Food and Restaurants

Chengde is full of small street-side stalls and hole-in-the-wall restaurants. A good pick is rou jia mo, which is a bread pocket stuffed with pork and cilantro. Not to be missed are the great Chengde hand-tossed noodles, straight from a big black pot sizzling with peppers, eggs and greens. Corn on the cob, a local specialty, is tasty and sold everywhere. Chengde's cuisine is typical northeast fare –hearty and warming. Some of the local specials include rice rolls with a sweet bean stuffing and Boyu mian a snow-white noodle that's served in a chicken stock. In some restaurants you can also find local wild game like deer or pheasant, fresh and lightly seasoned.