Hangzhou's cuisine first comes from the vast waters of the city. Qiantang River and Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal meet here, and lakes such as West Lake, Xianghu Lake and Qiandao Lake are dotted around. Nearly a thousand square kilometers of water has brought inexhaustible fresh rivers and lakes, which are served to Hangzhou people's tables in turn with the changes of seasons. Therefore, in the taste system of Hangzhou people, freshness is often the highest standard to judge whether a dish is delicious or not.

First of all, the local food and snacks in Hangzhou are not famous. In fact, there are many snacks in Hangzhou, such as green onions, Osmanthus Jelly and Wu Shan roast duck. But these snacks can be said to have never been out of Hangzhou, only famous in Hangzhou. At present, there are four kings in Hangzhou snack industry. They are Quzhou cuisine, Shengzhou steamed buns, Jinyun sesame seed cake and Wenzhou lean meat pill, but they all come from other parts of Zhejiang, but they are not from Hangzhou.

People in Jiangsu and Zhejiang like sweetness, while hangzhou dishes in Jiangsu and Zhejiang is characterized by light oil, light pulp, light freshness and salty freshness. This has led to many people like to eat spicy food, which is directly hacked and has no advantage in price. Hangzhou is a famous tourist city, and many people complain about its lack. Fireworks? . So-called? Fireworks? , is the night market culture, stall characteristics, snack culture. Due to the need of urban management, these aspects are concentrated in Hangzhou, such as Wulin Night Market, Wu Shan Road Night Market and Laxi Street, which are not as rich as Changsha, Chongqing and Chengdu. Foreign specialties will be improved according to the local tastes of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai, and authentic Sichuan cuisine will be improved into a fusion dish.

Hangzhou's local specialties, such as anglerfish, juniper onion, West Lake vinegar fish, Longjing shrimp, Dongpo meat and flat-pointed old duck soup, are all unique, but it is difficult to taste the authentic traditional flavor. So it hasn't been circulated yet, almost lost. Moreover, influenced by the Southern Song Dynasty, Hangzhou's diet originally had the flavor of north-south integration, so the regional characteristics were not strong, so it was not easy for people to remember. Whether Hangzhou is a food famine depends on your view of food. In the eyes of some people, if there is no local/foreign food, delicious food is delicious, so there are actually many delicious foods in Hangzhou; But in the eyes of others, Hangzhou has become a food famine if they want to eat some unique Hangzhou food. Looking at the whole country, Hangzhou is a gourmet desert? This assertion looks more like a high demand.