Top Ten Food Snacks in Shanghai

Shanghai's top ten gourmet snacks: Shaoxing chicken porridge, steamed buns, fried, scallion cake, crab shell yellow, begonia cake, mashed meatballs, ribs rice cake, spiced smoked fish and boiled chicken.

1, Shaoxing chicken porridge

Shaoxing chicken porridge, as the most authentic Shanghai snack, was founded in 1947. Because the founders and main operators are Shaoxing people, it was named "Little Shaoxing Chicken Porridge Shop". The cooked chicken porridge is yellow with green, and the chicken is white and bright, which is pleasing to the eye. The taste is delicious, and the chicken is tender and refreshing. The more you eat, the more fragrant you get.

2. steamed bread

Steamed buns are thin, tender, juicy and delicious, and you will fall in love with them! Especially the newly baked small cage, white and crystal clear, small and exquisite, shaped like a pagoda. Take a bite, and the soup lingers on the tip of the tongue, with endless aftertaste.

3. fried

Authentic Shanghai fried steamed bread, the dough is white and soft, the stuffing is full, the soup is fragrant, and the bottom plate is crisp. Just one bite will make you feel the charm and tolerance of this city.

4, scallion cake

The scallion cake just out of the pot is round and golden, with a little flint red color on the porcelain bottom ring. Authentic Shanghai scallion cake, sprinkled with green chopped green onion, mixed with crystal clear lard, onion flavor is rich. A gentle bite, first of all, is full of crispness, followed by a strong onion flavor, and I fell in love with it once, and I can't extricate myself.

5, crab shell yellow

This is a local specialty snack in Shanghai, which is called crab shell yellow because its shape is very similar to that of crab shell. Crab shell yellow, soft rosin, just out of the pot, is the favorite of tea drinkers. Foreigners must try it when they come to Shanghai. It's really good.

6. Begonia cake

Begonia cake was created in the Qing Dynasty, and it was named after it looked like a begonia flower. The prepared batter is baked in a special mold, the outer layer is dough, and the inside is filled with bean paste, which is sweet and delicious.

7. Sand grinding ring

There are snowballs in the north and sand circles in the south. As the most traditional snack in Shanghai, Shayuan can be as famous as snowballing in Beijing. It is said that rice rolls originated in the late Qing Dynasty. In Shanghai, an old lady named Lei opened a rice ball shop. In order to make it convenient for customers to take the cooked rice balls home, she put the cooked rice balls in the red bean powder and stirred them to make them stick to the bean powder, whether it is hot or cold, so it was named "Leisha Garden".

8, ribs rice cake

Rib rice cake is a popular and economical snack in Shanghai. It marinates pork chops with chopped green onion sesame oil, then fries them in an oil pan, and then adds two small and exquisite rice cakes. The big row out of the pot looks golden yellow. It has the flavor of meat, oil and rice cakes, which complement each other. It tastes crisp and delicious.

9. spiced smoked fish

Spiced smoked fish is made of dozens of catties of grass carp. Fry the grass carp slices in the oil pan, and then stew them in the marinade prepared in advance. After cooling, it looks dark red and very attractive. When you put a piece of fish in your mouth, the five flavors and the delicacy of fish will fill your mouth and make you unable to extricate yourself.

10, boiled chicken

White-cut chicken is made of Sanhuang chicken. Because it is boiled in white water without seasoning, it is named white-cut chicken. Boiled chicken looks golden and attractive. After cooling, dip it in soy sauce and balsamic vinegar. The chicken is fat but not greasy, fresh and tender, moderately salty and very delicious.