Chongqing cuisine is very spicy and is known for its creative new dishes with various materials. Also called Yu cuisine, Chongqing cuisine is a branch of Sichuan cuisine which is the leader of the four major cuisines of China. It has various styles and tastes. The representative dishes are Chongqing hotpot, poached fish in chili oil, boiled fish with pickled vegetable, old duck soup, spicy chicken, spring chicken, etc, among which hotpot is most famous.