🍽️ Hengshui Liquor & Braised Snacks

Famous baijiu paired with braised bar snacks.

Hengshui is famous for Laobaigan, a clear-style baijiu, and locals pair it with a variety of braised bar snacks. The liquor is crystal clear, sharp on the palate and dry in finish, while the snacks are things like chicken feet, pig ears, dried tofu, lotus root and peanuts, slowly simmered in an old master stock with soy sauce and spices. Glossy, deeply savory and varied in texture, they balance the fire of the spirit. At roadside braised-snack shops and small taverns in Hengshui, a plate of luwei and a glass of Laobaigan are a typical relaxed drink, reflecting the straightforward, convivial drinking culture of the North China plain.