Xiaoyu Hotpot Restaurant on Loquat Mountain Main Street, Chongqing.

On the evening of April 18, the first episode of "A Bite of China 2" (hereinafter referred to as "A Bite of China 2") was broadcast. At this time, in Xiaoyu Hot Pot Restaurant on Loquat Mountain Main Street, a 40-year-old As usual, the boss Zhang Ping set up a big pot and started to stir-fry ingredients. The shop behind him was bustling with people. Many diners were eating hot pot while watching "Tongue 2" on the TV in the shop, and they were also talking: "I heard that Chongqing hot pot will be on this time, what content will it be broadcast on? "BEA Rail Guest Network_Original News_Chongqing News

In fact, on May 23, hot pot will appear in "Tongue 2" as a representative of Chongqing cuisine. This episode is called "Encounter", and Zhang Ping is the protagonist of this episode. Before filming, the chief director Chen Xiaoqing had a list of more than ten Chongqing hot pot restaurants, and finally selected Zhang Ping and his hot pot restaurant, because in Chen Xiaoqing's view, Zhang Ping and his hot pot restaurant had the most story.

Zhang Ping said that the filming of stir-fried ingredients started at 11 o'clock in the evening on August 23. A large iron pot was set up in the aisle of the unit building next to the store door at No. 86 Loquat Mountain Main Street. Zhang Ping said As usual, he grabbed Sichuan peppercorns and chili peppers and threw them into the oil pan, but the filming staff said: "The action was too fast, throw it again." Zhang Ping had to throw the ingredients again, and some spices were thrown more than ten times before passing. , the stir-frying was not completed until 6 o'clock in the morning, and the taste of the base of this pot was the most "heavy-flavored" pot that Zhang Ping had made in so many years of making hot pot. Zhang Ping dipped the tip of his chopsticks into it a little bit, and just sipped it into his mouth. Tears streamed down my face.

“For Chongqing people, hot pot is a grassroots, civilian taste, and it needs to be in a civilian environment to have more charm.” Chen Shuo explained that Xiaoyu Hot Pot is located halfway up Loquat Mountain. It is surrounded by residential buildings and has a strong atmosphere of life. More importantly, the hot pot restaurant owners Zhang Ping and his wife have experienced the experience of "starting a business - failure - starting a business again", which better reflects the character image.