Youyang county. [Photo/People's Daily Online]

Chongqing cuisine is largely a hybrid of Sichuan cuisine and local specialty dishes. Local specialties here include dumplings and pickled vegetables and, different from many other Chinese cuisines, Chongqing dishes fit for the solo diners as they often arrive in small individual sized portions.

Hot pot - Chongqing's local culinary specialty. Tables in hotpot restaurants usually have a central pot where food ordered by the customers is boiled in a spicy broth. Besides beef, pork, lotus and other vegetables, items such as pig's kidney, brain, duck's bowels, and cow's stomach are often consumed.

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