(1) We all have this demand. How can I eat the most authentic food in a strange place?
For example, I want to go to Xi 'an, and I learned on the Internet that there is a very famous snack Chinese hamburger in Xi 'an. How do you know where there is Chinese hamburger in Xi 'an, and which store has the best and most authentic Chinese hamburger?
First of all, I want to say that the best food is not necessarily the most authentic, and the most authentic is not necessarily the most suitable for you. Authentic is the practice of local people, and the taste of local people is not necessarily the taste of tourists.
If you want to eat the most authentic food, ask the driver what you locals eat and what you eat by taxi. This is absolutely the most authentic. The best food is to look at the evaluation of major software. Those foods cater to tourists' tastes. Although it is suspected of advertising, it will be scolded if it is not delicious. It is definitely not bad to occupy the list for a long time.
(2) Knowing these seven steps, you will never step on the thunder.
For example, if you want to eat Xi 'an, you'd better eat the most authentic Chinese hamburger:
Step 1: First, understand what is the most authentic Chinese hamburger.
Check Baidu Encyclopedia, understand the definition, history and classification of Chinese hamburger, and you can probably judge whether the food is authentic or not.
Shaanxi Province has Baijimo's "Bacon Meat Sandwich", Baoji Xifu's minced meat (with vinegar in minced meat) China steamed buns, and Tongguan China steamed buns (different from Baijimo, the appearance is brown, the stripes are clear, the inside is layered, the cake is swollen, the skin is crisp and tender, the cooking temperature is good, and the old China steamed buns of Tongguan meat are hot and cold.
Then go to Tik Tok and other video platforms to watch all kinds of food reviews and vlog about Xi 'an Chinese hamburger. If you are interested, you can also look at various tutorials and have an intuitive understanding of Chinese hamburger.
The second step is to do a good job in advance. Of course, it is the most appropriate method. It is suggested to buy two sets of books, The New Atlas of Road Travel in China in 2022 and The Food Tour in China on the Tip of the Tongue in 202/kloc-0, which are complete in content and easy to refer to at any time.
Step 3: Ask a friend.
If you have friends in the local area, friends are often the most reliable, but it is best for this friend to be a local, or a friend who lives in the local area and loves food. There is a simple reason. One side of the soil and water raises the other. They eat more local restaurants than we do. By contrast, they naturally know where is better.
And they generally know which restaurant has been open for many years, where they ate when they were young, where they often ate, and where they didn't taste good, so they wouldn't go ... even if I didn't take you to eat, I wouldn't let you eat hard.
The fourth step is to ask strangers the way.
This method is commonly used by me.
Going to a strange place and talking about food is a topic that will never go wrong. You can find what you want to eat between conversations.
I usually ask that there are many service personnel in hotels or homestays, and some of them may talk to you about Kan Kan and tell you a lot; Some may just tell you1-2; Some have helped you choose your food before you leave.
The fifth step is to find local residential areas and local vegetable markets.
The vegetable market is the only place for every gourmet to go to the local area. This city has the most special ingredients, and here is the most real city life.
If you find delicious food in a strange city, go to the vegetable market first.
Step six, find street restaurants near residential areas and vegetable markets to see which one is bigger.
Once I went to Xi 'an, there was a steamed stuffed bun shop downstairs, where uncles and aunts lined up every day. I was super curious and asked the people in the queue, saying it was an old shop for more than ten years. I ate it once, really. It can be said that this is the best meat steamed stuffed bun I have ever eaten.
Step seven, if there are delicious snacks like Chinese buns, it depends on how many local people have them. 6. Usually this kind of gourmet snack is very common in the local area, and it is not very expensive. Most high-priced snacks are on fire. I think avoiding tourist areas and night markets can basically prevent lightning strikes.
(3) I always do this when I am on a business trip, and the food is constant.
When I was on a business trip in Datong, Shanxi, I once ate the best Daoxiao Noodles, which cost six yuan a bowl. It is no exaggeration to say that it is delicious enough to lick the plate. This shop is located in a small street shop in a residential area. The storefront is not big, but there are many diners. That's why my colleagues and I went in for dinner. It tastes great!
Community, small storefront, many diners.
Just these three points, absolutely guarantee the authentic taste, the price conscience, not thunder.
According to this principle, I ate steamed dumplings delicious by thieves in Hohhot, fried noodles with Chinese hamburger delicious by thieves in Xi 'an, and there was a surprise called Douhua Paomo. I don't know if you have eaten it. I think breakfast tastes delicious, but I ate too much.
(4) Authentic specialty snacks have the following three characteristics.
Authentic local snacks will be found in a certain way. Take the following points as observation points:
1, location. Authentic local snacks exists in the residential area of the old city, generally near the residential area where the local government is located. Buildings are mixed with old houses and some new buildings in the 1980s, and government agencies such as police stations and district-level administrative units are all squeezed in the cracks of dilapidated small buildings.
2. Stores, environment and customers. Shops are usually small. In most cities, these specialty stores look shabby, not chain stores. Shop staff are generally older, and cashiers have a mixed social temperament. Most of the staff speak the local dialect. If you can park next to the shop, you will see luxury cars with local licenses parked together with ordinary cars, and there are more electric cars and bicycles. Among the customers in the store, you can see urban management, police and the like. Most customers speak local dialects and have to queue up during peak hours.
3, the catering content is relatively small, with a maximum of 4-5 dry and wet combinations. Take my best Regan noodle restaurant as an example. Only Regan Noodles, rice noodles, oil dumplings, soybean milk and rice wine are served.
Basically, all the people who meet these requirements at the same time are authentic local snacks, which may be small shops or semi-open stalls.
(5) The most authentic may only represent local tastes.
The most authentic one represents the local flavor. Whether tourists can accept this taste and feel delicious is not certain.
For the local people's taste, you have to drill into the old residential areas. The buildings there are small buildings with two or three floors, the walls are mostly stone rice, and the oldest is gray water. They are basically restaurants where local people eat, not necessarily big, but they can survive and taste very local.