As the ways of traveling become more and more abundant, it's more or less to go to a city for a dish in a shop. The power of food has fatal attraction in the eyes of foodies. It is not difficult to find that famous food producing areas such as Sichuan and Chongqing, Chaoshan and Northwest China have all kinds of praises. For some popular tourist cities, people often have different opinions on local cuisine. Once there is more controversy, the label of "gourmet desert" is also deducted.

Before, there was a discussion about "gourmet deserts" on the Internet. As a result, according to the number of mentions (similar to voting), the top ten gourmet deserts in China were selected. These cities are basically concentrated in the eastern developed areas, and there is a large flow of people at ordinary times, so when discussing a topic, the probability of being mentioned is also higher. However, from the results, the votes of Beijing and Hangzhou are far behind these cities and become a pair of he is my brother in the "gourmet desert".

Let's talk about Hangzhou first. Hangzhou can become the second largest food desert in China. It is estimated that many partners with similar tastes in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai will be surprised. In our opinion, this is obviously a city full of delicious food. The food in Hangzhou is spit out mainly for two reasons. First, the food is light, and many people who are used to heavy tastes say they are not used to it. Second, hangzhou dishes, as one of the eight major cuisines, is an important school of Zhejiang cuisine. In recent years, frequent innovations have led to the failure to retain the essence of the past and fall into the embarrassing situation of "four unlike".

Hangzhou is the capital of the Southern Song Dynasty. Since the Tang and Song Dynasties, it has been a rich collection of humanities, and its food life has become increasingly rich and wonderful. Bai Juyi and bamboo shoots, Su Shi and Dongpo meat, Song Gaozong and Song Saoyu soup, West Lake vinegar fish, Jia Sidao and Yipin Nanru meat, etc., not to mention the sweet-scented osmanthus fresh chestnut soup, chopped fish balls and fish head tofu with myths and legends; West Lake beef soup, Longjing shrimp, Wulin duck and so on named after local place names. Behind every Hangzhou dish, it is very likely that there is a famous person standing. Only these dishes need to be eaten in some local time-honored restaurants.

However, many online food guides recommend traditional snacks such as Piarchuan, fried buns, steamed buns, and stewed onions, or some new hangzhou dishes restaurants that are chain-operated, love "innovation" and have not been precipitated. Therefore, it is understandable that Hangzhou cuisine has been spit out.

Let's talk about Beijing again. Compared with Hangzhou, the most common complaint in Beijing is that the audience of traditional snacks is too narrow. In fact, before this list came out, the saying that Beijing is a "gourmet desert" has spread all over the country. Some netizens even directly define that Beijing is the most unpalatable city in China.

The traditional snacks in Beijing are mainly bean juice, braised pork, fried liver, inby and so on. Not only do they not have the exquisite appearance of southern snacks, but tourists who taste them for the first time with high expectations are often completely rejected by the taste. Both the sense of sight and the sense of taste have been hit, and many tourists have come to the conclusion that "traditional snacks in Beijing all taste this way, so Beijing must be a gourmet desert".

In fact, the traditional snacks in Beijing also have a certain historical background. Although many tourists can't get used to it, in the hearts of many local people, they will not be used to it if the taste is improved a little towards the public's preference.

Snacks are, after all, a small part of Beijing's cuisine. As an international metropolis, Beijing has restaurants that operate various cuisines, and the choice of noodles is so rich that it can't be eaten for several years. Bean juice is difficult to swallow, you can choose tofu pudding, which is universal; If you don't like the kind of boiled liver, you can choose several old-fashioned roast ducks in the city center, and the products are relatively stable. If you really want to taste Beijing cuisine, the Eighth Building is also a good choice.

I really can't get used to northern cuisine. Cantonese cuisine, Sichuan cuisine, Northeast cuisine and Western cuisine are also a big number in Beijing. Food desert or food paradise, sometimes it depends on your own choice.

Finally, if you come to a city that has been on the list of "food deserts", you need to have a mind of "listening to all the things makes you bright, but biased opinions make you dark". The "hidden delicacies" recommended on the Internet, which are hidden in the corners, often make tourists from far away take the time cost and trial-and-error cost and beat their chests. The pure and authentic delicacies recommended by local people are sometimes difficult for foreign tourists who don't have a "local tongue".

it is sometimes a complicated science to cultivate one person with water and soil, and to eat delicious food. So, in your mind, which city is a gourmet paradise and which city is a gourmet desert?