Chengdu Wenshufang one-day tour

Number of days: 1 day
Time: May
Average cost: 200 yuan
With whom: a person
The author went to these places: Wenshu Fang Chengdu Wenshu Monastery Xiangyuan Jinjiang Star
Updated: 2022.07.11

"After eating Wenshufang, I am not wronged in this life"! People often see those delicious mouths queuing up all day long on Wenshufang Street, queuing for at least half an hour to eat (buy) and enjoy it, and they are puzzled, today we will come to party the "queue to eat", "big snacks", "vegetarian meals" and "special eats" in Wenshufang. As a "foodie", you may wish to visit the food world of Wenshufang in person, this is a "foodie's paradise" that will definitely make your taste buds dance, and there will be unexpected surprises and gains!

"Queue up to eat" Everyone is an Internet celebrity

The so-called "queue to eat" means that under normal circumstances, you must queue up to eat (buy) at any time, and only queue up to eat (buy). The "queuing to eat" in Wenshufang is mainly represented by "palace peach crisp" and "smelling crisp garden", which is famous for queuing far and wide. To eat "Dongzikou Zhang Erge jelly" and "Yan Taipo pot helmet" are also necessary to wait in line to eat, often passing tourists will look at the queue crowd and ask curiously: "Why do you have to queue?" The little girl in line will reply to him: "I heard that it is delicious!" Then there was no speech, and the tourists also joined the queue.

Wenshufang's "Palace Peach Crisp" is a pastry with a more traditional history, a mother's taste, or a grandmother's taste, legend has it that only the court used to have it, where can ordinary people eat it? It is characterized by crispy and soft texture, slag in the mouth, a variety of products, affordable prices, and you can buy a few pockets for 100 yuan. It is a standard option for almost everyone who comes to Wenshufang, and when they come empty-handed, they must carry two bags of peach crisps when they go back. In addition to the court peach crisps on Sauce Garden Office Street, there is also a court peach crisp branch on Section 3 of Renmin Middle Road next to the west gate archway of Wenshufang, but they all have to queue up to buy. By the way, the famous brand "Daoxiangcun" pastries that opened in Wenshufang before the Spring Festival this year are also loved by tourists for their exquisite products, rich colors, and light greasy taste.

"Dongzikou Zhang Erge jelly" is actually not only jelly, but also sweet water. It is often said that when you go out, you miss the taste of "home" the most. No matter how the times change, Zhang Erge's jelly and his sweet water surface are soaked with the taste of "home" but have not changed. The taste of the jelly is very comfortable, and the homemade tempeh sauce is particularly mellow, and as I eat, I think of the small mountain village in my hometown with white smoke. The sweet water surface is soft and chewy, coupled with the private secret sweet sauce, it can be called a unique snack in Chengdu, which makes people think about two bowls after eating a bowl, and they feel regretful if they don't eat it in this life.

"Yan Taipo Pot Helmet" is a well-known Internet celebrity store in Chengdu, located behind the K exit of the Wenshu Monastery Metro on Renmin Middle Road, Chengdu. The pot helmet is crunchy on the outside, exuding the aroma of barbecue wheat noodles, almost no greasy smell, the pot helmet is cut horizontally like a meat bun, and N more ingredients are added inside, such as beef, pig ears, jelly, kohlrabi, shredded bamboo shoots, etc., the shredded bamboo shoots inside are really delicious, a bite of satisfaction arises spontaneously, the aftertaste is long and slightly fragrant, slightly spicy and numb, and the taste is super good.

Anyone who has been to Wenshufang to "queue up to eat" will mostly take a few selfies or a piece of Douyin to pass the boring queuing time.

"Big snacks" eat "big countertops"

In Wenshufangli, the "Dragon Chaoshou" at the corner of Wenshuyuan Street and Jinma Street and the "Zhongshui Dumplings" in Baiyunsi Street, as the group army and "fighter" of Chengdu's "snack industry", have gathered dozens of famous snacks in Chengdu for decades, and formed their own catering characteristics with the creativity of "snack packages" and "packed snacks", which are deeply loved by Chinese and foreign tourists and friends. Especially for people from other provinces, spending tens of yuan to eat a plate is an inexplicable comfort and happiness, dozens of yuan to eat dozens of bowls, tens of yuan to eat dozens of famous snacks, affordable and cost-effective "don't spend much money to invite, eat whatever!" "Very face-saving?Therefore, if your relatives and friends from other places come to Chengdu, be sure to bring them to Wenshufang to eat a plate of "Dragon Chaoshou" and "Zhongshui Dumplings", the dining environment is still a bit stylish, eat affordable, eat happily, and have face!

