Chengdu's most visually striking modern Chinese restaurant. Contemporary art, dramatic plating, and Sichuan ingredients treated with international confidence.
Young Art. Known formally as Yong Ya He Xian. Earned the Michelin Service Award in the inaugural 2022 Chengdu Michelin Guide and has maintained its position as the city's most design-conscious contemporary Chinese restaurant in the years since. The Tongzilin East Road location serves a clientele that includes Chengdu's creative and business communities, and the room. Contemporary art, considered lighting, a kitchen that operates as a focal point rather than a background. Reflects who is eating here and what they expect from a significant dinner.
The kitchen's distinctive identity is built around live freshwater fish from the restaurant's own farm: long snout catfish, cavefish, and yellow head catfish, prepared in Sichuanese styles that deploy the province's full spice vocabulary while allowing the quality of the fish to remain the primary subject. The approach produces dishes of genuine distinction. The Sichuan-style catfish in its complex sauce of fermented black beans, dried chilies, and the numbing warmth of Sichuan peppercorn is among the finest fish preparations in the city. The cold appetisers are composed with the visual attention the room suggests without sacrificing flavour for aesthetics.
For a birthday dinner in Chengdu, Young Art occupies an ideal position: serious enough to mark an occasion, visually impressive enough to produce the photographs tha