Tianjin Specialty Food
Pancake Fruit: There should be no doubt that pancake fruit is the representative of Tianjin people's breakfast. Scoop a spoonful of mung bean noodles in a pan, crack an egg, quickly spread it out and flip it over. Place the pan or fruit grates on top, smear with sauce, hot sauce, tofu brains, and sprinkle with chopped green onions. The strong aroma of the noodles and egg has tempted diners to hunger.
Pot dishes: Pot dishes, commonly called gaba dishes by Tianjiners, are a unique roadside snack. Mung bean noodles like pancakes are spread out on a skillet, then cut into finger-width strips and poured into a prepared marinade. The marinade is somewhat similar to Beijing's tofu brain, and then curd, chive blossom juice, garlic juice, sesame sauce, followed by sesame seed cake and fruit are added according to personal taste.
Ma hua (麻花)：Tianjin is famous for producing large ma hua (麻花), which are about a foot long (there are several sizes). There are regular ones and crispy ones, each of which is twisted and folded several times. Their color and aroma are enticing, and they can be used as a staple food or snack. The famous Guifaxiang Eighteen Street Sesame Flower is one of the "Three Greatest Cuisines of Tianjin".
Ear oil cake: Ear oil cake is one of the three must-eat food in Tianjin. It originated in the late Qing Dynasty during the Guangxu period (1900). It got its name from the first generation of fried cake store, when it was very close to Erduoyuan Hutong - No. It is a narrow hutong with a width of only a little more than 1 meter. Made of glutinous rice and granulated sugar and deep-fried in fragrant oil, the fried cake is golden brown and crispy on the outside and soft on the inside, making it suitable for diners with a sweet tooth.
Cooked pear cake: cooked pear cake, also known as bowl cake, actually has nothing to do with pears, is a very traditional folk snack in Tianjin. It also has a serious scientific name of "cauldron cake". "Zan" (pronounced "gift") is an ancient cooking utensil with many holes in the bottom through which steam passes to cook the food in the container.
Lama Cake: Lama cake is a traditional snack in Kinmen. It is characterized by its golden color, sweet taste, rich nutrition and soft texture. It is clear and nutritious. Beijing and Tianjin restaurants are the best.
Tianjin Tea Soup: Tea soup is like West Lake brewing lotus root powder. The so-called tea soup, without tea. It can be found in Guwen Street.
Ducheng Seven Fire Roasts: Ducheng Seven Fire Roasts is a Golden Gate-style snack named after its founder, more than 60 years ago. When the master of Peking Opera Mei Lanfang came to Tianjin, he also sent someone to buy Duchengqi Huozhao and appreciated it after tasting it.
Sticky Fish: Sticky fish is a popular food in Tianjin. It is characterized by a cornmeal cake with a golden color and a crispy bottom. The fish tastes fresh and fragrant with tender fish bones. 'Tiebao Boiled Fish' is an authentic Tianjin-style snack, but it is also a very common set.
Eight Big Bowls: The Eight Big Bowls Banquet has a strong local flavor. Each table of eight people, eight dishes, are unified sea bowl. Cold dishes and wine dishes in front of the eight bowls are six or twelve dried, fresh and cold meats.
Jin Sanbao Xiang: Sanbao, also known as Lao Sanbao, is one of Tianjin's traditional famous dishes. The main ingredients are pork, pork liver and pork loin. The taste is slightly heavy and salty. Pork kidney has the effect of tonifying kidney qi, dredging the bladder, and quenching food and thirst.
Tianjin Gourmet Street
Shannan Gourmet Street
Shannan Gourmet Street has hundreds of famous stores, bringing together all kinds of flavors: authentic Tianjin famous dishes and snacks, as well as specialties of all major Chinese cuisines; there are not only the long-standing reputation of the Forbidden City, but also the distinctive farmhouse meals; there are halal dishes, vegetarian dishes, and all kinds of Western food, Western food. There are Sichuan, Lu, Guangdong, Hunan, Jiangsu and Zhejiang cuisines, sweet, salty, dry, thin Hui and Han folk snacks, Italian, Russian Western food, fast food, and mountain vegetables, seasonal seafood, countryside home-cooked meals, imitation meals. Such as eight bowls of seafood, Tianjin Restaurant, Guifaxiang eighteen street twist.
Peace flavor food street
Peace District flavor food street is located in the Heping District, Liaoning Road, a total length of 212 meters. The street is named after the many restaurants with local flavors spread on both sides of the street. The food street gathers restaurants with northern and southern flavors and old-fashioned restaurants, such as Yue Sheng Zhai soy beef at the intersection, Banquet House and Zheng Yang Chun Tianjin Roast Duck Restaurant, all of which are accompanied by the memories of Tianjin people. In addition to tasting north-south dishes, the food street also has hundreds of traditional snacks, such as ice cream dumplings and rice dumplings recommended by Lekang Gourmet Shop; Jinjin Snack Shop in the middle of the road is recommended to taste red small bean congee; and Xi'an Cold Skin and Cold Noodles in Sanyi is lined up every day and is tasty and inexpensive.
Ancient Culture Street
Ancient Culture Street is not only fun, but also delicious, such as traditional snacks such as cooked pear cake and tea soup, the old-fashioned Guishunzhai cake and the new brand name, but quite tasty Xinle cake, Manjianghong, stone door Kansu bread, there is incense in the oven baked cake and so on. But it belongs to the scenic area and is slightly expensive. Coming out of Culture Street is what used to be the Old Town, where Tianjin is located. There are a lot of shopping malls in the neighborhood, so dining consumption is very developed. High school and low-grade catering are available, as well as some of the old.
Wu Da Dao Food Street
Wu Da Dao is a gathering place of exotic buildings, naturally full of exotic flavor. Western restaurants, Chinese restaurants and small bars are everywhere. Some of the more famous old-fashioned restaurants are Chenggui, Guiyuan, Little London, Richmond and so on. Then a bunch of upscale restaurants that live in private rooms have sprung up one after another.