Shantou is slow but falls in love quickly, so I want to write more romantically. Shantou has an appearance that does not match the special zone. The city is small and old, the locals are slow but also philistine, and the air is mixed with The smell of old stew and fragrant trees makes the city mellow and fresh. Shantou is a city that has forgotten time. In the old town where we live, the houses still retain their appearance from the last century. The concrete facades are mottled and old. Some people’s balconies are entangled with vines, creating small green spaces. One thing you must pay attention to when walking on the streets of Shantou is to stay away from the small gardens created by these owners.

Otherwise, if you are not careful, you will be showered with green rain. Only in Shantou can people truly understand what it means to eat in Chaoshan. Residents downstairs can find steaming rice rolls within a few steps. There are shops, bakeries, and kway juice shops. It doesn’t matter if you get tired of eating. A cup of herbal tea and a box of fresh fruits will be a perfect afternoon tea. The locals know how to eat and love to eat. During the three days in Shantou, the vegetable market was always the most crowded place, while the supermarket was deserted. I think Chaoshan people love the bustling scene in the vegetable market, the enthusiastic solicitation of the vendors, and the neatly stacked food. All the vegetables, meat and rice crackers are ready.

Shantou people also have different biological clocks, and everyone is not in a hurry. In the morning of early summer, I went to the market and cut two-finger-wide pork patties, bought a fresh fish, and paired it with a handful of green vegetables, and I started planning a sumptuous lunch in my mind. At night, set up a small table at the door and wait quietly, recalling this day's life. The road is never bustling or empty of people. As if to correspond with this, the opening hours of Shantou shops are arbitrary, some stay up all day and go out at night, and some stay up all night.

There are also some that are only open in the morning and evening to avoid the scorching sun in the afternoon, which all reflect the casualness of Shantou people. When there is no business, the bosses usually make a pot of good tea and spend time in the aroma of tea. The vegetable soup of Jinxin rice roll restaurant. The most unique thing about the store here is that it is named after the location. Vegetable soup is probably the last way I consume vegetables in Shantou. Xiao Wu's rice rolls are thin-skinned. Shantou's rice rolls with pork are added with eggs, while beef rice rolls are added with tomatoes, which is amazing.

Kway Kok, the first meal I had in Shantou, Kway Kok is indeed quite unique, but except for the marinade, it is a bit bland to me. The best this time is Haiji Beef Hot Pot. The key is that the meat is good, very fragrant and delicious no matter how you cook it. The barley soup from Haiji Pig Blood Soup is a great breakfast choice. My second favorite is the barley, which is salty, soft and delicious. The small seafood is very fresh and juicy. The motherwort does not have the herbal flavor I imagined. It is refreshing and delicious when paired with pork offal and broth. Love it.