Shangqiu cuisine includes fried dumplings, blast furnace biscuits, spiced fish, mutton soup, roast chicken, whistle soup, beef and mutton ribs, fried ice, horsehead dog meat, spiced braised elbow, barbecued pork and so on. Jiaozi is a unique traditional snack of the Han nationality in Sui County, Shangqiu, and also a tribute of Kangxi Dynasty. The entrance is crispy and not greasy, refreshing and pleasant. Coke is made by hand grinding high-quality mung beans and millet into pulp, first processing into rolls, then evenly cutting into strips and frying.

Duozi mutton is one of the four famous local foods, which originated in the Ming Dynasty and has a history of more than 600 years. It is said that it was once the favorite food of Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Its method is to cook mutton and 10 seasonings, wrap them in cloth, and press boards and weights on them. It will take more than 10 hours to get the finished product. Duzi mutton is reddish in color, clean, solid in texture, transparent in thickness and delicious, and can be cut like paper with a knife. It's a delicious food for guests.

Guocun roast chicken is one of the traditional dishes in Shangqiu (Guocun Town, Shangqiu City), which has a history of more than 300 years. This product is characterized by fragrant smell, good color and delicious taste, tender and white meat, complete shape, rotten but not greasy, and long aftertaste. If the chicken is hot, put your legs on the plate and shake them gently, that is, the meat is separated from the bones and the meat falls into the plate.

Shaozitang was founded in the early years of the Republic of China, which is a skill of Fan Jiazu in the East Street of Ningling County. The main raw material of Shaozi soup is millet. Grinding millet into pulp, adding fresh chicken soup, sheep oil, vermicelli, fennel, ginger, pepper, monosodium glutamate and salt.