Jinli Street Snacks
Snack crawl under red lanterns beside Wuhou Shrine.
Must-try list
· San da pao rice balls
· Bobo chicken skewers
· Sweet rice wine
· Zhang fei beef
What it is
Jinli's snack lanes — Sichuan street food compressed into one lantern-lit run: san da pao rice balls, skewered this-and-that, sugar paintings spun to order, bobo-chicken in chilli oil.
How to order like a local
The san da pao show is the buy: rice balls thrown from metres away onto the flour board, eaten sticky-warm. Skewers come by the stick — point, count, pay. Sugar painting is one coin for kids of every age.
Good to know
It's priced for the setting: budget 50-80 CNY to eat your way down the lane without wincing.
More to eat in Chengdu
- Mapo Tofu
Silken tofu in numbing-pepper and chili-bean sauce, born in Chengdu.
- Shu Jiuxiang Hotpot
Sichuan hotpot chain with butter-rich broth.