I also visited another reconstructed ancient town named Kuangzai Xiangzi and I liked this much more than Jinli Jie. The streets here were filled with shops, food and drink just like Jinli but this place had a far better feel to it. This woman was selling popular “shou kou” or small snacks. Some are steamed,...

The one thing I liked about Jin Li was the mind boggling number of snacks and sweets. I couldn’t taste any that day because it was just too crowded to go near any of the counters since it was a Sunday. But I am planning to go back there (the entrance is free) on a...

A bucket of rice. Yes, that’s what most restaurants serve here. I don’t know if rice is so abundant that they dish out so much! The other picture is one of my MOST favorite dishes. It’s called Mapo Doufu (maa-pu d0-foo). It’s silken soft tofu mixed in a hotbed of spices including ginger, chili oil and...

Lots of discounts and special prices on all food items.

Had gone to Carrefour. They are all over Chengdu. This is the grocery and food floor in Carrefour but it is pretty  much the same as in any other big supermarket in China. Rows and rows of vegetables and fruits. Anything related to food, you name it and it’s there.

These are mobile food vendors who can be found around practically every corner. They make some delicious noodles and snacks.

A market just outside the monastery sports dry fruits like dates, raisins, walnuts and longan.

I absolutely loved the food. Pictured above is one of their staples known as Pho (pronounced as ‘fa’), a noodle soup with vegetables and meat for the non-vegetarians. The leaves that they give alongside are very aromatic and I was seeing them for the first time and the last. A different version of the pho...

Cuisines here are aplenty. There is everything ranging from Turkish to Indian to Spanish. Some of them are a bit obscure to find while some are really popular. Like Mexican restaurants. They are present on every street and every block and so far I think I have been to at least five to six different...

The weekend went by quite smoothly. K/G and I went to Devon Street on Saturday to buy all the Indian supplies like rotis and frozen curries. These are good when you don’t feel like cooking, which is half the time lol … We went to the well known Patel Brothers, which stocks anything and everything...