Snack bars around Chenghuang Temple have their own characteristics, ranging from century-old shops with a long history to rising stars. Most of them are concentrated in Yuyuan Road, Jiuqu Bridge Road and Fangbang Middle Road, forming a gourmet pedestrian street. Every evening, the lights are on, and the fragrance on the snack booth is overflowing, which makes passers-by drool.
The snacks on Yuyuan Garden Road are particularly colorful, including fresh, fragrant, soft and waxy fried steamed bread, sweet and delicious Osmanthus Jelly, and crisp and refreshing oil chopping block. Fried steamed bread is a signature snack in Shanghai, which is famous for its rich soup and thin skin. Osmanthus Jelly is a kind of soft, waxy and sweet cake, with sweet-scented osmanthus sprinkled on it. Oil chopping block is a kind of fried food with crispy skin and fragrant stuffing, which is a necessary snack for Shanghainese in the New Year.
There are plenty of snacks on the road of Jiuqu Bridge, including crispy and delicious crab shell yellow, soft and sweet Nanxiang steamed buns, and mouth-watering Ningbo dumplings. Crab shell yellow is a small and exquisite fried cake, which looks like a crab shell and is crispy and delicious. Nanxiang steamed buns is another famous food in Shanghai, which is famous for its thin skin and big stuffing and delicious soup. Ningbo tangyuan is a kind of sweet and delicious tangyuan, which is wrapped in various fillings, making people memorable.
The snacks on the middle road of Fangbang are equally fascinating, including delicious and refreshing mung bean soup, fragrant and mellow soybean milk, and refreshing and delicious tofu pudding. Mung bean soup is a kind of dessert to relieve summer heat and thirst, with cooked mung beans inside, which is sweet and refreshing. Soybean milk is a kind of nutritious drink, which is fragrant and mellow. Tofu pudding is a kind of bean product, which tastes soft, fresh and delicious.
Besides these special snacks, there are many other delicacies around the Chenghuang Temple, such as Dandan Noodles in Sichuan, kebabs in Xinjiang, and rice noodles crossing the bridge in Yunnan. Diners can choose different foods according to their own preferences and enjoy the feast of taste buds.
Tips：
When you visit the Chenghuang Temple, you must do a good job in advance and know the delicious food you want to eat, so as to avoid wasting time.
Snack bars are usually crowded, especially on holidays. I suggest you queue up early so as not to miss the food.
The prices of snacks in Chenghuang Temple are generally close to the people, but the prices of some old brands will be slightly more expensive, so you can choose according to your own budget.
The environment of the snack bar may not be particularly good, so everyone should be prepared psychologically, but delicious food can make up for everything.