A city's real flavour often lives in breakfast markets and family tables rather than headline dishes. We write from the road and from Chengdu, paying attention to the rooms, tables, streets and conversations that rarely appear on a first-time itinerary.
If a place stays with you, it is usually because someone opened a door: a guide, a shopkeeper, a cook, or a quiet hour that was not scheduled too tightly. That is the kind of travel we try to keep room for.
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