Shanghai is a first-tier city with profound food culture. There are traditional food streets everywhere, and the alleys are echoed with vendors' cries from time to time. It seems that rooted in this is not only Shanghai people's preference for food, but also a unique feeling of old Shanghai, which is enough for people to savor it in their spare time. So, as a newcomer, do you know any famous snacks in Shanghai?

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There is a rumor about spiced beans. If you don't taste the spiced beans in the Old Town God Temple, you won't be in Shanghai. It shows that spiced beans are delicious and famous. It is said that in the old Shanghai period, a vendor named Guo Yingzhou did business in the Chenghuang Temple market and chose Jiading? Sanbai? Broad beans with spiced beef? Good material selection and fine processing? Experience it. Imported essence and saccharin are added to the ingredients, so the spiced beans cooked are fragrant and delicious, which is different from other vendors, so they are very popular with the public. Later, in order to keep improving, the iron pot was changed into a copper cauldron, and finally the best broad bean with good color and fragrance was successfully made, and it was named after the office store? Ji Guo Xing Xing Lang? Ji Guo Spiced Bean also printed Guo Yingzhou's head and Ssangyong trademark on the packaging bag made of kraft paper. With the expansion of business, their broad beans began to be wholesale, and vendors selling spiced beans appeared in Shanghai's stations, docks, teahouses, pubs and theaters. 1956,? Ji Guo Xinglong? Renamed? Chenghuang Temple? spiced beans

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Lobster slices are a famous traditional snack in Shanghai, which is different from modern ones. Potato chips? More similar. This crispy food with fish and shrimp flavor is very popular with children. Shanghai lobster slices are mainly made of fresh shrimp meat and top-grade starch. When mixed with water, they will become transparent without turbidity. After being cooked in oil, they will basically swell to three or four times, with a natural shrimp flavor and crispy taste. It is really a good product for leisure and entertainment.

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? Pigeons and eggs The origin of this name is not because its raw material is pigeon eggs, but because its finished product looks like a pigeon. Similarly, pigeon eggs is not round, but oval. During the Republic of China, a man named Wang Youfa invented pigeons and pigeon eggs. His ancestral home is Suzhou and he came to Shanghai to sell desserts for a living. However, due to the high sugar content of dessert, it is easy to melt in hot summer, and the product is difficult to sell. Later, on second thought, he made a special sweet and greasy summer snack with cold ingredients, which sold well and was very popular with everyone.

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Shayuan is a famous snack handed down from the late Qing Dynasty in Shanghai. It was created by Mrs. Lei who opened a dumpling shop at that time. Her diners often need to pack jiaozi, but jiaozi is often burnt, which affects the taste. Later, the old lady made a plan to cover the surface of jiaozi with a layer of bean paste powder, which is not easy to paste off and has a beautiful appearance. Suitable for cold and hot eating. Later, after being improved by Shanghai Qiaojia Restaurant, the bean powder was fried into dry sand, and the cooked balls were rolled in a powder plate, which not only had a purple color, but also had a more fragrant and waxy taste. Lei Shayuan? So you changed your name? Sand ring? .

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Small Shaoxing chicken porridge, just look at the name, I think it should be the product of Shaoxing. How can it be a famous snack popular in Shanghai? So what? Xiao Shaoxing? Chicken porridge was formerly opened by Zhang Runniu, a Shaoxing native. Because Shaoxing Yue Chicken was selected as raw material, the cooked chicken porridge was extremely delicious, and soon became famous, attracting a large number of famous artists such as Zhou, Wang Shaolou, Zhao Dan and Wang. Over time, Xiao Shaoxing became the official store name.

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Roasted sweet potatoes, also known as roasted sweet potatoes and roasted sweet potatoes, is a classic food that can be seen everywhere in the streets. Although it is a simple roasting, it is important to pay attention to the heat. How to bake it soft and fragrant is also very particular. Therefore, the baked sweet potato in Shanghai is very particular about slow fire and slow work. It's sweet and delicious, and it makes your mouth water.

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The invention of tofu pudding is definitely the most generous gift from God to mankind. There is a note in Compendium of Materia Medica:? The method of tofu began with Liu An, the king of Huainan in Han Dynasty. Legend has it that Liu An once cultivated Danmiao with soybean milk in his quest for immortality. When bean juice meets gypsum, it occasionally gets tofu. Liu An also used it to prepare meals for his mother lying on her sickbed, which really has the effect of strengthening the body and prolonging life. Shanghai's bean curd brain, also known as bean curd brain, is filled with brine, and then randomly added with onion, garlic paste, Chili oil and coriander, which soon becomes a delicious bowl of bean curd brain.

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The crispy rice in Shanghai is usually made of rice, soybeans and millet. Rich in nutrition and delicious, it is a favorite snack of Shanghai people. Legend has it that Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty visited the south of the Yangtze River many times, and once had dinner in a small restaurant in Songjiang Prefecture, and ate a plate of the best crispy rice: the owner poured the marinade boiled with shrimp, shredded chicken and chicken soup on the freshly fried crispy rice, which suddenly made a loud noise and smelled fragrant. After tasting it, Ganlong felt crispy and delicious, which was quite interesting. Ask the store what this dish is called. A thunder on the ground? . Ganlong is praised as the best dish in the world, and has gradually become a traditional dish in Shanghai since then.