Lodging & Dining

A hotel tells you about a place; a homestay lets you live it for a night. This China homestay guide collects village stays and family homes where you sleep under…

China’s hospitality scene has grown well past the predictable international chains. If you care about design, the best boutique hotels China now offers blend heritage architecture, local craft, and sharp…

Hunan cuisine is one of China’s eight great regional kitchens, and it does not hide its heat. This Hunan cuisine guide takes you through the chopped-chili fish heads, the smoked…

If you think Chinese food is all about salt and soy, Guizhou will change your mind at the first spoonful. This Guizhou sour soup guide takes you into the sour-savory…

Inner Mongolia, China is grassland country, and on the grassland the meal is built around one thing: lamb. This Inner Mongolia lamb guide shows you how to eat it the…

Most visitors come to Harbin for the ice, but the food is the part you will remember longest. This Harbin food guide walks you through the smoked sausage, the dumplings,…

If your idea of a perfect evening is a cold draft beer in one hand and a plate of just-steamed clams in the other, this Qingdao seafood guide is written…

This Guilin rice noodle guide is for travelers who want to start their mornings the local way. Guilin, in the northeast of Guangxi, is famous for its karst peaks and…

This Chongqing hotpot guide is for travelers who want the hotter, older, oilier original that Chengdu later softened. Chongqing, a mountainous megacity where the Yangtze and Jialing rivers meet, claims…

This Chengdu hotpot guide is for travelers ready to meet the numbing, spicy soul of Sichuan cooking. Chengdu, the laid-back capital of Sichuan, is where the mala (numbing-spicy) hotpot style…