With a land area of ??9.6 million square kilometers, each region in China has its own unique cuisine.

The formation of these foods has become a kind of local food culture, and it is by no means as simple as filling your stomach between meals. Local delicacies are usually made from local materials and can clearly reflect the local material and social life.

In this vast land, there are many cities in China that have been labeled “food deserts” by netizens because they do not have their own specialty food.

What is a “food desert”?

One is "not worth eating" and the other is "not delicious".

So the question is, where are China’s “food deserts”?

These 4 major cities are on the list respectively. Let’s see if they are unfair or not?

1: Hangzhou. Some netizens said that they went to Hangzhou on a business trip and ate a bowl of Sichuan noodles on the first day, tried Dongpo pork on the second day, and ate McDonald's and KFC almost every day in the following week.

It is also common to see foreign netizens complaining on food delivery software.

Complaints about the poor taste of Hangzhou food. Hangzhou food is expensive and tastes bad.

When I left, I didn’t forget to say with emotion: Hangzhou is really a food desert.

As a popular tourist city in China, Hangzhou has become a battlefield for Internet celebrity delicacies harvesting across the country.

Compared with Liuzhou’s snail noodles, Chongqing’s hot pot, Changsha’s stinky tofu, and Northeast’s Guobao Pork.

When outsiders come to Hangzhou, they just visit the West Lake, taste Longjing, eat jealous fish, and try the "Hangzhou Xiao Long Bao" originally belonging to Shengzhou.

There seems to be no dish in Hangzhou that can take other cities by storm.

2: Shenzhen. A certain platform once conducted a selection of special dishes in various cities in Guangdong. The top places in Shenzhen were actually McDonald's and KFC.

On the Internet, Shenzhen is the only "northern city" in the south, winning two "honors": "food desert" and "fast food capital".

In the inherent impression of many people, Shenzhen is a city with a short history and no accumulation of food culture, so it is normal to say that it is a "food desert".

In fact, this is not the case. The city is similar in age to Sanya, and Sanya’s food characteristics and popularity are much greater than those of Shenzhen.

Taipei is only a few decades older than Shenzhen, but that doesn’t stop it from being the capital of night markets and gourmet food.

Therefore, whether it is a food desert or not has no direct relationship with the length of a city’s history.

For example, the city below.

3: Beijing, Beijing has been called a “food desert” for a long time.

In fact, behind Beijing cuisine is a thousand-year history of ethnic integration.

Beijing is a tolerant city that integrates the culinary flavors of various northern regions and ethnic groups.

Whether it is the various halal snacks in Huguosi Snack Street or Niujie, southerners may really not be used to it.

Another thing is that Beijing cuisine is very complex.

According to literature, Beijing's catering industry was very developed in the past, with Shandong restaurants having the most restaurants.

"Ten halls", "eight residences", "eight buildings, and eight springs" are said to be the most popular ones. Shandong cuisine is the most popular among them. Of course, in addition to Shandong cuisine, there is also Huaiyang cuisine. In the 1930s, West Chang'an Street had

There were more than 12 restaurants selling Huaiyang cuisine, which was called the "Twelve Spring Festivals of Chang'an" at that time. As the imperial capital, it attracted talents from all over the country, so it was natural to bring the taste of hometown to the capital. Then there was the Beijing cuisine at that time.

It is also influenced by palace cuisine. Although it draws on the strengths of other cuisines, it also leads to a "mixed collection" of Beijing cuisine, which lacks its own unique personality. In fact, many Beijing dishes are spread to the people by the royal family.

People pay attention to "eating from time to time" and eat what they want in any season. As a capital for thousands of years, Beijing's abundance of food ingredients is beyond everyone's imagination. "Poverty and fastidious" is everyone's view of Beijing food.

It's not called "poor and sophisticated", it should be Beijingers' silent resistance to this fast era. 4: Shanghai, a city that embraces all rivers, brings together food from all over the world. Food from any country or province is not a problem in Shanghai.

It’s difficult. But it’s precisely because of this that its local delicacies have changed and been squeezed out. Some people say that Shanghai has delicacies, such as fried steamed buns, pork rib rice cakes, and Caotou noodles... these foods are not considered delicacies, they can only be regarded as snacks.

! Others will say, Xiao Long Bao, Bai Zhan Chicken, Tang Yuan, uh... Xiao Long Bao is from Wuxi, Bai Zhan Chicken is from Shaoxing, and Tang Yuan is from Shanghai. It seems that there are no outstanding delicacies.

, what kind of delicacies can be considered good? For example, Shandong cuisine’s sea cucumbers roasted with green onions, nine-turn large intestine, sweet and sour carp, and various small seafood in Qingdao... and Northeastern cuisine, pork belly, pot pork, and chicken

Mushroom stew, ground pot stew, etc. There is no need to give examples of these cities!