The main differences between Chongqing hot pot and Chengdu hot pot are as follows:
One, the base material is differentChongqing hot pot is generally spicy, but Chengdu hot pot is generally spicy. Chongqing hot pot in the production of the time is the use of butter, because the flavor of butter is stronger, in the mouth inside the aftertaste is longer, but Chengdu's hot pot base is generally used is vegetable oil, so that the general Chongqing hot pot after eating the mouth will be more dry.
Second, the sauce is not the sameChongqing hot pot sauce is actually relatively simple, the general use of oil dish will be more, is directly with a can of sesame oil, not only can the fire can also clear heat. However, the sauce in Chengdu hotpot is more varied, such as sesame sauce, peanut sauce, garlic sauce, seafood sauce, beef sauce, etc., so you can add as many sauces as you like.
Third, the shabu-shabu is different
Chengdu's hot pot has more shabu-shabu dishes. In Chongqing, there are usually more meat dishes, but Chengdu's hot pot has a lot of choices. In addition to meat, there are also a lot of vegetables, and some of the vegetables are unique to Chengdu, such as beef, which can be paired with cilantro, fishweed, pickled cowpeas, celery and so on.
Going to Sichuan in addition to eating hot pot, in fact, there are very many delicious, potting chicken, skewers, rabbit head, barbecue, put the barbecue, bell dumplings, alkaline water surface and so on, especially at night to eat a late night snack time to find a roadside stall, where the food is very good, if you want to eat authentic Chengdu snacks, you must look for in some of the small alleys, must be a lot better than the chain stores.
Additionally Chengdu in addition to spicy food, in fact, desserts are also very tasty, one of the sugar oil balls, egg baked cake, cold noodles and sorbet, etc., are very tasty, especially in the eating hot pot with cold noodles, is simply to solve the spicy artifacts in Chengdu to eat hot pot, there are a lot of grandparents outside the grandpa pushed carts to sell the cold noodles, five dollars a bowl, the material is also a lot of, very good value. Very cost-effective, cold and very delicious.