to Chongqing's French Catholic heritage: a working cathedral, a hospital turned hotel, and a wartime spy post turned cafe.
Chongqing Hotpot: How to Eat It Like You Belong There
Chongqing hotpot isn't just spicy food, it's the city's social ritual. Here's how to order, what locals actually eat, and where to go for the real thing.
The Walk That Shows the Real Chongqing
See the Chongqing the postcards miss. A full-day Chongqing walk tour through the old city, from hidden alleys to its oldest surviving gate. The China you can't Google.