Of course, in addition to authentic special snacks, you can also enter the creative dining mode of "famous snacks + a la carte", this way of eating is suitable for many people to be festive, and it is also very complete, not only taking care of the "delicious mouth" who likes to eat special snacks, but also taking care of friends who want to eat authentic Sichuan cuisine "drink two taels". The key is: delicious is not expensive, snacks are delicious, and happy to make "stomach" snacks are small but not small.

"Eat vegetarian meals" Eat purely and calmly

The Wenshu Monastery Incense Garden is not only famous for its "Bamboo Chair Baba Tea", but its buffet vegetarian meal is a well-known project of Wenshu Monastery, most pilgrims and believers will come to eat it regularly, and many citizens who like to eat vegetarian meals will also come to eat it often. Therefore, the buffet vegetarian restaurant in Wenshu Monastery has always been full of diners, and the buffet vegetarian meal here has a rich variety of ingredients, simple cooking, and advocates economy. Although there are volunteers running the hall, the vast majority of people take the food according to their own preferences and food intake, and after eating, they clean up the food waste by themselves, and return the tableware to the front desk by themselves.

"Qingshui Lotus" is a well-known brand of vegetarian food that grew up in Wenshufang, although it has changed its location several times in Wenshufang, but "Qingshui Lotus" has been blooming quietly in the antique and Zen Manjufang for several years. The name of Qingshui Lotus is so wonderful and noble, fascinating, and the dining environment on the second floor is beautiful and elegant, loose and natural, and it is safe to sit down. The production technology level of its dishes is quite high, especially the dishes such as "fish" with mushroom food as the main creativity, which is even more fascinating and pleasing to the eye, making people stupidly unable to distinguish the truth and falsehood of "halo vegetarian", which makes most people say "Is it a vegetarian meal before moving chopsticks?" If it weren't for the unbelievable after eating it in person, everyone who has been to Qingshui Lotus to eat vegetarian meals is grateful for the exquisite cooking skills of the chefs here. A weak reminder: No smoking or drinking when dining here! By the way, if you are lucky enough, you may meet some well-known laymen and masters from all over the world here. Qingshui Lotus - a place where you can be addicted to eating vegetarian meals!

"Specialty Eating"More Chinese More Sichuan Flavor

Wenshufang Cultural and Creative Block and surrounding "Specialty Eating" There are a lot of "Specialty Eats", Here we focus on the Jinjiang Star Chengdu Wenshu Monastery Hotel in Wenshufang, Sichuan Chinese and Wenshu bean soup rice.

The newly launched "Sichuan Flavor China Expo Pavilion" is an important measure and demonstration project to implement Chengdu's "buy the whole Sichuan and sell the world". With the influence of Sichuan's "condiment industry" and the guidance of the Chengdu Traditional Culture Protection Association, they quickly embarked on the "Sichuan Taste Fast Lane" in Wenshufang, and the unique "Sichuan Flavor Map" in the exhibition hall has taken all the delicious food from all over Sichuan. If you like the "taste of Sichuan mother" very much, please create an opportunity to come to Sichuan Flavor China to "taste a plate" of traditional Sichuan cuisine masters, by no means as simple as satisfying your cravings for "Sichuan cuisine", visit the Sichuan Flavor China Expo Pavilion, taste and get acquainted with traditional Sichuan cuisine, and fall in love and accompany each other from then on.

In the Wenshufang Cultural and Creative District, the catering sign named after "Manjushri" may only be "Manjushri Bean Soup Rice", this restaurant with the same environment and atmosphere as the "People's Commune" and the "Great Leap Forward" canteen, still maintains the small square table and small square stool of the "food group", the seats are relatively loose, the guests will not be back to back, the food should not be piled up, and the restaurant is full at the time of the meal, which is very lively. Bean soup is its characteristic signature, everyone who comes here to eat, almost everyone will want a bowl, green onion fragrant bean soup, a bowl of warm in winter, a bowl of summer to relieve the heat, only smell the smell, not talk about the rivers and lakes, there have been foreign friends who ate this "Manjushri bean soup rice" is also full of thumbs up. In addition to the bean soup, the other dishes here are also very rice, very traditional Sichuan cuisine, absolutely full of food, and very affordable.

Wenshufang's food is far more delicious, if you are a qualified "foodie", please don't let Wenshufang go, after all, when you come out for leisure, in addition to looking good and fun, "delicious" is really important! It's important! It's important!