Eating and drinking Chengde is located in Hebei’s most fertile area, which mainly produces maize and sorghum but also yields excellent local chestnuts, mushroonas and apricots. This fresh produce, plus the culinary legacy of the imperial cooks, means it is possible to eat very well here. The town is also noted for its wild game, par- ticularly deer (lur0u), hare and pheasant (shanji, and its medicinal juice drinks: ahn0nd]uice is said to be good for asthma; date and jujube juice for the stom- ach; andjinlianhua (golden lotus) juice for a sore throat. Date and almond are the sweetest and most palatable. Local cakes, such as the glutinous Feng family cakes, once an imperial delicacy but now a casual snack, can be found in the stalls 0nYuhua Lu and QingfengJie. Rose cakes - a sweet, crisp pastry cake and a particular favourite of’ Qianlong - are sold in Chengde’s department stores.

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