In fact, many times when we travel to a place, we want to eat local food, but sometimes we only go to celebrity stores online, and the food is not as delicious as we imagined.

What should we do in this situation?

Let's go and see.

How to choose First, start by choosing accommodation to lay the foundation for foraging.

If you choose to live near a crowded tourist attraction, you are destined to be far away from the local food.

If you don’t have much need for transportation, it is strongly recommended that you choose accommodation near the community, so that when you come back from a night trip, you can see the food stalls under the street lights, and you can also encounter a cheap but delicious simple breakfast before leaving in the morning.

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In addition, if you choose a youth hostel or BB, you will naturally have the opportunity to communicate with local people.

Many BB hosts are very enthusiastic and willing to live locally.

(ACE Hotel Los Angeles) More and more hotels are also catering to tourists' needs for local experiences.

For example, QT in Melbourne and Ace Hotel in Los Angeles have replaced all service staff who can interact with guests with interesting locals who are not hotel professionals.

The hotel receptionist is an art student, the bellman is a bar singer, and the doorman is a graffiti writer.

Chatting with them will not only harvest local food, but also have more wonderful local experiences.

Second, use a local food review app.

If you are not good at or unwilling to communicate with others too much.

Then make good use of the local food review app, which is suitable for you.

When traveling abroad, many people like to open Dianping to look for delicious food.

In fact, Dianping’s feedback is all contributed by Chinese tourists and can only help you clear minefields.

It's not easy to find shops that are truly highly praised by locals.

But many places have their own review apps.

Turn to the second page and look for stores with high reviews but low rankings.

It is most likely the one with the best local reputation.

Such apps include foody in Vietnam, yelp in the United States, tabelog in Japan, etc.

Third, as soon as you finish eating, go into the alley.

If a Tianjin person recommends you the best pancake and fruit, the answer must be the one downstairs.

The most authentic food must be found in the lives of locals.

Stay away from tourist attractions, go to residential areas and go to the old town, and then find shops that are full of diners and even have long queues. They must be the favorites of the locals.

A friend in Xi'an once told me that Huimin Street is the bottom line of Xi'an snack standards. All snacks are gathered together at one time for tourists to taste.

If you see a cold noodle shop near a residential building and it’s full of people, don’t hesitate to go in and eat.

It’s definitely several times more delicious than the online celebrity store on Huimin Street.

And in such a store, you will have more opportunities to chat with the locals you eat with and discover more local food.

Fourth, look for fresh local flavors in wet markets and night markets.

More and more travelers are paying attention to vegetable markets, and more and more famous vegetable markets around the world have become "Internet celebrities", such as Sanyuanli Market in Beijing, Arch Market in Rotterdam in the Netherlands, and Polo Market in London, England, etc.

Taiwan’s night markets, which are famous for their delicious food, and Thailand’s weekend night markets have long been famous.

But in addition to these famous markets and night markets, the markets and night markets in most towns are worth visiting.

Local seasonal ingredients, down-to-earth snacks, and local people’s attitude towards life are all available in these markets.

If you stay in a B&B or apartment with a kitchen, cooking yourself a meal using some local ingredients is the biggest reward for your stomach during the trip.

5. Eat at a local’s home!

This statement sounds a bit bold.

In fact, not only those travelers who are good at in-depth travel can do it, but also those who travel short distances.

The artifact has arrived.

There are many websites like Let’s Eat where you can find local people who can provide Seder meals.

If you go to London, New York, Spain, Italy and other places and quickly get to know local diners in this way, are you afraid that you will not be able to open the door to a new world?

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Short-term cooking training, directly become a ‘local’. Is it too exaggerated to participate in cooking training while traveling?

Why should you learn authentic local cooking when you can get a diving certificate, learn surfing and paragliding while traveling?

Nowadays, short-term cooking training courses for travelers can be found in France, Italy, Spain and Thailand, which are famous for their delicious food, and many of them are taught in Chinese.

In addition, many resort hotels will provide experience activities, ranging from half a day to a full day.

Raffles in the Seychelles, for example, offers tropical dishes and cocktail classes, but it's all about the experience.

What you can learn depends on your ‘wisdom root’.

This kind of cooking training or experience is relatively easy to find, and both Cat Step and Lonely Planet recommend it.

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Chatting with local people is the most beautiful scenery.

Only those who know a place can understand its scenery.

For us, the more important role of these people is to tell us where to eat.

Taxi drivers and hotel front desks are entry-level, but the old man sitting on the roadside sunbathing, the talkative fruit stall owner, or the people sitting next to them on the bus can all become your local delicacies.

Wizard.

My habit is to talk wherever I go.