The Jinan Municipal Commerce Bureau once released a hand-drawn version of "Quancheng Jinan Foodie Guide", which brought together 67 catering companies, 155 stores, and 22 time-honored brands to make a relatively comprehensive inventory of Jinan's food.

If you come to Jinan for an in-depth trip and have enough time, you can follow the instructions in this picture and make a large circle.

If you are short on time, you can choose the one with the most Jinan characteristics to experience it.

Speaking of Jinan delicacies, we must talk about the meat. Just like the noodles in Chongqing and the pancakes and fruits in Tianjin, the meat in each restaurant is slightly different. It is difficult to say which one has the most authentic taste.

If you happen to go to Furong Street, you can go to the nearby Wejia Herbal Pork. The taste of his and Sandian Pork is generally recognized by Jinan people and is closest to the taste that Jinan people like.

Of course, you can choose Chaoyixing and Jindelimin, two old fast food restaurants, which have a better dining environment.

According to senior foodies, the pork meat in all Chaoyixing stores is made and delivered in a unified manner, and the quality is very stable. Free glutinous rice (rice porridge) is also provided.

Each store has fried eggs boiled in broth, which is also very unique.

The eggs fried into a honeycomb shape can soak up the broth, and the bite is very satisfying. Foreign friends who have never tried it can try it.

No matter which store you go to, you can experience the perfect combination of meat and rice for about 10 yuan per person, which is very affordable.

Tourists often focus on specialty snacks and tend to overlook local delicacies.

In fact, Jinan’s Shandong cuisine is the window that best embodies the essence of Jinan and even Shandong food culture.

To taste Shandong cuisine, you can choose time-honored restaurants such as Jufengde and Chunjiang Restaurant, or you can search for private Shandong cuisine chefs online.

If you are really pressed for time, you can get a good experience by going to chain restaurants that are common in business districts such as Chengnan Past and Golden Chunxi, but you may have to wait for a table during peak hours.

Representatives of Shandong cuisine include sweet and sour Yellow River carp, milk soup with pucai, nine-turn large intestine, fried three kinds, stir-fried kidneys, etc.

Because Jinan has spring water and rich products, fresh and crispy food is the favorite taste of Jinan people, so when you come to Jinan, you must try stir-fried dishes instead of thick oily red sauce.

The dishes of Lao Jinan's three fried dishes, fried tenderloin, and fish fillets are all crispy in texture and bright in color. The soup and vegetables are completely integrated, and the umami flavor can be achieved without adding MSG or chicken essence.

Nowadays, many restaurants have standardized operations, and only a few restaurants can still produce the authentic taste of old Jinan restaurants.

For example, there are several restaurants on Qushuiting Street with the slogan "Yard No. 1". The environment is good, and they can indeed restore to a certain extent old-fashioned dishes such as milk soup with pucai. The environment, service, and dishes are indeed well-attended, and the per capita consumption is close to

It costs about 200 yuan, which is more suitable for business reception.

For high-quality and low-priced Shandong cuisine, I recommend Lao Shang Bu Biian Fang. It is completely different from Beijing Biian Fang, which specializes in roast duck. The Shandong cuisine here is authentic and affordable. The recommended dish is Zao Liu Fish Fillet, which can be called a living fossil of traditional Shandong cuisine. Many Shandong cuisine

No grocery store makes this dish anymore.

This dish is seasoned with sake lees, which not only completely eliminates the fishy smell of the fish, but also makes the fish fillets tender and smooth with the mildness of pure grains.

This requires very high heat, and the Beijing TV documentary also made a special introduction.

When this dish is served, it doesn't have the vulgar taste of a standardized kitchen. It really tastes like the old Jinan stir-fry. Even the fungus and other side dishes in the dish are very refreshing and worth experiencing. The per capita consumption is about 60 yuan.

The Golden Chunxi I just mentioned must be the vinegar-cooked pomfret in the store.

At first glance, this dish looks similar to the pomfret version of Guobao Pork, with a sweet and sour taste, but it actually requires much more skill from the chef.

It’s equally crispy and sweet, but you can’t see the sweet and sour sauce. It’s like a thin layer of sweet and sour coating sprayed on the fish. It’s just the right amount of crispy. It’s really rare to see this dish outside of Jinan. There is a restaurant that makes Northwest specialties.

The hotel once imitated this dish, but it was quickly removed from the shelves because it didn't serve the purpose.

So this is a trace that can show the essence of Shandong cuisine and is a good dish that you will never tire of eating.

You can eat well here with a per capita consumption of less than 80 yuan.

If you look carefully at the food map above, you can find that many of Jinan’s special food are actually pasta.

For example, youxuan, straw buns, etc.

This is indeed the case. As a big city in the north, Jinan has a large number of excellent pasta and delicacies.

Guada is one of the most typical family pasta dishes in old Jinan. Because it is so homely, hotels rarely make it. If you choose a farmhouse, you may have the opportunity to eat it. Here we will focus on Jinan’s steamed buns.

Unlike the small steamed buns in the south, people in Jinan think big steamed buns are fragrant, and the ones made with leeks are the most fragrant.

The canteens of government agencies and units make their own steamed buns, and they all make big steamed buns. A steamed bun as big as a CD is authentic, and the chefs get scolded if they are too small.