You can't miss Nanjing cuisine when you come to Nanjing. The following small series recommends six food streets, all of which are very representative food streets in Nanjing. Each street has its own characteristics, and locals often go there. Let's see which street is your favorite style! 1. Laomendong
Laomendong is a gathering place of traditional houses in Nanjing, where tea houses, bookstores, snacks and every alley are hidden in golden houses. Laomendong is a street with the most Nanjing characteristics. There are many local time-honored brands and snacks hidden here, such as Xiaozheng Duck Oil Baked Cake, Shudetang Rescue Baked Cake, Lushi Plum Blossom Cake, Zhanyuan Noodle Restaurant, etc. If you know Nanjing cuisine, you might as well come to Laomendong. 2. Confucius Temple Food Street
Confucius Temple Food Street is the birthplace and place of Nanjing snacks. The buildings in the Ming and Qing dynasties in the block are patchwork, with small tiles and blue bricks, which are simple and elegant and integrated with the ancient buildings of Confucius Temple. Along the street, Confucius Temple gathers dozens of Nanjing-style snacks, such as bean jelly, duck blood vermicelli soup, stinky tofu, soup packets, skin-belly noodles, osmanthus duck, traditional local delicacies and foreign special catering, which integrates food and leisure. 3. Lion Bridge Food Street
Lion Bridge Food Street is located on Hunan Road, Gulou District, Nanjing, and it is also one of the bustling areas of Nanjing. This food street is very distinctive. There is a huge archway at the street corner, with bronze statues reflecting old folk customs on both sides. There are many benches on the street, which are very intimate and convenient for people to stop and linger among delicious food. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, duck blood vermicelli, King Gourd in Beijing, octopus balls and Yin's century-old chicken soup packets are not expensive and memorable. 4. Shanghai Road
Shanghai Road, Nanjing is located in Gulou District, Nanjing. Its southern end is connected with Hanzhong Road and Mochou Road in Qinhuai District, and its northern end ends at the intersection of Beijing West Road and Yunnan Road, with a length of about 2 kilometers. A large number of foreigners are wandering in this street, and they are exotic at any time and place. Not far away is the Nanda Gulou Campus, the French phoenix tree all over the street, and the surrounding shops are also full. The whole street is full of literary feelings. 5. Sanpailou Street
The food in Sanpailou Street feels more like a night market. During the day, only some large-scale restaurants are busy, but at night, those stalls and small shops are booming instantly, and every family is bursting. There are all kinds of snacks in Sanpailou, but barbecue is the main food, and each family has its own unique barbecue flavor. Eat all the way along this path and make sure you burst. 6, Mingwa Gallery
Mingwa Gallery can be said to be a good place for Nanjing people to find food, just in the most lively Xinjiekou in Nanjing. Although there are many big shops with good environment and high grade in Xinjiekou area, authentic "foodies" have a unique preference for Mingwa Gallery. Easy-to-remember belly noodles with spicy oil, steaming old man's mixed rice and so on, and most importantly, the food here is not expensive at all!