A traditionally styled street with an ornamental gateway, Mingqing Jie is full of restaurants, stalls selling roast sweet potatoes and dàpáidàng selling jiaozi, cuo mian, Sichuan dishes, claypot dishes and all manner of other eats and snacks. Expect to pay around ¥13 for a lamb claypot.
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