Livin' In The Chonx

Guilin Zhu Tong Fan 桂林竹筒饭 (Jiefangbei Map)
•    10-12 RMB/bucket

Dark wooden buckets lined with bamboo leaves.  Unfold the leaves and the aroma of fresh peppers, onions, tender bamboo shoots, and savory morsels of meat rises up to greet you.  This specialty comes all the way from southern Guilin.  The portions are so generous that one bucket is often more than a single person can eat, but you may find it too delicious to share.  Choose from a wide variety of styles.  Some are not spicy, like the beef with broccoli, the all vegetable bucket (perfect for vegetarians), or my personal favorite sweet barbecued slices of lean pork Cha Shao 叉烧 with veggies.  Even more varieties are spicy, but be forewarned, the spicy ones can be extremely spicy, even by Chongqing standards.  Also, unless you enjoy dealing with tiny bones, give the chicken a miss.  Try to bring someone along who can read Chinese because the menu has no English translations.

  Bus Tip: 较场口 Located on the side street behind the Marriot.
Light Rail Tip: 较场口 (Jiaochangkou)