Why is Hangzhou a gourmet desert?

Hangzhou, as a major tourist town in China, is famous, but it has to admit the fact that Hangzhou is also a city labeled as "gourmet desert". Why would someone put such a label on it? Let's take a look together. First of all, as a native of Hangzhou. Hangzhou has its own specialties, such as the famous West Lake vinegar fish, Dongpo meat, fried mutton with shrimp and so on. These delicacies are not only the favorites of local people in Hangzhou, but also attract many tourists to taste delicious food. However, it is undeniable that compared with other cities, the level of food in Hangzhou is slightly inferior.

2 The first reason is the lack of special food in Hangzhou. Hangzhou's location determines that it has no special cuisine like Sichuan's hot pot and Guangdong's Chaoshan cuisine, which can represent the whole province. However, the famous cuisines in Hangzhou are all individual famous dishes, and there is no systematic local catering culture. Secondly, the catering market in Hangzhou is relatively simple. Although Hangzhou is a tourist city, the prosperity of tourism has not driven the rapid development of the catering industry.

3 The main catering business districts are concentrated in the business districts around West Lake and downtown. For the tourists who stay in the hotel, the selectivity of the hotel's own restaurants is relatively small, and most of the snack streets in residential areas only sell some ordinary snacks, which are lacking in appearance and quality. Such a market environment naturally leads to a relatively single catering pattern in Hangzhou, which also affects the food level in Hangzhou. The third point is that the catering industry in Hangzhou is highly competitive, but the overall level is low. Having said that, some people may refute: isn't the catering market in Hangzhou more and more developed? Indeed, as people pay more and more attention to food, the catering market in Hangzhou is also developing rapidly. However, the development of the catering market does not represent the improvement of the overall level. At present, there are many catering brands in Hangzhou market, but most of them are foreign brands, and their quality and service level are uneven.