China Food Cities Ranking

1: Hangzhou, some netizens said that they went to Hangzhou on a business trip and ate a bowl of Sichuan on the first day, tried Dongpo Pork on the second day, and ate McDonald’s and KFC almost every day in the following week. It is also common to see foreign netizens complaining on food delivery software. Complain about the poor taste of Hangzhou food. Hangzhou food is expensive and tastes bad. When I left, I didn’t forget to say with emotion: Hangzhou is really a food desert.

As a popular tourist city in China, Hangzhou has become a battlefield for Internet celebrity delicacies across the country. Compared with Liuzhou’s snail noodles, Chongqing’s hot pot, Changsha’s stinky tofu, and Northeast’s Guobao Pork. When outsiders come to Hangzhou, they just visit the West Lake, taste Longjing, eat jealous fish, and try the "Hangzhou Xiao Long Bao" originally belonging to Shengzhou. There seems to be no dish in Hangzhou that can take other cities by storm.

2: Shenzhen. A certain platform once conducted a selection of special dishes in various cities in Guangdong. The top places in Shenzhen were actually McDonald's and KFC. On the Internet, Shenzhen is the only "northern city" in the south, winning two "honors": "food desert" and "fast food capital".

In the inherent impression of many people, Shenzhen is a city with a short history and no accumulation of food culture, so it is normal to say that it is a "food desert". In fact, this is not the case. The city is similar in age to Sanya, and Sanya’s food characteristics and popularity are much greater than those of Shenzhen. Taipei is only a few decades older than Shenzhen, but that doesn’t stop it from being the capital of night markets and gourmet food. Therefore, whether it is a food desert or not has no direct relationship with the length of a city’s history. For example, the city below.

3: Beijing, Beijing has been called a "food desert" for more than a day or two. In fact, behind Beijing cuisine is a thousand-year history of ethnic integration. Beijing is a tolerant city that integrates the culinary flavors of various northern regions and ethnic groups. Whether it is the various halal snacks in Huguosi Snack Street or Niujie, southerners may really not be used to it.

Beijing cuisine is very mixed. According to literature, Beijing's catering industry was very developed in the past, with Shandong restaurants having the most restaurants. "Ten halls", "eight residences", "eight buildings, and eight springs" are said to be the most popular ones. Shandong cuisine is the most popular among them. Of course, in addition to Shandong cuisine, there is also Huaiyang cuisine. In the 1930s, West Chang'an Street had There were more than 12 restaurants selling Huaiyang cuisine, which was called the "Twelve Spring Festivals of Chang'an" at the time.

As an imperial capital, it attracted talents from all over the country, so it was natural to bring the taste of hometown to the capital. . Furthermore, Beijing cuisine at that time was still influenced by palace cuisine, which resulted in a "mixed-up" cuisine that lacked its own unique personality. Beijing cuisine has been passed down to the people by the royal aristocrats. Furthermore, Beijingers are very particular about "eating from time to time" and eating whatever is in season. As a capital for thousands of years, Beijing's abundance of food is beyond anyone's imagination. Everyone’s opinion on Beijing’s food, in my opinion, is not called “poor and particular”, it should be Beijingers’ silent resistance to this fast era.

4: Shanghai, a city that embraces all rivers. It brings together food from all over the world. It is not difficult to eat food from any country or province in Shanghai. However, it is precisely because of this that the local food has changed and been squeezed out. Some people say that Shanghai has delicious food, such as fried steamed buns. , Pork Ribs Rice Cake, Caotou Circles... These foods are not considered delicacies, they can only be considered snacks! Some people would also say, Xiao Long Bao, Bai Zhan Chicken, Tang Yuan, uh... Xiao Long Bao is from Wuxi, and Bai Zhan Chicken is from Shaoxing. Tangyuan is from Ningbo. In Shanghai, there seems to be no good delicacy.

Some people may ask, what delicacy is good? For example, Shandong cuisine’s braised sea cucumber, Jiuzhuan. Large intestine, sweet and sour carp, and all kinds of small seafood in Qingdao... and other examples are Northeastern, butchered vegetables, pot-wrapped pork, chicken stewed with mushrooms, ground pot stew, etc.

Sichuan, Chongqing, these cities don’t need to be given examples!

In the entire "Desert Group", the two "suffering brothers" Beijing and Hangzhou ranked first and second respectively, followed by Shenzhen, Shanghai, Wuhan, Nanjing, Tianjin, and Suzhou. , Qingdao, Xiamen!