Nanxiang Steamed Bun: The lean pork leg is the stuffing, and the most unique thing is to stew the soup with the old hen every other year, then cook it with the pork skin, and then make a jelly and mix it into the stuffing. Punch the dough, dip it in balsamic vinegar, take a bite of Nanxiang steamed bun with shredded ginger, and then savor it carefully, savoring the traditional food culture in Shanghai. Recommended shops: Wanshouzhai and Fuchun Steamed Buns.
Sanxian small wonton: Shanghainese are very clear about the size of wonton. Big wonton, medium wonton, small wonton. Top joy or small wonton. Skin as thin as yarn, pick a little minced meat, soak it in water, and put it in the three fresh soup made from egg skin, shrimp skin and laver. The taste is salty and smooth, and it slips into your mouth, and the taste is unforgettable. Recommended shops: Wanshouzhai and Dafugui.
Fried steamed bread: fried steamed bread, stuffed with semi-fermented bread, discharged into a pan, fried in oil, and sprayed with water several times to cook. Its bottom is golden yellow, hard and fragrant with crispness, the steamed bun is white, soft and loose, the meat stuffing is fresh and tender with a little marinade, and there is the fragrance of sesame or onion when chewing. Crisp bottom, thin skin and fragrant meat. Bite it up, and the gravy is wrapped in meat, oil, onion and sesame, and it tastes first-class. Recommended shops: Xiao Yang fried-dumpling, Xiao Xian fried-dumpling, A San fried-dumpling.
Fried dumpling: Fried dumpling and fried dumpling are two things that complement each other. I like eating fried dumpling with thick skin, eating fried dumpling with thin skin, tearing off a thin layer of skin, and even soup flows out like a small cage, which is speechless. Recommended shops: Baowang fried dumpling, Luwei fried dumpling and Shengji Yipin fried dumpling.
Hemp ball: Hemp ball is the most famous popular traditional spot in Shanghai. It first started in the Qing Dynasty and has been very popular in Shanghai for nearly 100 years. I like to eat hemp balls filled with bean paste. When I bite them down, glutinous rice chews with white sesame seeds on the outer layer. With a little bean paste, the sweetness is just right. Basically, as long as I pass by and see hemp balls, I will buy one!
Chongming Cake: Chongming Cake is one of the must-eat foods for Shanghainese during the Spring Festival every year. Chongming Cake made as big as a small round table needs to be eaten by the whole family. Chongming cake is not only delicious, but also represents reunion, happiness, happiness and sweetness. There are two kinds of Chongming cakes: hard cakes and muffins. The muffins are generally eaten cold, and the hard cakes are usually eaten after being heated. Sometimes they are steamed and heated, and sometimes they are made into fermented cake silk soup with some wine, which is delicious.
Shredded pork soup rice cakes: There are many kinds of rice cakes, but there is only one kind that Shanghai people are happy about, that is, long rice cakes, which are bought back, soaked in water, softened and cut into small pieces; Burn another pot of broth, add yellow sprouts or green vegetables, pick some shredded pork, and burn it with the rice cake until it is as white and tender as fat, which makes the appetite big.
Spring rolls: Shanghainese's memory of spring rolls, or originated from the stalls that spread spring rolls in the streets and lanes. When I was a child, I always helped my mother separate them one by one, then mixed the stuffing, wrapped them up and fried them until they were golden and crisp, which was delicious.
Babao rice: Babao rice is also one of the well-known snacks in Shanghai. Eight kinds of fillings are mixed with lard and knocked together with glutinous rice, which is compacted. When you eat it, you steam it on the fire, and the fragrant oil is left out. Although it is a little sweet and a little greasy, isn't it the pursuit of this sweet and happy feeling during the Spring Festival?