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Chengdu Specialties

Chengdu's specialty snacks include: Long Dumplings, Zhong Shui Dumplings, Chaji Noodles, Ice Dumplings, and Soup Sesame Cakes.

1, dragon copied hands: dragon copied hands is a famous traditional snack in Chengdu, copied hands is also the Sichuan people of the chaos of the special call. If you look at the name and thought it was related to the dragon, in fact, it is not, but the founder of the dragon copied hands and a few friends at the time in the thick flower tea garden negotiation cop copied hands store, in the name of the store borrowed the thick flower tea garden thick word, with a harmonic dragon for the name, meaning dragon and tiger leaping meaning. As early as 1995, Dragon Handicraft was awarded the title of China's oldest brand.

2. Zhong Shui Dumplings: Zhong Shui Dumplings were called Shui Jiao in the earliest days and are a traditional local snack in Chengdu. Zhong Shui Dumplings are characterized by the use of all pork filling, without any other fresh vegetables, and are served with a special red oil drizzle, featuring a thin skin, tender filling, and fresh flavor. Every year, many tourists visiting Chengdu choose to have a bowl of authentic Zhong Shui Dumplings.In 2016, Chengdu Zhong Shui Dumplings were also awarded the title of Sichuan Gold Medal Tourist Snack.

3, Chajiao Noodle: Chajiao Noodle, also known as Yangma Chajiao Noodle in Sichuan, is a famous snack in Yangma Town, Chengdu. The way of eating Chajiao noodles is different from other noodles in Chengdu, most of the noodles in Chengdu are usually doused with broth, while Chajiao noodles are seasoned with red oil and sea peppercorns, soybean oil, bone broth, etc., which makes the noodle broth not only spicy and tasty, but also fragrant in your mouth after you finish eating it.

4, ice powder: ice powder is the earliest origin in Yunnan and Guizhou region, and later was introduced to Sichuan, is now particularly popular in the Chengdu area, is a very hot snack in the summer. There are many kinds of ice powder, similar to the salad we eat, and the ingredients can be matched by yourself. There are fruit ice powder, patty cake ice powder, mandarin duck ice powder and regular ice powder, etc., so you can choose according to your own taste.

5, soup sesame cake: soup sesame cake feel a little like our old home sesame cake, but the texture is particularly crispy, but also not sticky teeth, melt in the mouth, which is the production process of the uniqueness of it. Whether as a snack or a snack, it is an indispensable flavor. Tang Ma cake from 1990 to the present has won a variety of awards and honors, such as the Chengdu Famous Snacks Award, Sichuan old, Chinese old, intangible cultural heritage and so on.