1, pan-fried bun
Fried buns are one of the traditional snacks in Shanghai. It's fried, but it's actually made of starch water. The locals call it fried steamed bread. Just out of the pot, the fried steamed buns are steaming, fragrant and golden in color, sprinkled with sesame seeds and chopped green onion. A bite is very satisfying and deeply loved by people.
2. Crab shell yellow
Crab shell yellow, also known as Ma Xiao cake, is one of the special snacks in Shanghai. The crispy shell is wrapped with four small ingredients: shepherd's purse, sugar, scallion oil and red bean paste. Crab shell yellow is named because it looks like a golden crab shell when it is just baked. Take a bite of freshly baked crab shell yellow, the skin is crisp and the meat is crisp, and the filling oil is rich but not greasy.
3. Shanghai steamed buns
Almost everyone in Shanghai likes to eat steamed stuffed buns. The traditional small cage in Shanghai has fourteen pleats, so there are some tricks to make this leather. Put some oil on the chopping board, press the dough on the palm of your hand, and the skin will be ready. The stuffing of steamed stuffed buns is made of plum meat.
Meat with even fat and thin muscles will taste good. After the rolled dough is wrapped in meat, it can be eaten after steaming for a while. It tastes very delicious and mellow.
4. fried dumpling
As a classic breakfast in Shanghai, there is absolutely no shortage of pot stickers on the breakfast table of Shanghainese. Roll the dough until it is stiff, wrap it in meat and fry it in the oil pan until the bottom is hard. The skin is crisp when bitten, and the meat stuffing tastes refreshing, juicy and mellow.
Shanghainese are also a little particular about eating pot stickers. You should take a bite while the pot is still hot, and then take a sip of gravy in it, which is simply memorable.
5. Rice balls
Before the 1990s, rice balls were sweet. It is made of freshly baked glutinous rice, wrapped in fried dough sticks and sprinkled with some sugar. Sweet and delicious. Now in modern times, most of them are salty.
The salty mouth is made of glutinous rice, covered with crispy fried dough sticks, covered with meat sauce, covered with floss and salted eggs, and finally covered with meat sauce. There are soft glutinous rice, fresh and salty eggs, crisp fried dough sticks and rich meat sauce in one bite, and the taste is very rich.
6. quicksand garden
As one of the traditional scenic spots in Shanghai, Leisha Garden has a history of more than 70 years. Its production process is very simple, just roll a layer of ground watercress powder on the cooked jiaozi.
This kind of glutinous rice balls not only has the softness of glutinous rice balls, but also has the fragrance of red beans, which is very popular among tourists. Everyone has a chance to buy some food in the local area.
7. Fresh meat moon cakes
In Shanghai, fresh meat moon cake is a very popular snack, which has become one of the indispensable delicacies in local life. Many people go to Shanghai to taste its delicious food.
Fresh meat moon cakes pay attention to making and eating now. If you bite it, the crispy skin will break at the slightest touch, and the soft dough inside will taste tough. Fresh and tender meat foam will slowly penetrate into the tip of the tongue with gravy, which is delicious and smooth. It's really enjoyable!
8. Begonia cake
Begonia cake originated in the Qing Dynasty, and it was named after its cake was shaped like a begonia flower. The traditional begonia cake is baked in a special mold, covered with a layer of skin, and then wrapped with bean paste stuffing.
Begonia cake tastes sweet and delicious, and the skin is soft and crunchy when bitten. It's best to eat it while it's hot, but it's not the most delicious when it's cold.
9. Chongming cake
Chongming cake is one of the traditional cakes in Chongming, Shanghai. There are muffins and hard cakes. Muffins are eaten cold, and hard cakes are eaten after heating.
Sometimes it's steamed, and you can also put some wine in it to make fermented cake soup. Chongming cake tastes sweet but not greasy, with fresh and sweet flesh, refreshing fragrance, waxy but not sticky, and delicious taste.
10, long cake mint cake
Striped cakes and mint cakes are one of Shanghai's famous specialty snacks, which are deeply loved by Shanghai people. It is made of mint powder and glutinous rice flour as main raw materials.
When making mint cakes, a little mint powder should be added to glutinous rice flour, while when making strip cakes, fine bean paste should be mixed into glutinous rice flour. Make both into long strips and fry them. This kind of strip cake mint cake tastes sweet but not greasy, soft and waxy and refreshing, and has a mellow taste.