Shanghai is a very big city, and the consumption is extremely high. If outsiders go to Shanghai, they can also eat very popular food.
For example, the most traditional and famous snack in Shanghai is the fried buns. There is a lot of soup in the Shanghai fried buns, and the bottom layer of the fried buns is particularly burnt. There is a lot of soup when you take a bite, which is very delicious.
There are also Shanghai breakfasts. Shanghai breakfasts include flatbreads, fried dough sticks, and soy milk.
There are also rice cakes. The flatbread refers to the sesame cakes we often eat. There is no filling in it, but the cake tastes particularly crispy. It usually has two flavors: sweet and salty.
The salty ones contain scallion oil or lard.
The sweet thing is that there is sugar inside. Youtiao can be found all over the country, but Shanghainese eat youtiao with soy sauce.
In Shanghai, there are several types of soy milk, including sweet soy milk and salty soy milk. Sweet soy milk is made by adding sugar to the soy milk.
Salted soy milk is a bit unique. Some soy sauce, vinegar or salt will be added to it, and then the soy milk will become flocculent.
In addition, you can eat fried dough sticks, seaweed, dried shrimps, etc.
Fried pork chop is also a famous snack in Shanghai, and it’s not too expensive.
Their deep-fried pork chops are paired with particularly tender rice cakes, and then topped with some soup. One portion is filling and extremely delicious.
There is also a snack called Youdunzi, which is a kind of snack found at roadside stalls. Because it is very cheap and fried, it is especially suitable for children's tastes.
In Shanghai, you can see that the people selling Youdunzi are old ladies or uncles.
They would push a cart and have a pan of oil on it.
Next to the car will be a pot of stinky dried tofu and a pot of shredded radish, plus a pot of green onion, coriander and batter.
These are the raw materials for making Youdunzi.
And the spoon used to make the oil dumplings has a very long handle.
Heat the spoon first, then put a layer of batter in it and pick it up with chopsticks first.
Some shredded radish, then pour a layer of batter to cover the shredded radish, and then put it into the oil pan.
Then the oil dumplings are shaped and made. They are particularly delicious and crispy.
You can eat these delicacies after going to Shanghai, they are relatively cheap and very delicious.