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When you mention the "Magic City" Shanghai, what do you think of?

Two words come to mind: exquisite and independent. They are used not only to describe the city of Shanghai, but also to describe the people living in Shanghai.

As a modern metropolis, Shanghai's development has far exceeded many people's expectations. While its economy is developing rapidly, it is also attracting countless young people.

But in Shanghai, no matter how hard you work or study, you only have three meals a day, a house and a bed. To understand a city, start with its breakfast. What is there for breakfast in Shanghai?

Shanghainese’s specialties

When searching online about breakfast in Shanghai, the most mentioned one is Shanghai Xiao Long Bao. The words of one of the netizens are still fresh in my mind:

"Speaking of breakfast in Shanghai, the rice dumplings are still very delicious. Lift them gently, move them slowly, open the window first, and then The exquisiteness of drinking soup is an exquisite enjoyment for the taste buds. ”

I don’t know why, but when I saw the above paragraph, I had a picture in my mind: A Shanghai woman wearing a cheongsam, Wu Nong spoke softly in Shanghainese, talking about how to eat and taste Xiaolongbao.

Maybe people who don’t know better will think that this way of eating is more complicated: isn’t it just eating a steamed bun? Lift it gently and move it slowly, there are so many things to do. But for Shanghainese, this is actually a habit. It is a deep-seated emphasis, a pursuit of details, and respect for xiaolongbao.

Shanghai’s Xiaolongbao fillings are very rich, and most of them are fresh meat. They are the favorite of “carnivores”. However, Xiao Long Bao is a nationally famous breakfast. How to tell what is an authentic Shanghai Xiao Long Bao?

“You can take a look at the soup when eating Xiao Long Bao. Shanghai Xiao Long Bao has white soup, and those with red soup are all soup dumplings from other places. Those with a little soy sauce are mostly filled with meat. It has been stored for too long and is no longer fresh,” a friend from Shanghai told me.

Shanghai Xiaolong is indeed famous, but it does not completely represent Shanghai’s breakfast. Shanghai’s traditional breakfast has to be the “Four King Kongs”.

Shanghai’s “Four King Kongs”

For local Shanghainese, their day starts with snacks. And the snack they had in the morning was Shanghai’s traditional breakfast: the Four King Kongs.

The Four King Kongs have an unshakable position in Shanghai’s breakfast industry. With the rapid development of Shanghai, a large number of foreign delicacies have poured in, but not only have they not been eliminated, but they have become more and more timeless.

△Shanghai’s Four King Kongs + Shanghai Xiao Long Bao, they look so tempting

Rice, flatbread, fried dough sticks, and soy milk are the Four King Kongs of Shanghai. These are The food is neither fancy nor exquisite, but it is Shanghainese’s favorite breakfast. Soy milk, in particular, is the main force in Shanghai’s breakfast scene, but Shanghainese prefer salty soy milk to sweet soy milk.

Add dried shrimps, seaweed and pickled mustard into the original soy milk, and then add a few drops of spicy oil. It looks pleasing to the eye and is extremely refreshing to drink. It is a double enjoyment of sight and taste.

△Salty soy milk, sweet soy milk, original soy milk

As the soul mate of soy milk, fried dough sticks can be said to be everywhere. Soaked in sweet soy milk or original soy milk, the fried dough sticks retain their own flavor; drank with salty soy milk, the fried dough sticks have the effect of neutralizing the salty taste of mustard.

Of course, fried dough sticks with different flavors of soy milk have different effects, and different ways of eating them make it even more addictive.

Soaked in soy milk, the fried dough sticks have the fragrance of beans, and are crispy but also a little soft; a mouthful of soy milk and a mouthful of fried dough sticks, they merge in the mouth, and it feels amazing. Eating a simple breakfast has a different feeling and is also a kind of happiness. What can bring people a sense of happiness are the other "two kings", rice balls and flatbreads.

Rice balls have a bit of a Chinese-style sushi feel. They are made of steamed glutinous rice wrapped in fried dough sticks. You can add some meat floss or pickled mustard to it. The fried dough sticks taste crispy, while the glutinous rice tastes soft. With flavor.

Although Shanghai flatbread originates from Northern Jiangsu, it has basically been localized in Shanghai. The dough of Shanghai flatbread does not need fermentation powder, but is covered with old yeast dough for about ten hours before kneading. The dough is very particular.

Compared with plain flatbread, sweet flatbread is a favorite of many people, especially brown sugar flatbread.

When you take a bite of the big cake, the sweet brown sugar core flows out from the inside of the cake, which is so sweet to the heart.

△It should be noted that you should not be in a hurry when eating brown sugar flatbread, because the brown sugar in the freshly baked flatbread will burn your mouth

In addition to xiaolongbao, In addition to the Four King Kongs, fried pancakes and scallion pancakes are also classic breakfast dishes in Shanghai.

Breakthroughs and Conservatism in Shanghai

For Shanghai, which is changing with each passing day, traditional breakfasts such as soy milk and fried dough sticks always feel a little less modern and do not fit in with the fashionable city of Shanghai. title.

Indeed, some people like to eat simple Chinese fried dough sticks and buns, and naturally there are also those who prefer Western-style coffee bread. Especially in Shanghai, in such a rapidly developing city, there are countless people who like to eat Western-style breakfast, and Western-style breakfast restaurants can be found everywhere.

Ordering a cup of coffee and a sandwich at a coffee shop near the company is the choice of many Shanghai white-collar workers. It is convenient and fast, and they can also enjoy their own breakfast time alone.

When you are in a good mood, you can take a nice photo and post it on your WeChat Moments to share your bourgeois mood. Although the sense of ritual is enough, the coffee sandwich is not as substantial or as warm as the soy milk and fried dough sticks. .

After all, for most people, high-rise buildings are just places to work, coffee is just an occasional pastime, alleys and rental houses are life, and soy milk and fried dough sticks are breakfast that warms the heart and stomach.

Young people have a petty bourgeois sentiment, like to try new things, and have more requirements for breakfast varieties. Older people are completely different from young people. They are used to eating breakfast in the alley, as if they go there once. Can go back to my youth.

Taking an aluminum pot and queuing up at the alley entrance to buy soy milk and fried dough sticks early in the morning is a childhood memory of many Shanghainese, and it is also what is happening in Shanghai alleys every morning.

From babbling children to silver-haired old men, the stories in the hutong are constantly being updated, and their love for traditional breakfast is also increasing day by day.

With the rapid development of the economy, the types of food are becoming more and more diverse, and breakfast is also dazzling. However, for Shanghainese who love life, the most favorite ones are the most traditional "Four King Kong" and the famous breakfast. of Shanghai Xiaolong.

Many people on the Internet say that with the development of the economy, the "Four King Kong" will become a legend in Shanghai and the traditional delicacies have long since disappeared. We really want them to go to the alleys in Shanghai. have a look.

△Although many lanes in Shanghai have been demolished, there are still many lanes there. If you go there and take a look, you will also find breakfast shops with fried dough sticks

From Shanghai One thing I have learned from people is that no matter how much the city changes, things that should be retained cannot be lost.

Traditional food can have strong vitality, and simple breakfast can also give you a "sense of mission". Shanghai breakfast is exactly what the saying "plain is true"!

(The distribution map in the article comes from the Internet)

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