"Eight Bowls" is a traditional banquet dish in Tianjin with strong local characteristics. It refers to fried fish slices, stewed shrimps, family photos, osmanthus fish bones, stewed slippery fish, Sichuan shredded pork, Sichuan meatballs and loose meat. Eight bowls can be eaten separately or combined into seats according to their own tastes, and are often used to entertain guests.

Among the traditional dishes of Tianjin cuisine, "Eight Bowls" is a part of China's culinary heritage, and it is a dish cooked by various cooking methods in Tianjin. Because "Eight Bowls" integrates stewing, roasting, steaming and stewing, it has both the common characteristics of Tianjin cuisine and its own flavor, and has become a typical Tianjin cuisine. Cooking "eight bowls" is an art, and tasting "eight bowls" is a kind of cultural and artistic enjoyment.