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 Metro Usera (L6) Start here.
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 Helaotai Noodle soup and dumplings; 40 min.
Noodle-soup house in Usera with lamb noodle soup, tripe salad and homemade dumplings.
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 Hong Kong 70 Dim sum or roast meats; 40 min.
Home-style Cantonese in Usera: dim sum, vegetables and Cantonese roast meats.
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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