Chongqing at Night πŸ‡¨πŸ‡³ I Found a $3.50 Meal & Local Beer

Channel: AndreasTheGreat Published: September 1, 2026 Duration: 20:10 Views: 2.1K

What this video shows

A solo traveler from Sweden spends an evening in Chongqing looking for a night market and ends up eating at two small local places instead. He orders a spicy noodle dish, then a second meal of omu rice curry, and drinks a Danish beer followed by a local Chinese beer bought from what looks like a supermarket near the market area. Later he visits a pub called Weed Bistro with a live band, where he notices local children reacting to his presence, before walking back to his hostel. He ends the night with tea in his dorm bed and mentions plans to visit a spa or a teahouse area the next day, weather permitting.

At a glance

LocationChongqing, China
SettingLarge city, night market area and surrounding streets
What it coversNight market food hunt, two meals, beer, a pub visit, and a hostel stay
Costs mentionedSecond meal: $3.50; hostel dorm bed: $6 per night
Time of dayEvening into night

What stands out

The traveler notes that Chongqing's night market feels less chaotic than those in Southeast Asia, and that Kunming's was actually more chaotic than what he saw in Southeast Asia. He describes paying with Alipay as sometimes slow and requiring a bank card to be added, calling it "always a process" in China. A local beer he finds is an "old style" brand sold in what appears to be a supermarket close to the night market. At the pub, he is struck by local children who seem shocked and point at him through the window, and he notes the pub draws mostly Western customers, which makes him wonder if it is a tourist trap.

Video transcript

Hello, and welcome to Chongqing, China. In  today's video, we are trying to find some   somewhere to eat. Yeah, it's supposed to be  a night night markets around here somewhere.   So, join me for Yeah, for a night market tour. Or Yeah, I'm still looking for the night market, but  I found or I just walked through this building. So, maybe a little bit lost. Almost  feeling I'm back in Hong Kong. Yeah.   It was just the same vibe in Hong  Kong as this neighbors here. Yeah. Yeah, so let's see if we can

find somewhere  that to have a night market. Yeah. Yeah, at least I smell the food and uh Yeah. Think it's supposed to be  some a night market up here.   Or at least some food. Maybe I just  will go to a restaurant. I don't know. It's depending how the vibe is here.   But one thing we need to do in in  the videos is eating. Yeah, eating.   I feel like I'm the only thing I do here in China  when I do vlogs. I can go out and eat. Huh. Yeah. Anyway. Yeah, what do you think, guys? Big nose. Yeah. Yeah.

It may be fun one here. Yeah. Yeah. Hello. Hello. Beer? Yeah, do you  have food? Food? Beer? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, little spice. Little spice. Yeah. Yeah. So, what do you think about this food?   Was it a little spicy? No, it was  quite spicy, but I will survive. I got Danish beer. Yeah. But I'm a little bit sick of noodles.  Maybe I will eat something else. Yeah. But I think the noodles  is way better in Vietnam. Yeah,   the beef noodles, the pork noodles in Vietnam. Mhm. Uh I'm from Sweden. Sweden. Oh. Sweden.

Yeah. Yeah.  You're from here? From Sweden? No, not Switzerland. No,  no. No. Sweden. Sweden. Oh. Sweden. Sweden. Yeah. Ah. Oh, Sweden, yeah. Yeah, yeah, Stockholm. Yeah. Yeah, from Sweden, not Switzerland.  Bye-bye. Thank you. Yeah.   Yeah. But I will take one more meal  somewhere. And maybe somewhere.   It's raining so you really  want to sit inside. Yeah. Yeah, should I try one of these or maybe? Ah. Can I have the phone? One, yeah. And the process for paying with  Alipay sometimes very slow. Now,

yeah. Okay. Yeah, it's always a process  sometimes here in China. Yeah. Yeah, do you think this is good? Yeah. Yeah. Yummy, yummy. Actually, not bad at all. Mhm. Mhm.  Yeah. Maybe you should try this you also. Mhm. Quite nice. Mhm.   But the payment I do sometimes it happen  that you need to like add your the bank card. Mhm. Hey, so okay, okay. Oh, okay. Okay. Huh. Mhm. Free tasting. Okay. Mhm. Huh? Mhm. Like peanuts. Or peanuts. All right. Omu rice curry. Oh, omu rice  curry. Omu rice curry. They have to   Omu

