In fact, many times when we travel to a place, we all want to eat local food, but sometimes we only go to celebrity shops on the Internet, and the food is not as delicious as expected. What should we do in this situation? Let's go and have a look.

how to choose

first, lay a good foundation for foraging from the choice of accommodation.

if you choose to live near a scenic spot where people are concentrated, you are doomed to be far away from the local food. If you don't have much demand for transportation, it is strongly recommended that you choose to stay near the community, so that you can see the food stalls under the street lights when you come back from the night tour and meet a cheap but delicious simple breakfast before you leave in the morning.

In addition, if you choose a youth hostel or BB, you will naturally have the opportunity to communicate with local people. Many BB landlords are enthusiastic and willing to live in the local area.

(ACE Hotel in Los Angeles)

More and more hotels are also catering to tourists' demand for local experience. For example, QT in Melbourne and Ace Hotel in Los Angeles have replaced all the service personnel who can interact with guests with interesting locals who are not hotel professionals. The front desk of the hotel is an art student, 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 unwilling to communicate with others too much. Then make good use of the local food review app, which is suitable for you. Traveling abroad, many people like to open the' public comment' to find food. In fact, the feedback from public comments is contributed by tourists from China, which can only help you mine. It is not easy to find a shop that is really highly praised by local people.

But many places have their own review apps. Turn to the second page and look for those shops with high evaluation but low ranking. It is very likely that it has the best local reputation. Such apps include foody in Vietnam, yelp in the United States and tabelog in Japan.

third, drill into the alley as soon as you finish eating.

If Tianjin people recommend you the best pancake fruit, the answer must be the one downstairs. The most authentic food must be in the lives of local people. Stay away from tourist attractions, go to residential areas to the old city, and then find shops full of diners or even long queues, which must be the favorite of local people.

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

Fourth, look for fresh local flavor in vegetable markets and night markets.

More and more travelers are paying attention to the vegetable market, and more and more famous vegetable markets around the world have become' network celebrities', such as Sanyuanli Market in Beijing, Arch Market in Rotterdam, Netherlands, Polo Market in London, England, etc. Taiwan's night market, which is famous for its food, and Thailand's weekend night market have long been famous.

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

5. Go to the local people's home for dinner!

this statement sounds a bit bold. In fact, not only those 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' Eat Together', where you can find local people who can provide family dinners. If you go to London, new york, Spain, Italy and other places and get to know local diners quickly in this way, are you afraid that you won't be able to open the door to the new world?

six. Short-term cooking training, directly turning into a' local '

Is it too exaggerated to take part in cooking training during the trip? Since you can take a diving certificate and learn surfing and paragliding during your trip, why do you have to learn authentic local cooking? Nowadays, short-term cooking training courses for travelers can be found in France, Italy, Spain and Thailand, which are famous for their food, and many of them are taught in Chinese.

in addition, many resort hotels will provide experience activities, ranging from half a day to one day. Raffles in Seychelles, for example, offers tropical dishes and cocktail courses, but this experience is an experience. What you can learn depends on your' wisdom root'.

This kind of cooking training or experience is easy to find, and it is recommended by Catwalk Eagle and Lonely Planet.

seven. Chatting with local people

People are the most beautiful scenery. People who know a place can understand its scenery. For us, the more important role of these people is to tell us where there is delicious food.

Taxi drivers and hotel receptionists are all entry-level, and old people sitting on the roadside basking in the sun, talkative fruit stall owners or people sitting next to them on public transport can all become your local food guides.

my habit is to talk everywhere I go. I once chatted with an aunt on the Taipei MRT, and talked that she almost took me home for dinner, just because I expressed my great love and covet for braised pork rice. It was she who recommended' Jinfeng braised pork rice' to me. At that time, only local people knew it. Now more and more tourists come here.

eight, bold but cautious, shameless.

bold, dare to try, not afraid of mistakes,' not delicious' is also a rare experience. There are 1111 kinds of bad food 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 choose the real' original flavor '

Shame on you. I once went to an old restaurant in Madrid, where many locals stayed all their lives. There are few tourists there. It seems that this is the first time they have received people from China who can't speak Spanish. In order to explain the dishes to me, the waiter who can't speak English directly went to the back kitchen to show me all kinds of ingredients and raw materials. But in the end, he ate some kind of stewed salmon with flowers, which was so delicious that the waiter was very happy because of my frequent compliments.

finally, all the' coup' are not important, what matters is your heart that pursues the most authentic and delicious.

I hope all the trips are like living in the local area, and every meal is like a thirsty spring.

Solution

First, don't listen to what the Internet says about how famous you are. This is within a certain range. For example, when it comes to Ningbo's food and drinks, Ningbo Shipu Imperial Restaurant will be launched. The dishes are authentic Ningbo Donghai fish, fresh and delicious, and the chef's craftsmanship is first-class. But there is a problem. This is a high-end catering enterprise, which usually invites guests to go. In addition, there is also a misunderstanding after reading the praise just now. Most five-star hotels are 5 points, which is of course good, but the price is there. Can the evaluation of 811-1111 accommodation a night be bad? So I think you should choose a place where you can eat cheaply. First of all, you should find your own position. There are several places you should avoid. First, restaurants near stations, docks, airports and tourist attractions. You shouldn't go in there. These places are generally more expensive.

second, don't go to high-end and richly decorated places, where the service is good, but you can't afford it.

Third, don't go to restaurants that hunt exotic animals. The price will be too expensive for you to believe.

if you want to eat affordable food, first, you can choose local brands, such as Ningbo, and you can choose chain fast food enterprises such as Yangcheng, New Sifang, Huabihe, Laibibao and canteen. These foods are mostly consumed by the public, with reasonable prices and various varieties. Like the new Sifang in Ningbo, there are hundreds of dishes all over the country. Shunwangji, Laojie and Grandma's House in Hangzhou are all relatively affordable catering brands.

Second, try 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 dishes are authentic.

thirdly, you should observe the passenger flow of the hotel. If customers line up when opening the door, this store will not make mistakes, such as gnawing bones and queuing at Xi 'an North Road in Chengdu. Can this be a bad thing? If the hotel has no customers and is waiting there, don't go in.