Is Wuhan Tube Alley really worth going to? Many Wuhan people say that locals will never go here. The reason?
It is said that food is the faith of a city, night market is the soul of a city, and food street naturally represents the flavor of a city. That's why there's a saying that if you travel to a strange city and don't go to the hottest local food street for a meal, it's the same as not going.
Wuhan, the "food capital", naturally has its famous food street and Tubu Lane, which is a gathering place for food and a famous food paradise in China. It is said that the collection of Wuhan flavors is the pride of Wuhan people, so I went to Tube Alley as soon as I arrived in Wuhan.
Tobu Alley is so famous. It is located at Simen, the busiest area in Wuchang District of Wuhan, with a total length of about 200 meters. It is the most famous "breakfast alley" in Wuhan, known as "the first alley of Chinese snacks".
Because of its busy location, the vast Yangtze River in the west and the Yellow Crane Tower in the south, many tourists choose to eat enough food here and then go to the Yellow Crane Tower to enjoy the beautiful view of the Yangtze River in the sky.
By all accounts, Wuhan's food street should be very unique. It's also mouth-watering to think about Wuhan's specialties: Zhou Hei Duck, Wuchang Fish, Hot Dry Noodles, Steamed Dumplings, Soup Buns, Enshi Kang Potatoes, and so on. But when I actually arrived at Tube Alley, I was instantly disappointed. No wonder the locals didn't go.
What's in the alley? Hot dry noodles are naturally a Wuhan specialty, but to my disappointment, the people who sell them in Wuhan are from Sichuan. The hot dry noodles are so spicy! If you wander around, you'll realize that "all the food streets in China are the same", and that all the alleys in Hobe are just "old-fashioned".
Which three? Gluten, stinky tofu, and meat skewers. Good gluten, kebabs, Xi'anan meat buns, iron squid, large sausages, hairy crabs, flower nails, roasted pig's feet and so on. Not to mention any of the night markets in Shijiazhuang, where I live, in other cities.
The prices are not bad. Three skewers of grilled gluten for 10 RMB, two skewers of iron plate squid for 15 RMB, and stinky tofu for 13 RMB for a large portion and 8 RMB for a small portion, none of which were too expensive. It's just that I don't really want to eat anything special.
If I had to look for specialties in Tube Alley, it would probably be some of the Internet celebrity stores. I noticed that there were very few people in front of the long-established food stores in Hubei, but there were long lines in front of those stores in the Internet celebrities. Those that have been on CCTV, those that have been featured on Hubei Shi Jing, and of course, the hottest ones are on the TikTok Hot List.
I don't know whether these queues are for real food, for signs, or, as some reports say, all hired by the store. Anyway, the lines for the "One Rib" and "Crispy Pork" were long.
I've heard that Wuhaners don't go to Tube Alley, only foreign tourists do. I was a "foreign tourist" so I went there. However, it didn't leave a good impression on me. I feel that it can be a classic card to go, go once is enough.
These years have been too many food streets, the deepest impression of Lanzhou Zhengning Road food street, Nanchang Amethyst night market, Qingdao, Qingdao, Chongqing, Hong Yadong, Guangxi Beihai old street, Dezhou Qiehe food street, Nanning, Zhongshan Road food street, etc. really feel that China's food streets are similar.