Hubu Alley

Why it's worth it

A 400-metre Ming-Qing lane that became Wuhan's breakfast legend — the narrow street where doupi (rice-and-egg parcels fried on iron plates), re gan mian and egg wine were standardised into the 'guozao' breakfast culture the city runs on.

Don't miss

• Doupi made on the metre-wide iron pans — rice, egg, minced meat, crisp edges
• A breakfast crawl: one bowl of hot dry noodles, one triangle of doupi, sweet egg wine to finish
• The lane's carved gates and the old bank facades it takes its name from

Getting there

Metro Line 5 to Simenkou, then 10 minutes' walk towards the river; the alley opens off Minzhu Road.

Tips

• Come 7-9am — this is a breakfast street running on breakfast hours
• It's renovated and tourist-branded now; the grills and pans still do real volume for locals
• Walk down to the river ferry afterwards — the cross-river boat is the cheapest cruise in China