Jieyang Puning | Get a niche travel route in Chaoshan city on the weekend

If you are a bit tired of the crowds in Chaozhou and Shantou, why not change your route, head to Jieyang first and then to Puning. A two-day trip is enough to explore this niche travel route, without too much involvement of the tourism and catering industry, any random shop you enter is a decades-old store🚗 Day1: Friday at Jieyang Station 🚄 Xiamen Station to Jieyang Station (arrive in Jieyang on Friday night) 🏨 Accommodation: Jieyang 1⃣️ Dinner: Cart Head Lao Er Food Stall Business hours: 11:00-14:00 17:00-02:00 the next day 🔍 Must try their shrimp and crab marinated raw and fish rice, really amazing!!! 2⃣️ Late-night snack: Lin Ji Steamed Dumplings Business hours: Starts at 22:00 🔍 There are many types of steamed dumplings, highly recommend the fresh shrimp with asparagus and the stewed soup with fritillaria and rock sugar pear🍐 Day2: Saturday (Jieyang-Puning) Puning Station 🏨 Accommodation: Puning 1⃣️ West Lake Old Shop Almond Tea Business hours: 06:30-10:30 🔍 I personally can't stand the taste of almond tea, recommend sesame paste with egg paired with fried carbs👍🏻 2⃣️ Liu He Long Back Slope Alley Reverse Sand Salted Egg Yolk 3⃣️ Lu Ji Beef Hot Pot 🔍 Don't miss their beef hot pot if you like to eat meat in big bites 4⃣️ Fu Shan Xing☕️ 🚄 Jieyang Station to Puning Station (If you don't have luggage🧳, you can directly 🚖 take a ride from Jieyang to Hongyang Ancient Town, and after finishing the trip in Hongyang Ancient Town, take a ride back to Puning city area) 🚗 De An Li to Hongyang Ancient Town Distance from Puning Station is 25 kilometers, 40 minutes by car (direct ride) 5⃣️ Hongyang Authentic Pumpkin Cakes 6⃣️ Hongyang Guo Juice (over 50 years old shop) Address: 🧭 Navigate to "next to Hongyang Cinema" 7⃣️ Hongyang Sweet Soup (30 years old sweet soup shop) Address: next to Puning Christian Church Hongyang Chapel⛪️ Business hours: Starts around 14:00 Pair with: Chicken wings from the stall next door 8⃣️ Puning Marinated Stall (Hongyang Laoye Palace front marinated crab stall) Business hours: 21:00-01:00 Address: 🧭 Navigate to "Laoye Palace Sweet Potato Porridge" 9⃣️ Chun Man Yuan Night Tea Business hours: 07:00-10:30 18:00-01:30 the next day Day3: Sunday 1⃣️ Puning No.2 Middle School Rice Noodle Rolls No business hours displayed, only beef rice noodle rolls were left when I went there around 10:00 2⃣️ Pu Hong Rice Cake Shop Business hours: 10:00-21:00 3⃣️ Ah Hong Fried Puning Tofu Business hours: 07:00-21:30 4⃣️ Wang Ji Restaurant Business hours: 10:30-13:00 16:30-18:30 5⃣️ Authentic Mianhu Sweet Soup Shop Business hours: 13:00-01:00 the next day 6⃣️ Ji Cai Beef Business hours: 17:00-01:00 the next day