Pozi Street
长沙, 湖南
A food street with over 1,200 years of history, packed with stalls selling stinky tofu, spicy crayfish, and rice noodles late into the night.
为什么要去Pozi Street？
This is the most concentrated place in the city to try Hunan (Xiang) cuisine's fermented, sour-forward heat, which locals will argue is spicier than Sichuan's numbing mala — Changsha's reputation as one of China's boldest food cities is built on streets exactly like this one.
怎么体验
Come hungry and graze rather than sitting down for one meal — the appeal is trying small portions from several stalls, especially the stinky tofu (chou doufu) that Changsha is particularly known for.
小贴士
The smell of the stinky tofu stalls is intense even by local standards — it tastes considerably milder than it smells, so it's worth trying despite the first impression.