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Usera: Madrid's Chinatown food walk

A short loop from Metro Usera along Dolores Barranco and Nicolás Sánchez, the heart of Madrid's Chinese community: baozi, noodle soup, Sichuan heat and Cantonese roast meats.

Best time: Weekend lunch (dim sum) or early dinner

The route, stop by stop

  1. 1
    Metro Usera (L6)

    Start here.

  2. 2
    Hong Du

    Steamed baozi to go; 10 min.

    Takeaway counter in Madrid's Chinatown (Usera) for steamed baozi and hand-cut noodles; the city's Chinese community eats here.

  3. 3
    Helaotai

    Noodle soup and dumplings; 40 min.

    Noodle-soup house in Usera with lamb noodle soup, tripe salad and homemade dumplings.

  4. 4
    Picante de Sichuán

    Mapo tofu or twice-cooked pork to share; 45 min.

    Sichuan restaurant for kung pao chicken, twice-cooked pork and mapo tofu, with real heat.

  5. 5
    Hong Kong 70

    Dim sum or roast meats; 40 min.

    Home-style Cantonese in Usera: dim sum, vegetables and Cantonese roast meats.

  6. 6
    Lao Tou

    Or Wenzhou seafood for dinner.

    Wenzhou (Zhejiang) cooking in Usera: seafood-heavy, from fish-head soup to aubergine; a favourite with Madrid's Chinese community.

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