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Rita Loves Travel explores Chongqing with local guides Jojo and Pat, moving from the plaza and neighborhood food stops to a food mall, market and hot pot meal. She tries dishes including rabbit brain and duck tongue, sharing her reactions as the guides explain local food and the city’s layered layout. The tour includes a market visit to see fresh ingredients and ends with Chongqing hot pot, where Rita and the guides choose ingredients and dipping sauces. The meal highlights differences in their tolerance for spice, and the video closes with dessert and Rita’s reflection on the food and the local guides.
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Chongqing Plaza and unfamiliar dishes
Rita Loves Travel joins local guides Jojo and Pat for a food tour in Chongqing. The group starts at Chongqing Plaza, where Rita comments on the city’s complex, multi-level layout and the hidden spaces between different levels. Her guides help with Chinese pronunciation as they move through the area. The food stops bring a series of unfamiliar dishes: Rita tries rabbit brain, duck tongue and other local specialties, describing their texture and taste as she goes. She is curious about the food and gives honest reactions rather than assuming what each dish will be like.
Markets and Chongqing hot pot
The tour includes a local market, where Rita watches fresh ingredients being prepared. Her interactions with Jojo and Pat give context to the food and to everyday life in Chongqing. The guides help her navigate the menu and choose combinations for the hot pot, which offers a wide range of ingredients and sauces. Rita customizes a dipping sauce with ingredients such as garlic, onion, coriander, sesame oil and peanuts. The hot pot also shows the difference between her spice tolerance and that of her local guides.
The food tour moves from the plaza and early stops to a food mall, the rabbit-head tasting, a market and the hot pot meal, followed by dessert. Rita says the experience taught her about Chongqing’s distinctive 3D structure and let her see historical places she would not have found alone. She also remembers Chongqing noodles she tried later in China as a favorite. By the end, she has eaten a wide range of food, learned from Jojo and Pat and gained a view of the city through its cuisine and local perspectives. The final dessert follows the hot pot, closing a day built around unfamiliar food and conversation with the guides.
FAQs (From the traveler's perspective)
- Q: What was the most adventurous food Rita tried?
- A: Rita says rabbit brain was the most adventurous dish. She had not expected to try it, but found it surprisingly good.
- Q: What did Rita learn about Chongqing beyond the food?
- A: She learned about the city’s distinctive three-dimensional layout, saw historical sites and observed how local people live during the tour.
- Q: Which dish became a favorite?
- A: Rita recalls Chongqing noodles she tried later in China as a favorite, even though the food tour itself included many memorable dishes.
- Q: What was the hot pot experience like?
- A: The group chose from many ingredients and sauces, and Rita customized her own dipping sauce. The meal also showed how her spice tolerance differed from that of her local guides.
- Q: What was Rita’s impression of the food tour?
- A: She says she learned a lot, enjoyed the food and had a good time with Jojo and Pat. Their local perspective added context to the dishes and places they visited.
