Chengdu

This open-aired café is surrounded by bamboo. It is an excellent choice for a rest after window shopping on Chunxi Road. They serves a wide range of Chinese cuisine and western dessert including the ice cream with red berry and the braised tenderloin with Wosun and rice.

Origins Coffee Company is a cosy American cafe with the soft tinkling of piano keys and full-bodied cakes. They serve a range of food and drinks including cinnamon muffin; home-made Muesli served with yoghurt and freshly dripped coffee in a relaxing and welcoming atmosphere.

The Temple Cafe is a quiet café full of greenery, located right next to groups of traditional Chinese buildings. Apart from good café and tea, they also sever brunch. You can enjoy delicious scrambled eggs and a perfectly smoked salmon omelette with a beautiful view of the surrounding traditional architectures.

Yi Jie is a gallery/cafe/workshop: an all-in-one space. Apart from coffee and desserts, Yi Jie also provides exhibitions of relatively accessible art, and holds up the concept of "art of everyone". You can even get a blank postcard on which you can create your own pattern and send it out from the café.

Gai Wan Cha, literally translated as Covered Tea, is the unique creation of this region. It is not a specific place, nor a specific kind of tea, but it is a way of drinking tea. While the tea houses were only for wealthy people, average families would gather by the river and have some boiled tea together. The reality has changed, yet the tradition stays. Nowadays, if you walk along the river or walk into a park, you can find many nameless stands with low chairs and tables in the open air by the road and under the trees. Locals come here for a chat, spend some time with friends and enjoy a cosy afternoon, and even play several rounds of Mahjong. Cai Wan Cha is an essential part of local culture and is a great way to have a peek into authentic local life.