"Hot" countrywide There are basically two schools of thought on the mainland with regard to food. One breaks the mold of regional cooking and favors spicy and hot. One minute every restaurant is offering Sichuanese hot pot, the next minute everyone is eating hot and spicy crab and steamed fish. Beijing has a street, Guijie, that is called the "Food and Beverage Street."
全國夠「嗆」在中國大陸，飲食喜好大致分為兩股勢力，一派是打破地域性口味，跟著流行吃香喝辣，一下子每家館子都端出四川火鍋，一下子大家都吃香辣蟹、水煮魚，走進北京有「飲食一條街」之稱的簋街，這一回兒則是麻辣小龍蝦當道。