Picture choosen by: Ms.Wendy Wen Eating in Chengdu Chengdu cuisines has three main categories, Sichuan Cusine, Hotpot, and Snacks.
Sichuan Cuisine
Having developed over centuries, its distinctive flavors entice people throughout China and recently in many foreign countries.
It is most famous for piquancy, and its flavoring is quite complex as well as hot.
Following dishes are highly recommended:

1. Ma Po Toufu
It is bean curd with mince and chili oil. One of the most influential flavors of Sichuan cuisine, served in every Sichuan restaurant. Chen Ma Po's Bean Curd Restaurant at No. 197, West Yulong Street serves the most delicious and local one. For hundreds of years, Ma Po's Bean Curd has been popular among people all over China, even throughout the world.

2. Gong Bao Ji Ding
Spicy diced chicken with peanuts=> a specialty of Sichuan cuisine, diced chicken, hot pepper and peanuts.

3. Yu Xiang Rou Si
Fish Flavored Shredded Pork=> fish-flavored dish in the unique style of Sichuan cuisine. Ingredients include shredded pork, agarics, bamboo shoot and carrot. The delicious dish has no fish but has the flavor of fish.

4. Hui Guo Rou Pian
Twice Cooked Spicy Pork Slices=> A traditional Sichuan dish. The tasty pork slices are fried crisp without greasiness.

Hotpot
You have to give a try to this nationwide famous one. Introduced from Chongqing, Hotpot in Chengdu has developed its own style from changing simple spicy to moderate, three or four kinds of spicy levels and fish head hotpot as well as medical herbs hotpot, etc.
Some famous restaurants stated as below:

1. Huangcheng Laoma Restaurant
An old-fashioned hotpot restaurant, regarded as No. 1 among Chengdu hotpot restaurants. It is situated at No. 20, Qintai Road, Qingyang District, Chengu. A worthy representative of Sichuan culture and diet, Huangcheng Laoma offers hotpot, plus stunning entertainment -- a Changing Face opera performance/shadow play.

2. Shizilou Restaurant
Another old-fashioned hotpot restaurant, offers hotpots with half spicy and half light soup. It has several branches in Chengdu, one located at No. 2, Wannianchang Road, Chenghua District.

3. Tanyutou Restaurant
Near Qingyang Palace at No. 227, Qingyang Zhengjie, Qingyang District, branches all over the country. Its delicious specialty, fish head, differs from that of other restaurants.

Snacks
The most tasty snack bars are usually hidden in the farest and deepest of streets or lanes of Chengdu though, you always can find your way following the savory flavors sent out. The most renowned snacks include:
1. Fu Qi Fei Pian(Braised Cow Lungs)
Actually beef, heart and tongue take the place of lungs. This tasty dish is made with particular condiments using a delicate process.
Specializing in this dish, Jingcheng Yuan Restaurant is located at No. 23, Zongfu Road, center of Chengdu.

2. Chuan Chuan Xiang
Also called Ma La Tang, vegetables, sausages, shrimps and anything edible can be threaded onto a bamboo stick and cooked in the hot pot.

3. Lai Tang Yuan(Lai's Glutinous Rice Ball)
The nutritious glutinous rice ball made by Lai (Surname of the maker) is soft and sweet. With more branches than McDonald's, Lai Tang Yuan is easy to find in Chengdu.

4. Long Chao Shou(Long Wonton)
With thin skin and tender stuffing, the savory snack is popular among locals and tourists. There are several branches in Chengdu:
Chunxi Road Branch: No. 8, South Section of Chunxi Road, Jinjiang District
Huanhua Branch: No. 9-3, Huahua North Road, Qingyang District
Zhixin Branch: No. 1-14, Zhixin North Street, Wuhou District

Western Food Restaurants
There are dozens of KFC restaurants in Chengdu, including:
Zongfu Restaurant: Floor 2, No 21-27, Zongfu Road
Renmin Road Restaurant: Renmin Shopping Mall, Chengdu
Chunxi Restaurant: Chunxi Mension, No.1-21, Da Kejia Lane
Tens of McDonald's Restaurants, including Chunxi Restaurant: Wangfujing Shopping Mall, Chengdu
Several Pizza Hut Restaurants:
Yanshikou Restaurant: No. 9, Lihua Street, Chengdu (floor 1, Hualian Shopping Mall)
Zufu Restaurant: No. 6, Zongfu Road (Ziwei Hotel)
Kehua Restaurant: No. 9, Kehua Middle Road