Chengdu Food, Teahouses and Late-Night Snacks: 2-Day Weekend

Old-town teahouse snacks and the Pidu Sichuan Cuisine Museum, plus late-night eats on Jianshe Road and Yulin Road: a weekend built around food.

Chengdu is a UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy. This weekend itinerary centers on eating. On day one, enjoy old-town teahouses and Kuixinglou Street snacks, then Jianshe Road in the evening. On day two, visit the Pidu Sichuan Cuisine Museum to learn to cook Sichuan dishes, then return to the city in the evening for hotpot and late-night snacks on Yulin Road. There are few daytime attractions and the pace is relaxed, suited to food-focused travelers. It can be added after the first-visit itinerary.

Winter is ideal for hotpot, while summer nights are muggy but the night markets are livelier.

Day by day

Day 1 · Teahouses, Snacks and Jianshe Road Night Market

Chengdu（People's Park & Heming Teahouse、Shaocheng Neighborhood (Kuixinglou Street & Paotongshu Street)、Kuanzhai Alley、Jianshe Road Food Street）

Take Metro Line 2 from Chengdu East to People's Park, about 25 minutes, then walk around Shaocheng. In the evening, take a taxi about 30 minutes to Jianshe Road.

Order gaiwan tea with ear cleaning at Heming Teahouse. The main street of Jianshe Road is pricier, while the old shops in the alleys are more authentic.

Stay: Kuanzhai Alley · People's Park

Day 2 · Pidu Sichuan Cuisine Museum and Yulin Night Snacks

Chengdu（Sichuan Cuisine Museum、Yulin Road）

Take a taxi or charter a car about 1 hour to Pidu Ancient Town. Return to the city in the afternoon, about 1 hour to Yulin. In the evening, take the metro to Chengdu East.

Cooking classes at the Sichuan Cuisine Museum require booking. Leave plenty of time for your return train.

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