In fact, many times when we travel to a place, we want to eat local food, but sometimes we just go to online celebrity's shop and the food is not as delicious as we thought. What should we do? Let's have a look. How to choose

First, lay the foundation for foraging from the choice of accommodation

If you choose your accommodation near a scenic spot where people are concentrated, you are doomed to be far away from the local food. If there is no great demand for transportation, it is strongly recommended to choose a place to stay close to residential areas, so that you can see a snack stall under the street lamp when you come back from a night trip and meet a cheap but delicious simple breakfast before you leave in the morning.

In addition, if you choose youth travel and homestay, you will naturally have an opportunity to communicate with local people. Many homestay landlords are enthusiastic and can live locally.

(ACE Hotel in Los Angeles)

More and more hotels are also catering to travelers' needs for local experience. For example, QT in Melbourne and Ace

Hotel in Los Angeles have replaced all service personnel who can interact with guests with interesting locals who are not hotel majors. The front desk of the hotel is art students, the bellman is a bar singer, and the doorman is a graffiti writer. Chatting with them can not only harvest local food, but also have more wonderful local experiences.

Second, use the local food review app

If you are not good at or willing to communicate with people too much. Then making good use of the local food review app is right for you. Many people also like to open the "public comment" to find food when traveling abroad. In fact, the feedback of public comment is also contributed by China tourists, which can only help you mine. It is not easy to find a shop that is highly praised by real locals.

However, many places have their own review apps. Turn to the second page and find those stores with high evaluation but low ranking. It is highly probable that the local reputation is the best. Such apps include foody in Vietnam, yelp in the United States and tabelog in Japan.

Third, drill into the alley as soon as the meal arrives

If Tianjin people recommend the best pancake fruit to you, the answer must be the one downstairs. The most authentic food must be in the local people's life, away from the scenic spots where tourists are weaving, to the residential areas to the old city, and then to find shops where diners are full or even long queues, which must be the local people's favorite.

A friend in Xi 'an once told me that the standard of snacks in Xi 'an, Huimin Street is the bottom line, where all snacks are just gathered for tourists to taste at one time. If you casually see a cold noodle shop full of people near a residential building, don't hesitate to go in and eat. It must be several times more delicious than online celebrity's in Huimin Street. Moreover, in such a store, you will have more opportunities to chat with the locals who eat together and explore more local food.

Fourth, find fresh local flavor in the vegetable market and night market

More and more tourists pay attention to the vegetable market, and more and more famous vegetable markets in various places have become "online celebrity", such as Sanyuanli Market in Beijing, the arched market in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and the Polo Market in London, England. The night market in Taiwan and the weekend night market in Thailand, which are famous for their food, have long been famous.

However, in addition to these famous markets and night markets, most markets and night markets in cities and towns are worth visiting. Local seasonal ingredients, grounded snacks and local people's attitude towards life are all in these markets. If you live in a homestay or apartment with a kitchen, cooking a meal with some local ingredients is the biggest reward for your stomach during the trip.

five, go to the local people's home to eat!

This statement sounds a bit bold. In fact, not only those travelers who are good at deep travel can do it, but also those who travel short distances. Here comes the artifact. There are many websites like "Eatwith".

You can look for local people who can provide family dinners. If you go to London, new york, Spain, Italy and other places, and meet local foodies quickly in this way, are you afraid that you won't be able to open the door to the new world?

Sixth, short-term cooking training, directly turning into a "local"

Going to cooking training during the trip is too exaggerated? Since I can take a diving test and learn surfing and paragliding during my trip, what's wrong with me learning authentic local cooking? Now in France, Italy, Spain and Thailand, which are famous for their delicious food, you can find short-term cooking training courses for travelers, many of which are taught in Chinese.

In addition, many hotels in holiday resorts offer experience activities, ranging from half a day to 1 days. For example, Raffles

offers tropical dishes courses and cocktail courses, but this kind of experience is the key. What you can learn depends on your "wisdom".

this kind of cooking training or experience is easy to find, and it is recommended by Catway Eagle and Lonelyplanet.

VII. Chatting with local people

People are the most beautiful scenery. Only by knowing the people in a place can we understand the scenery of this place. For us, the more important role of these people is to tell us where to eat.

taxi drivers and hotel receptionists are entry-level, while old people sitting on the roadside basking in the sun, talkative owners of fruit stalls, or people sitting next to each other on public transportation can all be your local food guides.

my habit is to chat wherever I go. I once chatted with an aunt on the Taipei MRT until she almost dragged me home for dinner, just because I expressed my great love and covet for braised pork rice. It was she who recommended "Jin Feng braised pork rice" to me, which was only known to local people at that time. Now more and more tourists come here.

eight, bold, cautious, shameless

bold, dare to try, not afraid of mistakes, "not delicious" is also a rare experience. There are 1111 kinds of bad things in 1111 places, so what? Eating the most authentic and delicious bite is my motivation.

Be careful, pay attention to all the information, strategies and guides about eating, and then select the real "original flavor".

Shameless, I once went to an old restaurant in Madrid where many locals have been for a lifetime, and almost no tourists arrived. It seems that it is the first time for them to receive China people who can't speak Spanish. The waiter who can't speak English at all went directly to the back kitchen to show me all kinds of ingredients and raw materials in order to explain what the dishes are. But in the end, I ate some kind of stewed salmon with flowers that I have never forgotten so far, which was so delicious that it burst, and the waiter was very happy because of my frequent praise.

finally, all the "wonderful tricks" are not important, what matters is your heart that pursues the most authentic and delicious food.

I wish all the trips are like living in the local area, and every meal is like a fountain when you are thirsty. Method

First, don't listen to what is said on the Internet about how to be famous. This has a certain scope. For example, when it comes to delicious food in Ningbo, Shipu Imperial Palace in Ningbo will be introduced. The dishes are authentic Ningbo Donghai fish, fresh and delicious, and the chef's skills are first-class. However, there is a problem. This is a high-end catering enterprise, and guests will usually go there. In addition, there is also a misunderstanding when you look at the evaluation. Most five-star hotels are rated as 5 points, which is of course good, but the price is there. Can you evaluate the accommodation fee of 811-1111 a night? So I think you should choose a place where you can eat cheaply. First of all, you should find the right position yourself. There are several places you should avoid. First, you should not go into restaurants near stations, docks, airports and tourist attractions. These places are generally more expensive.

Second, don't go to high-end places with magnificent decoration, where the service is good, but you can't afford it.

Third, don't go into restaurants that play game and hunt strange things, and the price will be too expensive for you to believe.

if you want to eat affordable meals, first, you can choose local brands, such as Ningbo, and you can choose chain fast food enterprises such as Yangcheng, Xinsifang, Huabihe, Laibibao and Dining Hall. Most of these meals are consumed by the public, and the prices are reasonable, and there are many varieties. For example, Xinsifang in Ningbo has hundreds of dishes, which can be found all over the country. For example, Shunwangji, old uncle and grandma's house in Hangzhou are all relatively affordable catering brands.

Second, you should try your best to go to the residential areas in the old city, such as Erdao Street and Xi 'an Road in Chengdu, which are much cheaper than Kuanzhai Lane, Jinli and Chunxi Road, and the food tastes authentic.

Third, you should observe the passenger flow of the hotel. If customers are busy and have to wait in line, this store can't be wrong, like gnawing bones and waiting in line at Xi 'an North Road in Chengdu. Can this be bad? If there are no customers in the hotel and there is an empty space waiting for them, then you should not go in.