Weird Things to Eat in China That We Actually Recommend
Donkey burgers, rabbit head, stinky tofu and a noodle soup you can smell from the street. After more than 20 years of eating across China, these are the weird things we'd actually send you out to find, and the stories of how we first met them.
Forget Michelin. China Made Its Own Restaurant Guide.
China has its own restaurant guide that’s goes far deeper than any western food guide does. The Black Pearl evaluates restaurants by Chinese culinary standards, including a criterion for cultural inheritance that Michelin doesn't have, and covers over 30 cities that Michelin has never touched. If you're planning to eat well in China, this is the list you actually want
Chongqing Travel Guide: China’s Most Surprising City
Many years ago I visited Chongqing with no research and no expectations. What I got was one of the most surprising cities I've ever been to and I've been recommending it ever since. Here's the guide I wish I'd had.
主食 (Zhǔshí): Why "Does It Come With Rice?" Is the Wrong Question
Ask for a Chinese meal in the West and someone will ask whether it comes with rice. In China, that question barely makes sense because depending on where you are, the answer might be hand-pulled noodles, a charred clay-oven flatbread, or a dense paste of roasted barley flour. This guide breaks down the staple foods Chinese people actually eat.