Lodging & Dining

Nanjing sits on the Yangtze about three hours west of Shanghai, and it eats duck the way some cities eat beef. The locals joke that a Nanjing table sees a…

If you ask most travellers to name China’s great regional kitchens, you will hear about Sichuan, Guangdong and maybe Hunan. Jiangxi, the province tucked between them, almost never comes up….

If Shanghai is the city of slow braises, Shanxi is the province of the noodle. Tucked into the loess hills of north China, Shanxi grew up on wheat rather than…

Walking into a Shanghai neighborhood eatery for the first time can feel like stepping into someone’s grandmother’s kitchen. The steam, the clatter of enamel spoons, and the deep mahogany shine…

Guiyang is the capital of Guizhou, a province most foreign travelers have never considered, and that is the mistake. Guizhou cooking is one of the most distinct in China —…

Meizhou calls itself the capital of the Hakka people, and if you eat your way across the city, you will understand why that title matters. The Hakka — literally “guest…

Most foreign visitors fly past Hefei. It is the capital of Anhui, a provincial city that rarely makes a tourist shortlist, which is exactly why the food scene here is…

Lijiang sits at a strange crossroads. It is one of the most visited towns in Yunnan, and yet the moment you step into the warren of cobbled lanes in the…

Guilin sells itself on a single image: pale karst towers rising from a misted river, and the smartest thing you can do is book a room that puts that view…

Hangzhou is one of those Chinese cities where where you sleep shapes the whole trip. The city’s star attraction, West Lake, is free to walk but priceless to wake up…