1, Laomendong
Laomendong is the gathering place of traditional houses in Nanjing, and there are tea houses, bookstores and snacks in every alley. Laomendong is a street with the most Nanjing characteristics. There are many time-honored local brands and snacks hidden here, such as Zheng Xiao duck oil sesame seed cake, Shudetang rescue sesame seed cake, Lushi plum blossom cake, Zhanyuan noodle restaurant and so on. If you want to know about Nanjing cuisine, you might as well come to Laomendong.
2. Confucius Temple Food Street
Confucius Temple Food Street is the birthplace of Nanjing snacks and a promising place. The Ming and Qing style buildings in the block are patchwork, with small green bricks and tiles, which are simple and elegant and integrated with the ancient buildings of Confucius Temple. Confucius Temple has gathered dozens of Nanjing-style snacks, such as bean jelly, duck blood vermicelli soup, stinky tofu, soup packets, skin-belly noodles, osmanthus duck and so on. A street that combines food and leisure.
3. Shiziqiao Food Street
Lion Bridge Food Street is located in Hunan Road, Gulou District, Nanjing, and it is also one of the prosperous areas in Nanjing. This food street is very distinctive. There is a huge archway on the street corner, with bronze statues reflecting ancient folk customs on both sides. There are many benches in the street, which are very intimate and convenient for people to stop and stroll in the food and linger. There are Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, delicious duck blood vermicelli, Beijing Gourd King, octopus balls and Yin's century-old chicken soup jiaozi, which are cheap and delicious.
4. Shanghai Road
Nanjing Shanghai Road is located in Gulou District, Nanjing, with the southern end connected with Hanzhong Road and Mochou Road in Qinhuai District and the northern end ending at the intersection of Beijing West Road and Yunnan Road, with a total length of about 2 kilometers. A large number of foreigners are wandering in this street, which is exotic at any time and place. Not far away is the Nanda Gulou campus, which is full of French phoenix trees and the surrounding shops are crowded. The whole street is full of literary sense.
5. Sanpailou Street
The food in Sanpailou Street is more like a night market. During the day, there are only some large-scale restaurants, but at night, those stalls and shops are thriving and every family is bursting. There are all kinds of snacks in Sanpailou, but barbecue is the main one, and each family has its own unique barbecue flavor. Eat all the way and make sure you burst your stomach.
6. Mingwa Gallery
Mingwa Gallery can be said to be a good place for Nanjing people to find food, just in the most prosperous Xinjiekou in Nanjing. Although the Xinjiekou area has a good environment and many high-end shops, the authentic "eating goods" only prefers the alleys of Mingwalang. Easy to remember spicy oil belly noodles, steamed rice for the elderly, etc. Most importantly, the food here is not expensive at all!