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What do you think of when you mention the "magic capital" Shanghai?

I will think of two words: exquisite and independent. They are used not only to describe the city of Shanghai, but also to describe people living in Shanghai.

As a modern metropolis, the development of Shanghai has far exceeded many people's expectations. With its rapid economic development, it has also attracted countless young people.

But in Shanghai, whether you work hard or study, you will end up with three meals a day, one room and one bed. If you want to know a city, start with its breakfast. What did you have for breakfast in Shanghai?

Concern of Shanghai people

Online search for breakfast in Shanghai, the most mentioned is Shanghai steamed buns. I still remember the words of one of the netizens:

"Speaking of our breakfast in Shanghai, it's still delicious. Gently lift, move slowly, open the window first, and then drink exquisite soup, which is the exquisite enjoyment of taste buds. "

I don't know why, when I saw the above paragraph, a picture came to my mind: a Shanghai woman wearing a cheongsam, talking about the way and taste of steamed buns in Wu Nong's soft Shanghai dialect.

Maybe people who don't know will think this way of eating is like: isn't it just eating a steamed stuffed bun? Lift it gently and move it slowly. There are many things. But for Shanghainese, this is actually a habit. It is the pressure to go deep into the bone marrow, the pursuit of details, and the respect for steamed buns.

Shanghai's stuffed buns are very rich, basically fresh meat, which is the favorite of "carnivores". However, as a nationally famous breakfast, how can we tell what authentic Shanghai steamed buns are?

"When eating steamed bread, you can take a look at the soup. Shanghai steamed buns are all white soup, and red soup is all from other places. Those who eat a little soy sauce are mostly stored for too long and not too fresh. " A friend in Shanghai told me.

Shanghai steamed stuffed bun is really famous, but it can't fully represent the breakfast in Shanghai. The traditional breakfast in Shanghai has to be "four donkey kong".

"Four donkey kong" in Shanghai

For authentic Shanghainese, their day begins with snacks. And the dim sum they eat in the morning is the traditional breakfast in Shanghai: Four donkey kong.

Donkey kong has an unshakable position in the breakfast industry in Shanghai. With the rapid development of Shanghai, a large number of exotic foods have poured in, but they have not been eliminated, but have become more and more enduring.

△ Shanghai Four donkey kong+Shanghai Steamed Buns, which looks so tempting.

The usual rice, pies, fried dough sticks and soybean milk are the four donkey kong in Shanghai. These foods are not gorgeous or exquisite, but they are Shanghai people's favorite breakfast. Soymilk, in particular, is the main force in Shanghai's breakfast industry, but Shanghainese prefer salty soymilk to sweet soymilk.

Add shrimp skin, laver and mustard tuber to the original soybean milk, and then drop a few drops of spicy oil on it. Looking pleasing to the eye and eating refreshing is a double enjoyment of vision and taste.

△ Salted soybean milk, sweet soybean milk and original soybean milk

As the soul mate of soybean milk, fried dough sticks can be said to be everywhere. Soaked in sweet soybean milk or original soybean milk, the fried dough sticks retain their own fragrance; Drink it with salty soybean milk. Fried dough sticks can neutralize the salty taste of pickled mustard tuber.

Of course, different flavors of soybean milk fritters have different functions, and different eating methods also make it more addictive.

The fried dough sticks soaked in soybean milk have the fragrance of beans, with a little softness in crispness; A bite of soybean milk, a bite of fried dough sticks, they merged in their mouths, and it felt simply. Simple breakfast gives people a different feeling and is also a kind of happiness. There are other "two donkey kong", rice balls and cakes that can bring happiness to people.

Tangyuan feels a bit like China sushi. It is made of fried dough sticks wrapped in steamed glutinous rice. You can add some floss or mustard tuber to it. Fried dough sticks taste crisp, while glutinous rice tastes soft and unique.

Although Shanghai School originated in northern Jiangsu, it has been basically localized in Shanghai. Shanghai-style dough does not need baking powder and flour, but is kneaded with old baking powder for about ten hours, which is very particular.

Compared with the original pie, sweet parties are a good choice for many people, especially brown sugar pie. Gently bite the pie, and the sweet brown sugar core inside flows out of the pie, which is simply sweet to the heart.

△ It should be noted that don't worry when eating brown sugar pie, because the brown sugar in the pie that just came out of the pot will burn your mouth.

Besides steamed stuffed bun and donkey kong, fried scallion cake is also a classic breakfast in Shanghai.

Shanghai's breakthrough and conservatism

For the ever-changing Shanghai, traditional breakfasts such as soybean milk fritters always feel a little less modern, which is not in line with the title of Shanghai's fashion capital.

Indeed, some people like to eat Chinese-style simple fried dough sticks buns, and naturally prefer western-style coffee bread. Especially in Shanghai, in such a rapidly developing city, there are countless people who like to eat western-style breakfast, and western-style breakfast shops can be seen everywhere.

In the coffee shop near the company, ordering a cup of coffee and a sandwich is the choice of many Shanghai white-collar workers, which is convenient and fast, and they can enjoy breakfast alone.

When you are in a good mood, you can take a nice photo and send it to a circle of friends to share your petty bourgeoisie. Although the sense of ceremony is enough, coffee sandwiches are always not as real as soybean milk fritters, and they have their own temperature.

After all, for most people, high-rise buildings are just places to work, coffee is only an occasional pastime, alleys and rental houses are life, and soybean milk fritters are breakfast that warms the heart and stomach.

Young people have a petty bourgeoisie, like to try new things, and demand more breakfast patterns. Old people and young people are completely different. They used to have breakfast in the alley, as if they could go back to their former youth.

It is a childhood memory of many Shanghainese to eat a bite of aluminum pot early in the morning and queue up for soybean milk to buy fried dough sticks in the alley, which is also what is happening in the alley in Shanghai every morning.

From babbling children to silver-haired old people, the stories in hutongs have been updated, and their love for traditional breakfast has been increasing and continuing.

With the rapid development of economy, there are more and more kinds of food, and breakfast is also eye-catching. But for Shanghainese who love life, they like the most traditional "Four donkey kong" and the well-known Shanghai Xiaolong.

Many people on the Internet said that with the development of economy, "Four donkey kong" will soon become a legend in Shanghai, and traditional cuisine has long since disappeared. We really want them to visit the alleys of Shanghai.

△ Although many alleys in Shanghai have been demolished, there are still many alleys. If you go there, you will also find a breakfast shop with fried dough sticks.

One thing I learned from Shanghainese is that no matter how big the city changes, you can't lose what you should keep.

Traditional food can have tenacious vitality, and a simple breakfast can also give you a sense of mission. The text of Shanghai breakfast just answered the sentence "plain is true"!

(Some pictures in this article are from the Internet)

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