1. Xisi Night Market This is a very famous night market after Gulou Night Market. Compared with Gulou Night Market, it is more affordable and the taste is authentic.
The former Xisi Square was a large carousel, and to the north was the Kaifeng West Mosque.
After the city government re-planned it, it was placed on Dingjiao Street in the southwest. Now, around five o'clock every afternoon, the Xisi Night Market starts to get busy.
Various stalls were moving, flags and flags of various snacks were flying, and shouts were heard one after another.
The carts are neatly arranged and hung with relevant certificates, the vendors are uniformly dressed, and the arrangement and matching of ingredients are also very particular.
Xisi Night Market gathers all kinds of special snacks in Kaifeng, with unique taste and reasonable prices.
Among them, the braised fish, almond tea, spicy lamb's trotters, stir-fried jelly with sesame seed cakes, and sweet potato puree are very distinctive.
2. Drum Tower Night Market - the largest night market in Kaifeng. The all-night, bustling snack night market is one of the major features of this ancient city of Kaifeng.
According to "Tokyo Menghua Lu": "The night market does not open until the third watch, and then reopens at the fifth watch, and the fun goes on all night long." Drum Tower Square is the location of the largest night market in Kaifeng.
At night, on both sides of the square, snack trucks of the same size are neatly arranged in the dining area. The shouting, melodious cries and the clinking of tableware merge into a moving symphony, making the square the most popular place in Kaifeng.
The focus of the city that never sleeps.
There are many kinds of night market snacks with different tastes, including braised fish, wontons, roasted mutton, oil tea, bean foam, and spicy soup that are loved by old Kaifeng people, as well as almond tea, eight-treasure porridge, rock sugar red pears, and peanuts that are loved by young people.
Cake etc.
There are many jelly stalls in the night market. Old Kaifeng people are very particular about eating jelly. The jelly is made from sweet potato flour and mung bean flour, cut into thin slices, and added with bean paste and chili.
Tourists who have tasted Kaifeng fried jelly once said: "If you don't eat Kaifeng's fried jelly, you haven't come to Kaifeng."
The steamed buns sold at the night market are a favorite food of Kaifeng people. They are soupy, oily, sweet but not greasy.
In addition to Kaifeng’s traditional snacks, there are also famous delicacies from all over the country.
3. Pingguoyuan Night Market Pingguoyuan Night Market is located in the northeast corner of Kaifeng City, not far from Iron Tower Park and Henan University, with convenient transportation.
Although the journey is a bit far, it is definitely the authentic Kaifeng flavor and is the place most visited by Kaifeng people.
The scale is not large, the prices are low and the portions are large. Various delicacies are gathered here. There are many people eating there. Various strong aromas tempt diners. There are many people waiting in front of each stall.
The stall owners are all genuine locals who are hospitable and provide attentive service.
The various colorful and delicious delicacies make tourists passing by here unable to stop in their tracks.
Pingguoyuan Night Market is an excellent place to experience the people of Kaifeng and taste the delicious food of Kaifeng.
4. Dongsimen Night Market The night market here has been established for a long time. The special snacks include mutton soup, which is the favorite of Kaifeng locals. The taste is very authentic and the portion is very generous.
The four-flavor vegetable and mutton soup in Dongsimen is extremely famous. It stews delicate beef, mutton, day lily, gluten and meatballs into a delicious soup, which is the best among mutton soups.
Shuangmao grills abound, as well as pot helmets that are as big as pot lids.
The mutton kang buns are thin-skinned, rich in meat, and delicious. The operators are very kind, but most of them are halal shops.
5. Wuyi Night Market Looking south from the north entrance of Wuyi Night Market, antique dining cars with LED lights on the east side of the road are lined up very neatly.
The newly built store in the style of the Song Dynasty in Luxi looks simple and solemn.
Merchants open strictly according to designated times, prices are clearly marked, employees are clean and tidy in white uniforms, and market managers patrol the market for inspection.
Every evening, the place is crowded with diners and the stalls are in good order.
Locals often come here to taste delicious food.
The main snacks include baked mutton skewers, grilled tofu, grilled whole rabbit, steamed buns, braised fish, fried noodles, chicken blood soup, almond tea, glutinous rice cake, fried jelly, mutton steamed buns, etc.
6. Songmenwai Night Market is also called Dongyuan Night Market. Although it is not large in scale, it is extremely popular and is a very lively place with all kinds of people gathered.
Eat anywhere, convenient and fast.
The snacks at Songmenwai Night Market are diverse, delicious and cheap.
The stall owner is enthusiastic and kind, grilling, frying and sautéing on the stove, exuding an alluring fragrance in the light and shadow of steaming water mist. The most famous Dongyuan noodles are chewy, chewy and delicious.
Xinyang Xiaoer Grilled Fish, Xiaoer Grilled Fish is quite famous in Kaifeng. The fish is delicious, economical and very popular.
7. Qishengjiao There are themed inns and hotels in the Qishengjiao neighborhood. You can enjoy Kaifeng's special delicacies when you step out of the inns and hotels.
There are teahouses, theaters, bars, inns, fashion shops, themed restaurants, and cultural and creative spaces in Qishengjiao; it is surrounded by Qingming Riverside Garden and Longting Park.
When you are tired of walking around the scenic spot, come here for a walk, find a small shop to sit and try local food. Go to the first floor of Kaifeng to taste the famous "Wanglou Cave Plum Blossom Buns" originated from Tokyo in the Northern Song Dynasty.
I remember the Tongzi chicken, Xingjia pot stickers, and Fengmingzhai peanut cake, which was very pleasant.