Jingdezhen's everyday food follows the Jiangxi style: spicy, oily, and built around rice and pork. Smoked pork (腊肉) is cured locally and appears in stir-fries with chili and garlic throughout the year; dried tofu cooked with pork fat is a staple side dish. The local noodles — flat and slightly chewy, served in a ginger-based broth — make an excellent breakfast.
The best cheap meals are found in the streets around the old bus station and in the Taoxichuan area, where small restaurants catering to students and artists offer set lunches with three dishes and rice for around ¥20. The clay pot rice (瓦罐煨汤), slow-cooked in traditional Jiangxi ceramic pots, is the dish most worth seeking out — many restaurants prepare it from the morning and serve it throughout the day.