rice curry. Thank you. Hot sauce?  No. You want beer tonight? Oh, yeah. Oh. Yeah. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah. So, I found a place. Yeah. Another meal.   Yeah. Another beer. I think this one will  be a local beer. Yeah. Hello. Thank you. Hi. Oh, like a local brand. That is very interesting. Yeah. Oh, oh, old style. Beers. Yeah. It's always good to have like   go to the local. But, this is like a  We are now in a supermarket, I think. It looks like a supermarket. Yeah. But it's  very close to the the night the night

market.   But it the night market here is it's not  like the night market in Southeast Asia.   When it's chaos. Or Kunming was quite was more  chaos in Kunming than in Southeast Asia, actually.   That that night market we didn't usually see  actually. But now his food is coming, I think.   Yeah. Hello. Oh, thank you.  So this is my second meal. So. Yeah. Not bad. But the actually this looks like something I eat  I ate a lot in in Vietnam, actually. So. Mhm. Yeah. Yeah, the meal is over. How

much do you think this meal cost?   We will figure it out now when  we are trying to pay. Yeah. So this is the restaurant. Yeah. Hello. Hey. That was Very good. You're the chef? Yeah. Oh, yeah. Yeah, yeah. Oh. okay, okay. Okay, okay, okay. See you. Yeah, see you here. Uh How do you pay for this? How much  is it? How much do you think?   Oh, $3. Oh. Okay. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. Uh so, $3.5 for that meal. I can say that  was uh really good meal. I like it. Yeah. Yeah, I I actually found a pub. Or I think it's a 

pub at least. So, we will go and see. I think it's   most people from uh Western country. So, maybe  it's a tourist trap. But, it's called Weed Bistro.   Yeah, we will go in and see if we can take one  beer at least. And they are paying something. Yeah, one beer. Yeah. Hello. Hello. Oh, thank you. Hello. I I don't speak Chinese. Do you Do you speak English? Bye. Oh, bye-bye. Bye-bye. Bye-bye.   So, she's in at the pub. Local children at  the pub. Yeah, she has a Belgian beer. Yeah. Why not? Come on.

   This is the first pub here.  The first pub in China. Yeah, that was the pub experience.  Yeah, let's go. Yeah, so they have a live band here. Yeah. What is so fun because the children  when they see me, it's like they are shocked. They were shocked there. That's quite funny. Because I was sitting up here.  And I saw I saw children   like when they did saw me in the window,  they were like pointing the finger.    So, that was quite fun. Yeah. Maybe  go to another pub or just go home. Yeah.

Hello. Yay. I will actually call it a night. Yeah.  After the man or woman who was seen in the bar,   I feel like now it's time for me to  go back home to my little hostel. So,   I'm really glad that you tag along for  this evening in Chongqing.    If I pronounce it right. I don't know  anymore. But I bought some uh tea,   a night tea. And uh we will uh yeah, we'll  just relax back at my dorm bed for $6. And then   we will do something more tomorrow. In the  next video, of

course. But what will we do?   What will we do? This is the big question.  Yeah. I'm thinking actually going to a spa.   But the other thing I was actually planning to  do today was I go go and see the sunset that's   a very nice um tea house area, but the weather  condition was not with me. Or the weather gods.   It was so rainy like the sky opened and  was like pouring down. But maybe tomorrow   we can do it because tomorrow is also my my  last night here. And it's a Sunday.

Yeah. But thank you for watching this one. And uh   see you in the next one. Yeah.  The next one maybe will be in milk. You know what's will happen in the  next one? No. I don't even know.    Yeah. Here we have some dogs. Yeah. So where  is my hostel? It's like hunting for hostels. Yeah. Yeah, here it is. We  use like youth hostel. Yeah. Hi. Good night. Shh. Hello. Okay. Okay.

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