Ming Ting is one of the most famous hole-in-the-wall restaurants in Chengdu. Hidden down an alley in a historic market, it is always packed at lunch and dinner as locals flock to fill up on such specialities as pig’s brain mapo tofu, deep-fried ribs and lotus leaf steamed pork belly. Go and soak up the atmosphere, and make sure to take a peek into the kitchen and watch the army of teenage chefs at work.