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Three Big Cannons - Chengdu Snacks // Chengdu: City of Gastronomy 07

2,581 views · Published 5 October 2017 · 5:49 · Indexed 30 October 2026

Channel: Itchy Feet · 2017 · Travel & Events

A favorite snack for tourists in Chengdu, Three Big Cannons (san da pao) is delicious and fun. What's a better combo than that? It's made with glutinous rice that's formed into 3 canon-like balls. They're covered in toasted soy and ground sesame, and a sweet brown sugar sauce is drizzled over it. They go great with a cup of tea, or a walk around a Chengdu tourist attraction.

The best part of 3 big canons might be watching them being made. There are vendors around Chengdu that will form them and then bounces them off a platform with small cymbals. The rice balls bounce with an echoing gong and land in the toasted soy and sesame. It's a quick but fun show that's a bonus to the tasty snack.

WHERE TO FIND IT IN CHENGDU
I had a bit of difficulty finding a stand that was equipped with the brass plates and the performance. Most of these stands are in tourist areas like Jinli ancient street (https://youtu.be/tY0Du1Pkzmw), the Wide and Narrow Alleys (https://youtu.be/WrLJLJMjYMk), or around the Wenshu Monastery (https://youtu.be/HCKmHMEmxBE). There is also a stand in People's Park, but it was closed when I went there in the middle of the day during the work week. That being said, you can buy the snack in the Heming Tea House (鹤鸣茶社) building - you just can't watch them make it. I ended up going to the Wide and Narrow Alleys (Kuānzhǎi Xiàngzi, 宽窄巷子) to get mine with the full performance. In Chinese the dish is called 三大泡 or san da pao. You can get it with or without the liquid brown sugar. Of course, if you have the option your answer should be "with".

In this series, I am eating my way through a deck of cards. I bought a deck of food themed playing cards that feature a different Sichuan dish on every card. Every week I'll shuffle the deck and pick one random card to hunt down and sample.

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Three Big Cannons - Chengdu Snacks // Chengdu: City of Gastronomy 07

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